Ports & Shipping
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Interviews
Rajive Kumar: “Providing efficient connectivity to all ports is a focus area”
The past one year has been an important one for the maritime sector. […]
Ports & Shipping
Ambitious Targets: Seamless connectivity need of the hour
In the past one year, the maritime sector exhibited a mixed performance. Overall, there was improvement in efficiency and operating margins across ports, however, traffic witnessed only a modest growth. The outlook for the port […]
Ports & Shipping
Modest Growth: Traffic performance of major ports during 2015-16
Major ports handled 606.37 million tonnes (mt) of cargo traffic in 2015-16, a year-on-year growth of 4.3 per cent. The growth was supported by an increase in all cargo categories except iron ore and fertilisers. […]
Special Section
Changing Contours: Port investments and legal due diligence
In the past, traffic at ports grew at 8 per cent per annum. To ensure servicing of this increasing traffic, there was an insistence that concessions be given at major ports that achieved minimum guaranteed […]
Special Section
TAMP Perspective: Redefining of roles
The Tariff Authority for Major Ports (TAMP) was constituted in April 1997. Prior to the setting up of TAMP, major ports set their own tariffs. After private participation was allowed in the port sector, it […]