Reversing its previous yearâ??s plan to become a â??clean portâ??, Chennai Port Trust (ChPT) has repositioned itself as a multi-cargo terminal, which will handle all categories of goods ranging from coal, iron ore and oil through sugar, edible oil and other perishables to containerized cargo.

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• Chennai Port returns to multi-strategy, cargo terminal

    Chennai Port Trust (ChPT) has gone back on its previous year’s plan of making itself a ‘clean’ port, without any handling of coal and such other dusty cargo.

• Chennai Port returns policy

    Chennai Port Trust (ChPT) has gone back on its previous year’s plan of making itself a ‘clean’ port, without any handling of coal and such other dusty cargo. On a reversal of strategy, it has repositioned itself as a multi-cargo terminal, which will handle all categories of goods ranging from

• Chennai second box terminal at full power in October

    The Chennai International Terminals Private Ltd (CITPL), the second private container terminal at the Chennai port, will officially start full operations from October first week, according to the Chennai Port Trust Chairman, Capt. Subhash Kumar. The terminal will help the Chennai Port, which is 88th in the global top 100 container ports,

• Sical reserves Chennai Port JD5 bulk berth in 2018

    Sical Logistics Ltd, India’s leading provider of multi-modal integrated solutions for the logistics of bulk and containerized cargo, has signed a Berth Reservation Scheme (BRS) agreement with the Chennai Port Trust for 20 years, effective from February 26, 1998. Sical Logistics has been handling vessels at JD V berth under BRS

• Chennai port in talks with PSA-Sical to let, from the 2nd Container Terminal

    The Chennai Port Trust (ChPT) is considering the idea of letting out the second container terminal, which is run by PSA-Sical and currently ‘under-utilised,’ to handle cargo, according to Capt.

• Liner ship directly from DP World to PSA

    Indian reports say PSA International has won over three box liners from rival operator DP World, to use its new terminal in Chennai by offering lower rates. A service (Indfex 2) run by Pacific International Lines (PIL), K Line America and state-run The Shipping Corporation of India (SCI) will start

• Maersk to stop direct Chennai-US service

    The world’s biggest container shipping firm, Maersk Line, will stop a direct service from Chennai to the US east coast from 5 February and run it from Colombo instead, dealing a blow to the Union government-owned Chennai port’s ambition to become a hub. At least two Chennai-based shipbrokers familiar with

• EU concerned about impact on traffic in Chennai Port

    The economic slowdown will not hamper the cargo growth of the Chennai port during the current fiscal. The port will handle a record 62 million tonnes cargo for the year ending March 31, 2010, a 10 per cent growth, according to Capt Subash Kumar, Chairman, Chennai Port Trust

• India to import: meet

    It is required for India to import an additional 2 million tonnes (MT) of sugar during 2009-10 season in order to meet the domestic demand, an industry body said. “The country has contracted to import 3.8 million tonnes of sugar so far this season, of which, 1.8 million tonnes have

• Sri Lanka ports win as Maersk moves from Chennai

    Sri Lanka’s Colombo port stands to gain more container transhipment business with Maersk, the world biggest container shipping line by volume, deciding to stop direct calls at Chennai, officials said. Maersk Line has announced it will stop direct calls at Chennai on its ‘MECL2′ service linking south Asia to North

• India: production of sugar for 2009-10 to Surpass 16 million tonnes, says Pawar

    Union Agriculture Minister Sharad Pawar announced that the sugar productivity for the marketing year (0ctober 1, 2009 to September 30, 2010) would surpass 16 million tonnes mark assisted by higher yield in two key producing states. Maharashtra is India’s top sugar manufacturer and Uttar Pradesh the top sugar cane producer.

• China Oct-Nov sugar production rose to 6.12 million tonnes

    China produced 6.12 million metric tons of sugar in the crop year to January 31.

• Maersk stops Chennai U.S. Direct

    Maersk Line’s direct mainline service, MECL2, to the US East Coast from Chennai port ended last week. The final call of the weekly service was just short of its loading capacity from Chennai due to the ‘flash strike’ called by the trailer drivers and cleaners that affected entry of export

• Mundra port project consortium bags Mormugao

    Ahmedabad, Aug. 10 A consortium led by Mundra Port and Special Economic Zone Ltd, the largest private port in the country, has won the bid for development of coal handling terminal at port of Mormugao, Goa on a design, build, finance, operate and transfer basis, the company said here today.

• Efficiency of multi-trailer systems for ship-stack container transport

    A multi-trailer system (MTS) allows transportation of a larger number of containers as opposed to the traditional single trailer systems. Therefore terminal and port operators consider the MTS as one of the options for increasing efficiency. Read at Efficiency of multi-trailer systems for ship to stacks container transportation