Bharat Heavy Electricals Limited (BHEL) has commissioned the 720 MW Mangdechhu hydroelectric project (HEP) for Druk Green Power Corporation Limited at Thimphu, Bhutan. BHEL has executed the electro-mechanical package for the project which includes design, […]
The Central Electricity Regulatory Commission has issued the Power System Development Fund [PSDF] Regulations, 2019. The regulations provide guidelines on the constitution of the fund, constitution of the appraisal committee, congestion relief, the deviation settlement […]
NTPC Limited has commissioned the country’s first ultra-supercritical unit of 660 MW capacity at the upcoming 1,320 Khargaon thermal power plant in Madhya Pradesh. The unit will operate at an efficiency of 41.5 per cent […]
PFC Consulting Limited has issued letters of award (LoAs) to developers for supply of power from 1,000 MW of capacity under the Ministry of Power’s Pilot Scheme II. The developers are Jindal Power Limited (315 […]
Power Grid Corporation of India Limited (Powergrid) has secured an interstate transmission project under the tariff-based competitive bidding route. The project entails setting up of the transmission system associated with long-term access applications from the […]
Kochi Metro Rail Limited has issued a letter of acceptance to Cochin Shipyard Limited (CSL) for the designing, building, testing, commissioning, and delivery of passenger boats for the Kochi integrated water transport project. CSL’s scope […]
The central government inaugurated the Sahibganj multimodal terminal (MMT) on September 12, 2019. The MMT, which has a capacity of 2.24 mtpa, is being developed by L&T Construction Limited on an EPC basis at an […]
The Visakhapatnam Port Trust (VPT) has launched end-to-end total logistics solutions to increase traffic handled at the port and thereby scale up its ranking to third position among the major ports in terms of cargo […]
The Ministry of Shipping has introduced the biometric seafarer identity document (BSID) for capturing facial biometric data of seafarers. The BSID is expected to make the identification of the seafarer identity document holder more reliable […]
The central government has inaugurated an emergency towing vessel (ETV), Water Lily, in association with the Mumbai Port Trust. The ETV has been chartered by Mumbai port in coordination with the Directorate Gen-eral of Shipping […]
As of July 31, 2019, the Indian shipping industry had a fleet of 1,409 vessels of 12.73 million gross tonnage (GT) and 19.31 million deadweight tonnage (DWT). Of the total vessels, 952 were coastal vessels […]
India and Russia have signed a memorandum of intent to open a maritime route between the ports of Chennai and Vladivostok. The memorandum is expected to ensure connectivity between the ports, thereby providing an impetus […]
The container freight station (CFS) built by the Nepal government at the Kolkata dry port has been operationalised. The CFS is expected to reduce the extra charges that Nepali traders have been paying for the […]
CMA CGM Logistics Park Dadri Private Limited, a joint venture of CMA CGM Global (India) Private Limited and Container Corporation of India Limited, has commenced dedicated block train services from the Dadri inland container depot […]
Navayuga Engineering Company Limited (NECL) has filed a petition in the Andhra Pradesh High Court seeking a stay on the state government’s order of cancelling the concession agreement for the development and operation of Phase […]
The Chennai Port Trust has signed an agreement with Korean automaker KIA Motors and Glovis India Anantapur Private Limited to provide custom-made facilities and concessional benefits for the export of vehicles. The long-term agreement, valid […]
The central government inaugurated various projects at Visakhapatnam port on August 23, 2019. These projects are Coal Jetty I, North Cargo Berth III and a railway line from the marshalling yard to Hare Island. The […]
During April-August 2019-20, the major ports handled 293.8 mt of traffic, compared to 288.47 mt in the corresponding period of 2018-19, registering an increase of 1.85 per cent. Deendayal port handled the maximum traffic at […]
The detailed project report (DPR) for the Raigad mega refinery and petrochemicals complex project is expected to be completed by December 2019. The project involves development of a 60 mtpa refinery-cum-petrochemical complex at Raigad in […]
Torrent Gas Private Limited has acquired Mahesh Gas Limited, Siti Energy Limited and Dholpur CGD Private Limited that are implementing city gas distribution (CGD) projects in Maharashtra, Uttar Pradesh and Rajasthan respectively. The Mahesh Group […]
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