Tag: Kolkata Port
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Kolkata Port restarts its heritage tour
The American bomb that was discovered was 5.1 ft long with a circumference of four feet and weighing 1000lbs. Such explosives were usually carried by a fighter aircraft under its belly or wings.
December 27, 2021 -
Kolkata Port carries out project feasibility survey for operation of seaplanes in West Bengal
“A minimum of one kilometre of open sea channel and a depth of three to four meters is necessary for the operation of the seaplane. The locations where the survey is being carried out include Kolkata, Sunderbans, Sagar and Murshidabad."
November 22, 2021 -
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 -
Kolkata Port, with India Post, initiates drive to biometrically verify its pensioners
For the ease of pensioners, DLC was carried out on wheels where the pensioners drove near the designated post offices in car, taxis, autos or rickshaws and got their registration done while remaining seated in the vehicle. The bed-ridden patients were attended by postmen at their residences at their request and generated the DLC.
September 20, 2021 -
Human skeletal remains recovered at abandoned Kolkata Port property
During cleaning work at one of the properties of the Syama Prasad Mookherjee Port, Kolkata, workers have found human skeletal remains from the roof of the dilapidated structure at Strand Road along the banks of the Hooghly River. With the monsoon bringing heavy showers for the past few days, rainwater had accumulated in the property. …
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June 22, 2021 -
On World Refugee Day, Kolkata Port recalls history of human migration
Hundreds of men and women set sail on the ship, Lalla Rookh, in 1873 to work in sugar plantations in Suriname
June 20, 2021 -
Kolkata Port inks MoU with Hiranandani group
The Kolkata Port spokesperson shared that the MoU was signed as part of the 2nd edition of Maritime India Summit(MIS) scheduled to be held in March.
February 23, 2021 -
Beirut effect: Kolkata Port cautions stakeholders against storage of hazardous cargo
In 2017 a massive fire that broke out from a Kolkata port warehouse near the Armenian Ghat, caused several explosions with firemen having to battle for hours to douse the flames while tall columns of black smoke engulfed the Howrah Bridge.
August 21, 2020 -
MV Shejyoti cargo ship sets sail for Bangladesh under MoU
At Chattogram Port, the containers will be offloaded and then loaded on trailers. The containers will subsequently be carried through road and cover the distance of 200 km to reach Agartala.
July 17, 2020 -
Kolkata Port Trust to be renamed Syama Prasad Mookerjee Trust
The Board of Trustees of Kolkata Port Trust, in its meeting held on 25 February 2020 has passed a resolution to rename the Kolkata Port as Syama Prasad Mookerjee Port.
June 3, 2020 -
Construction of intake jetty might lead to ships getting stuck
All incoming ships stop at the anchorage point before they are towed into the docks- Kidderpore and Netaji Subhas.
September 12, 2019 -
Bridge of sighs
The two recent dislocations of the Bascule Bridge of Kolkata Port had disrupted road traffic for more than eight hours on Circular Garden Reach Road. The reliability of the bridge was widely questioned. CGR Road and Garden Reach Road are the critical links between North/Central Kolkata and other states and the south-western part of the …
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November 11, 2017