High Court hears appeal filed by KoPT

Calcutta, May 6: The Calcutta Port Trust could face a bigger challenge in tackling the falling draft at its riverine ports of Calcutta and Haldia, with the Centre planning to phase out dredging subsidy. The port authority envisages a drop in cargo handled at ...

Calcutta, April 4: The Calcutta Port Trust (CPT) has invited fresh bids for the two berths in Haldia that have been lying vacant after the exit of Haldia Bulk Terminal (HBT).

Kolkata Port Trust (KoPT) has restarted ship breaking operations at its Kolkata Dock System (KDS). The segment, which used to fetch an average of nearly Rs 67 crore a year to the port authorities, was stalled for almost three years since 2010. According to A.

The Centre's move to phase out dredging subsidy could impact the efficiency of the Haldia Dock Complex (HDC) under the Kolkata Port Trust (KoPT) and cargo handled could dip to 30 million tonnes (mt) per annum mark by 2020.

Kolkata Port Trust (KoPT) has proposed a 10-20% increase in tariff. In a suggestion sent to the Tariff Authority for Major Ports (TAMP), the KoPT has recommended an average increase of 20% in ship-related charges and 10% in cargo-related charges.

Two ships sailing out of Calcutta (now Kolkata) port on the eastern coast of India, the Whitby and Hesperus, reached British Guiana (now Guyana) on the northern coast of South America on May 5, 1838 after a perilous sea journey that lasted 112 days.

Calcutta, March 31: The shipping ministry's decision to allow major ports to fix their own tariffs based on prevailing market prices is likely to encourage more private firms to participate in projects under the public-private-partnership (PPP) ...

Calcutta: Batting remains Bengal's sole area of concern when they face Karnataka, on Thursday, in a quarter final match of the Vijay Hazare Trophy, at the Port Trust Diamond Jubilee Stadium, in Visakhapatnam.

--Indo-Asian News ... Calcutta News.Net - Tuesday 19th March, 2013 India's central bank Tuesday cut its key short-term lending and borrowing rates by 25 basis points, but left unaltered the reserve ratios that can pump more money into the commercial ...