Cochin Port Trust is one of the 12 major ports in the country. Cochin Port Trust (CoPT), one of the major port trusts in India, will sign 9 MoUs of Rs 2,825 crore (as of today) at 2nd Maritime India Summit 2021 scheduled to happen on 2nd to 4th March 2021, Ministry of Ports, Shipping and Waterways (MoPSW) said in a statement. These MoUs will be majorly signed between Fertilisers and Chemicals Travancore Limited (FACT); Kottayam Port & ICD Services; IOCL; IGTPL; etc. The MoUs will be signed in the areas like dredging for maintenance of channels and basins, coastal connectivity, cargo handling, tourism related projects, aviation fuel terminal, deepening and widening of port channels, etc.
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The Maritime India Summit – 2021 being organised by the Ministry of Ports, Shipping and Waterways between March 2 and 4 will be inaugurated by Prime Minister Narendra Modi.
The summit will be conducted on a virtual platform and can be attended by exhibitors as well as all connected with the maritime sector, said a communication from the Cochin Port Trust here.
As part of the summit, MoUs are being signed by major ports in India to promote maritime trade and establish new projects for upgrading infrastructure facilities.
Cochin Port Trust is in the process of signing 25 MoUs. The port authority has signed an MoU with Fertilisers and Chemicals Travancore Limited, Kottayam Port, Parisons Infrastructure Pvt Ltd, Great Seas Services LLP, Cochin Cements, Greenix Ventures Pvt. Ltd., REC Global, Krishna Hospital, and Unique Bunkers. The total estimated value of the projects covered under the MoUs is ₹1,025 crore and will generate about 2,735 employment o
Centre makes a fresh attempt to build transhipment port at Kanyakumari
February 22, 2021
V O Chidambaranar Port Trust has sought expression of interest from developers to build the 6.5 million TEU capacity transhipment hub.
The Centre is making a fresh attempt to build a greenfield port and container transhipment hub near Kanyakumari through the public, private, partnership (PPP) route.
V O Chidambaranar Port Trust on Monday sought expression of interest from port developers and shipping lines to build the 6.5 million twenty-foot equivalent units (TEU’s) capacity transhipment hub, according to a tender notice issued by the state-owned port.
Potential bidders have time until March 20 to file their expression of interest.
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PM Narendra Modi to inaugurate slew of projects in Kochi today
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday will dedicate to the nation Bharat Petroleum s Propylene Derivatives Petrochemical Complex at Kochi Refinery and Inland Waterways Authority s Roll-on/Roll-off vessels, at Willingdon Island. He would also inaugurate Cochin Port Trust s International Cruise Terminal and Cochin Shipyard s Vigyana Sagar, campus for Marine Engineering Training Institute, an official press release said.
Modi will also lay the foundation stone of Cochin Port Trust s South Coal Berth.
Kerala Governor Arif Mohammad Khan, Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan and Union Ministers Dharmendra Pradhan and Mansukh L Mandaviya will attend the event, the release said.
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