Tag: Haldia

ICG’s Haldia HQ conducts workshop on search and rescue ops

A tabletop exercise was also conducted to provide hands-on experience to the participants for a better understanding of the planning and execution of SAR operations.

September 3, 2022

Sonowal flags off maiden voyage of steel from Haldia

Additionally, the Kolkata Port also signed an MoU with BPCL, a central government public sector enterprise, for developing logistics chain for movement of feed stock like naptha, propane etc. from HDC through rail / coastal shipping. In return, the finished products and by products are to be routed for distribution. To aid this, tankage facilities for storing imported feed stock may be set up at HDC.

February 17, 2022

Bailed out drug peddler arrested again with Rs 30 lakh brown sugar

The accused identified as Rajkishore Sunday was nabbed with 310 grams of the banned substances valued at Rs 31 lakh. Incidentally, the arrested drug peddler was earlier booked in a similar case last year.

January 13, 2022

Old Haldia-Pandu river route to become operational soon for sending exim and inland cargo: Sonowal

Union Shipping Minister Sarbananda Sonowal who on Monday announced the award of contract said that Haldia Jetty would become operational soon for sending exim and inland cargo to Pandu terminal in Guwahati connecting the northeast to kolkata via National waterway 2.

January 3, 2022

Kolkata Port successfully conducts ship-to-ship LPG operation

Disasters and comeback have been a constant companion for India's oldest port. In 1903 a major fire gutted down an entire shed in the oil depot at Budge Budge, and the Port authority, learning from its mistakes, redesigned the installation, which has been utilised through the century to great benefit by all the major public sector as well as private oil companies.

October 18, 2021

Time for people of Bengal to show TMC ‘Ram Card’: Modi

Further taking a dig at Mamata Banerjee, the Prime Minister said: "Mamata Didi gets bamboozled when Bengal asks her about development and feels scared when Jai Shri Ram slogans are hurled. It isn't unusual since her government has only institutionalised corruption and politicised government institutions but made no effort to resuscitate Bengal. TMC is a party of extortionists."

February 8, 2021

Kolkata Port Trust initiates steps to automate lock gates

Also, a sum of approximately Rs 100 crore is being invested for dredging in Kolkata Port's shipping channel.

September 19, 2019

Major Indian ports record 4.58% growth in cargo volume

Indian ports registered a growth of 4.58 per cent in the cargo handling during the period April 2017 to January 2018. Together the major Indian ports handled 560.97 million tonnes of cargo as against 536.41 million tonnes during the corresponding period of previous year. Kolkata, Paradip, Visakhapatnam, Chennai, Cochin, New Mangalore, JNPT and Deendayal were...

February 8, 2018

Adani to pump in Rs 750cr in West Bengal

Adani Group on Wednesday said it would invest Rs 750 crore to double the capacity of the company’s edible oil refinery at Haldia in West Bengal. Announcing this at the second and last day of the Bengal Global Business Summit (BGBS) here, Pranav Adani of the Adani Group expressed interest to invest in port, agri...

January 17, 2018