Haldia Port

The longest vessel ever to sail on river Brahmaputra was anchored at Pandu port in Guwahati after completing its pilot run of heavy cargo movement from Haldia Dock in Kolkata.

Union Minister for Ports, Shipping and Waterways Sarbananda Sonowal flagged off the maiden voyage of steel cargo laden barge from Syama Prasad Mookerjee Port in Bengal's Haldia to Pandu port in Guwahati through the Indo Bangladesh Protocol Route.

Adani Ports, which is rapidly expanding its network on the east coast, is set to enter the maritime sector in West Bengal as it emerged as the top bidder for operating a berth at Haldia Dock Complex, an official said on Monday.

Syama Prasad Mookerjee Port, erstwhile Kolkata Port Trust, has received Rs 20 crore in connection with a court case related to a Russian vessel Beletsky which was arrested at Haldia Dock Complex (HDC) in 2017, an official said.

One person died as a major fire broke out in a mobile harbour crane in Haldia dock of the Kolkata port on Saturday, an official said.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday inaugurated an inland port in Varanasi on the Ganga River as part of the centre's push to develop inland waterways, starting with the stretch of the river between the Uttar Pradesh holy city and Haldia in West Bengal for navigation of large vessels.

Bangladesh will evaluate cautiously a recent Indian offer asking the country to use its Kolkata and Haldia ports for transshipment to make coastal shipping more cost effective for bilateral trade, officials and reports said in Dhaka on Monday.

All-weather port Haldia in West Bengal is set to become the country's first green port soon.

A China-bound merchant vessel with 18 crew members which set sail from Haldia port in West Bengal has lost contact with the ground staff following the cyclonic storm Phailin which swept coastal Odisha on Saturday night, the Coast Guard said on Sunday.

Haldia Bulk Terminals (HBT), promoted by ABG of India and Louis Dreyfus Armateurs (LDA) of France, today retrenched 348 more employees, taking the total number of employees sacked to over 600 as part of its winding up process.

West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee had said on Tuesday, "Nothing has happened in Haldia." The statement was made a day before Haldia Bulk Terminal (HBT), a private cargo handling company operating in two berths at the Haldia Dock Complex (HDC), announced it was pulling out of the state. As reasons for its exit, HBT cited lack of security f...

Haldia Bulk Terminals, a private firm handling cargo at the Haldia port in West Bengal, pulled out of the project on Wednesday, alleging that the state was not providing it with a secure environment to work in. Here's HBT's letter to Kolkata Port Trust stating their decision to pull out:

NDTV has accessed a set of documents that point towards a link between HBT's exit and the two MPs' likely involvement. The third letter written by Haldia Dock Complex manager to the Haldia Police station states that workers from Trinamool MP Srinjoy Bose's firm Ripley and Company had gheraoed the dock offices. Here is the full letter:

NDTV has accessed a set of documents that point towards a link between HBT's exit and the two MPs' likely involvement. The second letter to Home Secretary of West Bengal on September 19 says workers of private handling agents at Haldia belonging to the Trinamool union had on September 18 gheraoed port offices to protest ships being sent to HBT bert...

NDTV has accessed a set of documents that point towards a link between HBT's exit and the two MPs' likely involvement. One of them is an email from an officer of Haldia Dock Complex on September 20 claiming that Trinamool MP Mr Adhikari threatened that even if cargo is unloaded from the ship, he will not allow a single truck of cargo to move out of...

The longest vessel ever to sail on river Brahmaputra was anchored at Pandu port in Guwahati after completing its pilot run of heavy cargo movement from Haldia Dock in Kolkata.

Union Minister for Ports, Shipping and Waterways Sarbananda Sonowal flagged off the maiden voyage of steel cargo laden barge from Syama Prasad Mookerjee Port in Bengal's Haldia to Pandu port in Guwahati through the Indo Bangladesh Protocol Route.

Adani Ports, which is rapidly expanding its network on the east coast, is set to enter the maritime sector in West Bengal as it emerged as the top bidder for operating a berth at Haldia Dock Complex, an official said on Monday.

Syama Prasad Mookerjee Port, erstwhile Kolkata Port Trust, has received Rs 20 crore in connection with a court case related to a Russian vessel Beletsky which was arrested at Haldia Dock Complex (HDC) in 2017, an official said.

One person died as a major fire broke out in a mobile harbour crane in Haldia dock of the Kolkata port on Saturday, an official said.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday inaugurated an inland port in Varanasi on the Ganga River as part of the centre's push to develop inland waterways, starting with the stretch of the river between the Uttar Pradesh holy city and Haldia in West Bengal for navigation of large vessels.

Bangladesh will evaluate cautiously a recent Indian offer asking the country to use its Kolkata and Haldia ports for transshipment to make coastal shipping more cost effective for bilateral trade, officials and reports said in Dhaka on Monday.

All-weather port Haldia in West Bengal is set to become the country's first green port soon.

A China-bound merchant vessel with 18 crew members which set sail from Haldia port in West Bengal has lost contact with the ground staff following the cyclonic storm Phailin which swept coastal Odisha on Saturday night, the Coast Guard said on Sunday.

Haldia Bulk Terminals (HBT), promoted by ABG of India and Louis Dreyfus Armateurs (LDA) of France, today retrenched 348 more employees, taking the total number of employees sacked to over 600 as part of its winding up process.

West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee had said on Tuesday, "Nothing has happened in Haldia." The statement was made a day before Haldia Bulk Terminal (HBT), a private cargo handling company operating in two berths at the Haldia Dock Complex (HDC), announced it was pulling out of the state. As reasons for its exit, HBT cited lack of security f...

Haldia Bulk Terminals, a private firm handling cargo at the Haldia port in West Bengal, pulled out of the project on Wednesday, alleging that the state was not providing it with a secure environment to work in. Here's HBT's letter to Kolkata Port Trust stating their decision to pull out:

NDTV has accessed a set of documents that point towards a link between HBT's exit and the two MPs' likely involvement. The third letter written by Haldia Dock Complex manager to the Haldia Police station states that workers from Trinamool MP Srinjoy Bose's firm Ripley and Company had gheraoed the dock offices. Here is the full letter:

NDTV has accessed a set of documents that point towards a link between HBT's exit and the two MPs' likely involvement. The second letter to Home Secretary of West Bengal on September 19 says workers of private handling agents at Haldia belonging to the Trinamool union had on September 18 gheraoed port offices to protest ships being sent to HBT bert...

NDTV has accessed a set of documents that point towards a link between HBT's exit and the two MPs' likely involvement. One of them is an email from an officer of Haldia Dock Complex on September 20 claiming that Trinamool MP Mr Adhikari threatened that even if cargo is unloaded from the ship, he will not allow a single truck of cargo to move out of...