24-hour custom clearance at eight airports, ports
August 7th, 2012 - 9:56 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Aug 7 (IANS) Customs clearance facilities will be provided at eight airports and seaports round-the-clock from Aug 25 to facilitate international trade, the Prime Minister's Office (PMO) said ... Read more...
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CBI nabs 4 customs officials for taking bribe
June 6th, 2012 - 10:06 pm ICT by IANS
Mumbai, June 6 (IANS) The Central Bureau of Investigation's (CBI) anti-corruption branch Wednesday apprehended four customs officials from the Jawaharlal Nehru Port Trust (JNPT) in Raigad district while they were ... Read more...
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Navy permitted to decommission, destroy damaged warship
May 8th, 2012 - 11:16 pm ICT by IANS
Mumbai, May 8 (IANS) The Bombay High Court Tuesday permitted the Indian Navy to decommission and destroy a frigate which had partially sunk after a collision with a foreign ship ... Read more...
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Mumbai, Amsterdam to cooperate for business opportunities
March 27th, 2012 - 6:19 pm ICT by IANS
Mumbai, March 27 (IANS) Mumbai and Amsterdam Tuesday forged a strategic alliance to create more business opportunities, especially between the ports of the two cities.The alliance was forged at a ... Read more...
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Mumbai elevated rail corridor may become a reality
March 14th, 2012 - 7:56 pm ICT by IANS
Mumbai, March 14 (IANS) Barring the nominal fare hike, Mumbai's suburban commuters have many things to cheer about in the rail budget for 2012-13 presented in parliament Wednesday by Railway ... Read more...
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Mumbai harbour channel to be deepened, expanded for more traffic
March 1st, 2012 - 10:30 pm ICT by IANS
Mumbai, March 1 (IANS) In a major boost to maritime trade and commerce, the Indian government Thursday decided to deepen, lengthen and widen the harbour channel and entry points to ... Read more...
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Six PPP port projects to be sanctioned this year: Vasan
February 20th, 2012 - 7:29 pm ICT by IANS
Chennai, Feb 20 (IANS) The government will award about six public-private-partnership (PPP) projects in the port sector this fiscal, including a project of Jawaharlal Nehru Port Trust (JNPT), Shipping ... Read more...
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Give top priority to dedicated freight corridor project: PM
February 9th, 2012 - 9:26 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Feb 9 (IANS) Prime Minister Manmohan Singh Thursday asked central government ministries and departments and state governments to give top priority to Rs.1 lakh crore dedicated freight ... Read more...
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Capsized naval ship to be decommissioned in 2012
December 2nd, 2011 - 11:25 pm ICT by IANS
Mumbai, Dec 2 (IANS) Indian Naval Ship (INS) Vindhyagiri, which capsized earlier this year, will be decommissioned in 2012, an official said here."We have decided that INS Vindhyagiri should be ... Read more...
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125 kg of ephedrine drug seized
November 17th, 2011 - 11:29 pm ICT by IANS
Mumbai, Nov 17 (IANS) A huge amount of ephedrine, a controlled drug, concealed in a sofa has been seized from a container bound for the southeast Asian nation of Laos, ... Read more...
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India’s second sea-bridge to come up in Mumbai
September 8th, 2011 - 9:26 pm ICT by IANS
Mumbai, Sep 8 (IANS) India's second major bridge across the sea - the Mumbai Trans Harbour Link (MTHL) - has been accorded formal approval, Maharashtra Chief Minister Prithviraj Chavan said ... Read more...
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Demand to designate Goa port as pharma export zone
August 2nd, 2011 - 1:36 pm ICT by IANS
Panaji, Aug 2 (IANS) The Rs.6,500 crore pharmaceutical industry in Goa will stand to benefit by millions of rupees if Mormugao is scheduled as a designated port for exports of ... Read more...
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Mumbai NGO wants security checks on sand barges
July 15th, 2011 - 6:34 pm ICT by IANS
Mumbai, July 15 (IANS) In the wake of Wednesday's triple blasts, a Mumbai NGO Friday urged the central government to regulate sand barges plying through the city harbour and ... Read more...
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Three customs, port employees nabbed for accepting bribes
May 27th, 2011 - 10:51 pm ICT by IANS
Mumbai, May 27 (IANS) The Mumbai anti-corruption branch (ACB) of the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) apprehended three officers for accepting bribe while on duty in separate operations and seized ... Read more...
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Mumbai port fire toll at two
May 13th, 2011 - 9:59 pm ICT by IANS
Mumbai, May 13 (IANS) One more person succumbed Friday to burn injuries sustained in a fire which broke out in a chemical container in the yard at the Jawaharlal Nehru ... Read more...
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Fire breaks out at Mumbai container yard, one killed
May 11th, 2011 - 8:01 pm ICT by IANS
Mumbai, May 11 (IANS) One person was killed and at least another injured when a fire broke out in a chemical container in the yard at the Jawaharlal Nehru Port ... Read more...
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Tragedy averted in Mumbai harbour (Lead)
March 23rd, 2011 - 12:35 am ICT by IANS
Mumbai, March 22 (IANS) A tragedy was averted in Mumbai harbour last week when ill-fated container cargo ship MSC Chitra - which had partly sunk after a collision last August ... Read more...
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Tragedy averted in Mumbai harbour
March 23rd, 2011 - 12:06 am ICT by IANS
Mumbai, March 22 (IANS) A tragedy was averted in Mumbai harbour last week when ill-fated container cargo ship MSC Chitra - which had partly sunk in August last year after ... Read more...
