In yet another milestone underscoring Syama Prasad Mookerjee Port, Kolkata’s (SMPK) commitment to promoting shipbuilding and ship repair in India, Rathendra Raman, Chairman, Syama Prasad Mookerjee Port, Kolkata visited the Ship Repair Facility of Cochin Shipyard Limited (CSL) at Cochin to explore deeper collaboration between the two maritime institutions.
In a significant achievement, the Syama Prasad Mookerjee Port (SMP), in conjunction with India Maritime Week in Mumbai, has inked a series of landmark Memorandum of Understanding (MoUs) amounting to an investment of over Rs 48,000 crore across diverse sectors of maritime trade and green energy.
In a landmark development for maritime infrastructure, Syama Prasad Mookerjee Port on Monday signed a concession agreement with JSW Infra Ltd. for the mechanisation and modernisation of Berths 7 and 8 at Netaji Subhas Dock (NSD) under the Kolkata Dock System (KDS).
Syama Prasad Mookerjee Port has recorded a 16 per cent growth in cargo handling during April to August months of the current fiscal.
Syama Prasad Mookerjee Port, Kolkata on Tuesday inaugurated a three-month campaign to Vigilance Awareness Week 2025, to be observed from 18 August to 17 November, in line with the directives of the Central Vigilance Commission (CVC).
Of the 65 MMT cargo handled by the Syama Prasad Mookerjee Port last year, around 35 MMT got disbursed by the railways, informed the chairman of the city port Rathendra Raman today.
Syama Prasad Mookerjee Port, Kolkata (SMP, Kolkata), and TNS Logi-Park Pvt. Ltd. have formally embarked on a remarkable journey to breathe new life into the historic Dai Ghat.
The Syama Prasad Mookerjee Port (SMP) is now considering publishing an expression of interest this month to understand the market potential. “The EoI which is being done by the Syama Prasad Mookerjee Port is for the development of the port. The total project cost is about 4,000 crore out of which phase-I is 17,000 crore.
Indian waterway systems are expanding at such a fast pace that no other country can match our speed, speaking on the occasion, Thakur said.
The port spokesperson shared that ‘M.V. Lake D’, one of the largest cape vessels of its kind with 66,000 MT of steam coal cargo bound for Nepal, anchored at Sagar for the first time making SMP Port privileged to handle such a bulk carrier.
