Chennai: A seafarer from China, reported missing since April 6, was found dead at Ennore port on Wednesday.Earlier this month, a Chinese vessel had berthed at Ennore port with 22 seafarers onboard.The man, Gong Yuwv, 52, was reported missing since April 6. Since the ship started from Indonesian port, a missing complaint was filed in the country. Gong’s body was found near a deserted stretch on the Ennore port. His body was recovered and sent for a post-mortem.Minjur police are probing…
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TGP India striving in country’s active marketplace
Trans Global Projects (TGP) has been taking full advantage of India’s bustling activity completing new projects and adding new offices to its portfolio. Driven by the country’s active marketplace the company’s unit in India has experienced rapid growth.
TGP India was established in 2021 and has since been on an upward trajectory, recently adding an office in Chennai. The company has already had offices in Mumbai, Vadodara and Delhi. The unit has been a success story and is now…
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Bengaluru metro's first driverless train arrives at Chennai port from China: Report – MSN
Bengaluru metro’s first driverless train arrives at Chennai port from China: Report MSN
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Residents of Kattupalli Kuppam, Ennore call off poll boycott
CHENNAI: After announcing the boycott of the Lok Sabha polls, the residents of Kattupalli Kuppam near Minjur in Tiruvallur constituency and Periyakuppam in Chennai North called off their protest and exercised their democratic right to vote on Friday.Residents of Kattupalli Kuppam announced the poll boycott protesting over the L and T and Adani Kattupalli ports failing to reinstate the 10 fishermen, who were removed from work after a clash case booked against them in 2015, even after a court…
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Upset over ports, Kattupalli Kuppam in Chennai won’t vote in polls
CHENNAI: Taking offence to the L&T and Adani Kattupalli ports not reinstating the 10 fishermen, who were earlier booked in a clash case, even after a court acquitted them over two years ago, around 150 families residing in Kattupalli Kuppam near Ponneri have decided to boycott the Lok Sabha elections. They will raise black flags on the houses and stage a hunger strike on Friday, the day of polling. These families were relocated to Kattupalli Kuppam by the government to commence construction…
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India’s Adani Ports to sell Ennore terminal stake to MSC unit for $30 million
BENGALURU (Reuters) – India’s Adani Ports on Friday said it will sell a 49% stake in its Ennore Container Terminal located in the southern city of Chennai to a unit of global shipping giant Mediterranean Shipping Company for about 2.47 billion rupees ($29.65 million).This is India’s largest private port operator’s second partnership with container terminal businesses company Terminal Investment, a unit of Swiss-based MSC. In 2016, Adani Ports and Terminal Investment signed a joint venture…
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Source: https://sg.news.yahoo.com/finance/news/indias-adani-ports-sell-ennore-044509837.html
Work on ₹1,500 crore multi-modal logistics park in Tiruvallur begins
Work on the State’s first multi-modal logistics park began recently in Tiruvallur district. It is being built at a cost of ₹1,500 crore on 181 acres of land. The work is being carried out in build operate transfer (BOT) mode and the first phase, during which road connectivity would be provided, will be completed in two years. “We already have a four-lane wide road, which is the State Highway. It will get some upgrades, including a flyover, and will be connected to the Chennai…
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Coast Guard: Fisherman With Heart Issue Airlifted From Lankan Boat | Chennai News
Chennai: A Coast Guard helicopter evacuated a Sri Lankan fisherman who developed a heart condition after his boat drifted to Indian waters due to engine failure on Friday. He was airlifted to Chennai and has been hospitalised. On April 1, the Coast Guard in Chennai received a distress alert from Colombo that Sri Lankan fishing vessel ‘Kalpeni’ was suspected to be adrift at sea due to a snag in the engine. The boat sailed with a six-member crew from Cod Bay fishing harbour on March 22 but…
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Chennai and Kamarajar Ports cross ₹1,000 crore operating income in FY 2023-24
CHENNAI : Chennai Port Authority (CPA) and its subsidiary, Kamarajar Port Ltd (KPL) in Ennore, North Chennai, crossed ₹1,000 crore (each) in operating income in a financial year in 2023-24, For the first time.
This is owing to the higher cargo handling by both the major ports during the fiscal.
The CPA reported an operating income of ₹1,056 crore for the fiscal ending March 31, 2024 as against ₹969 crore the corresponding last year,…
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Kamarajar port to become ‘Cape’ compliant
The Kamarajar port at Ennore in North Chennai will become Cape compliant – to handle large Capesize ships – by investing ₹325 crore in the dredging project this fiscal. For this, the Kamarajar Port Ltd (KPL), a subsidiary of the Chennai Port Authority (CPA), will dredge the port’s berth to 18 m draft from the present 16 m to attract such large size vessels.For the project, the KPL has issued a global tender to carry out capital dredging of the harbour basin to 20.5 m; deepening of the…
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