Shree Ashapura Stevedores, Ocean Harmony Shipping and Marine Services, Shri Balaji Infraport Pvt Ltd, and Global Fuel Resources LLP (Morbi) are the service providers behind this stellar achievement.
The MV Express Athens, a 350-meter-long container vessel, and MV CSSC LE HAVRE, a 255-meter Baby Cape vessel with a deep draft of 14.15 meters, were launched into the port amid challenging conditions, including strong southwest winds and powerful tidal currents.
KDPA Chairperson Sushil Kumar Singh announced that the port aims to handle 170 million tonnes of cargo, representing a growth rate of over 10%. This new target is expected to redistribute cargo volumes among other ports.
Singh said, "Kandla Deendayal Port Authority has been able to achieve our mission. So, we have taken up this mission of handling 150 million tonnes in 2024-25. We have handled 150.16 million tonnes, so we have been able to achieve our target set by ourselves."
Sushil Kumar Singh, Chairman of Deendayal Port Authority (DPA), Kandla, said on Saturday that the authority will start the production of Green Hydrogen by the end of August.
In a step towards energy transition and achieving the objectives of the National Green Hydrogen Mission, Union Minister Sarbananda Sonowal on Tuesday virtually flagged off the Electrolysers manufactured by L&T under "Make-in-India" for a 1 MW Green Hydrogen Plant being set up at Deendaya
Video showed the Boeing 767-3S2F heading back to the tarmac as flames spewed from the right engine around 8 am (local time) on Saturday. Two Port Authority fire trucks headed near the the plane as it landed and extinguished the blaze.
In December 2024 alone, the Port achieved an extraordinary milestone by handling 294 windmill blades, an exceptional growth of 234 per cent compared to the 88 blades handled in December 2023.
She said that Pakistan's federal government is consistently taking decisions without holding discussions with PPP, including the formation of the Pakistan Maritime and Shipping Port Authority.
Union Minister for Ports, Shipping and Waterways, Sarbananda Sonowal, on Monday inaugurated a series of projects at the Chennai Port Authority and Kamarajar Port Limited from Chennai.
Union Home Minister Amit Shah inaugurated the Passenger terminal building at Petropole land port and Maitri Dwar, a cargo gate in West Bengal on Sunday.