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India to cut export transaction costs by Rs.2,100 crore (Lead)
February 8th, 2011 - 8:18 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Feb 8 (IANS) India Tuesday announced a series of measures, including round-the-clock customs clearance at eight ports and reduction in levies, that will cut export transaction costs by nearly ... Read more...
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India to cut export transaction cost by Rs.2,100 crore
February 8th, 2011 - 5:52 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Feb 8 (IANS) India Tuesday announced a slew of measures, including round-the-clock customs clearance at eight ports and reduction in levies, that will cut export transaction cost by nearly ... Read more...
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Expedite Mumbai harbour channel widening: Centre
February 3rd, 2011 - 12:28 am ICT by IANS
Mumbai, Feb. 2 (IANS) Following the collision of two vessels in August 2010 and early this month, the union government Wednesday asked the Jawaharlal Nehru Port Trust and Mumbai Port Trust to ... Read more...
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Warship on fire post collision, efforts on to douse blaze
January 31st, 2011 - 12:47 pm ICT by IANS
Mumbai, Jan 31 (IANS) Frantic efforts were on Monday to save Indian Navy warship INS Vindhyagiri after a major fire engulfed it following a collision with a merchant vessel off Mumbai Harbour, ... Read more...
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No shortage of LPG during festive season, assures HPCL
October 25th, 2010 - 10:33 pm ICT by IANS
Mumbai, Oct 25 (IANS) There will not be any shortage of domestic cooking gas in the pre-Diwali season and temporary backlogs will be cleared by month end, public sector oil marketing company ... Read more...
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Govt okays 11 special economic zones
September 16th, 2010 - 7:28 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Sep 16 (IANS) The government Thursday approved 11 new special economic zones, five of which are related to information technology and based in Karnataka.
Wipro has got the approval to ... Read more...
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50 containers taken off grounded vessel in Mumbai harbour
September 6th, 2010 - 9:47 pm ICT by IANS
Mumbai, Sep 6 (IANS) A month after two Panamanian cargo ships collided off Mumbai harbour, 50 containers have been offloaded from the deck of the vessel that got grounded after the accident, ... Read more...
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Indian Navy makes Mumbai harbour safe post collision
September 1st, 2010 - 9:52 pm ICT by IANS
Mumbai, Sep 1 (IANS) Twenty-five 25 days after two foreign cargo ships collided in the Mumbai harbour, the Indian Navy Wednesday completed its task of escorting ships and surveying the navigation channel, ... Read more...
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Barge to unload containers from beleaguered ship from Saturday
August 26th, 2010 - 11:02 pm ICT by IANS
Mumbai, Aug 26 (IANS) A barge has arrived from Dhabol port in Gujarat with equipment to start unloading containers from the deck of the beleagured Panamanian ship MSC Chitra from Saturday, a ... Read more...
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Navy to stop escorting ships in Mumbai harbour from Monday
August 22nd, 2010 - 12:22 am ICT by IANS
Mumbai, Aug 21 (IANS) The Indian Navy will stop providing escort to ships coming in and out of the Mumbai harbour from Monday necessitated in the wake of collision of two foreign ... Read more...
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300 chemical canisters detected in Arabian Sea off Mumbai
August 18th, 2010 - 10:22 pm ICT by IANS
Mumbai, Aug 18 (IANS) Rescue agencies have found 300 canisters containing aluminium phosphide and diachlorophost from the Alibaug region of Raigad district near Mumbai, a maritime authority said here Wednesday.
According to the ... Read more...
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10 days after ship collision, maritime traffic improves
August 17th, 2010 - 11:55 pm ICT by IANS
Mumbai Aug. 17 (IANS) Ten days after two foreign cargo vessels collided outside Mumbai harbour, shipping activities have normalised to a large extent despite the threats from floating or submerged containers, maritime ... Read more...
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Munde slams Maharashtra government over oil spill
August 15th, 2010 - 10:16 pm ICT by IANS
Navi Mumbai, Aug 15 (IANS) Former Maharashtra deputy chief minister Gopinath Munde Sunday met with fishermen of Karve village here and slammed the state government for not having a disaster management ... Read more...
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Jairam Ramesh visits oil spill site
August 14th, 2010 - 1:57 pm ICT by IANS
Mumbai, Aug 14 (IANS) A week after the ship collision, Union Minister for Environment and Forests Jairam Ramesh Saturday visited the site of the oil spill off Mumbai coast to take stock ... Read more...
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Oil pollution sighted in Thane after ship collision leak
August 14th, 2010 - 12:06 am ICT by IANS
Mumbai, Aug 13 (IANS) Oil pollution has been sighted in Maharashtra's Thane district and some areas along the coast in south Mumbai a week after two ships collided in Mumbai harbour, an ... Read more...
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How ship collision took place in Mumbai harbour
August 13th, 2010 - 10:34 pm ICT by IANS
Mumbai, Aug 13 (IANS) Minutes before they collided in Mumbai harbour, MSC Chitra was proceeding properly outbound within the main navigation channel while Khalijia 3 was entering the channel against the rules, ... Read more...
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Mumbai ports eager to resume normal operations
August 12th, 2010 - 10:01 pm ICT by IANS
Mumbai, Aug 12 (IANS) The government's prime concern is to restore normalcy at the Mumbai Port Trust (MbPT) and Jawaharlal Nehru Port Trust (JNPT) at the earliest, Shipping Minister G.K. Vasan said ... Read more...
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