Cochin Port Trust (CPT)

Kochi port targets cargo volumes increase

The Cochin Port Trust (CPT), pursuing an aggressive marketing strategy, is targeting a variety of new cargo, including coffee, cotton, and petrochemicals, to augment volumes. The increasing preference for the coastal route is to the Kochi Port’s advantage even as there is a modal shift from road to coastal shipping, said CPT Chairperson M. Beena.

According to her, there was a proposal to move propylene in bullet tankers using roll-on roll-off service from Kochi to Dahej in Gujarat. Once the...

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Cochin Port looks at new revenue streams

The Cochin Port Trust (CPT) ended 2018-19 fiscal on a high with a cargo throughput of over 32 million tonnes and operating surplus of more than ₹210 crore.

The net profit rose from ₹13.55 crore during 2017-18 to ₹19.2 crore last year. The port managed to make an additional payment of ₹27.41 crore to the pension fund corpus. It also paid the first instalment of ₹55.85 crore towards an outstanding government debt.

Along with cost-effective services, the port authority is looking to...

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Trains, ships to move Cochin’s boxes from Sunday

Container lorry operators continue agitations, talks remain inconclusive

With container lorry operators continuing their boycott of Container Road over the imposition of toll by the National Highways Authority of India (NHAI), the Cochin Port Trust (CPT) has decided to transport containers in bulk through trains and ships plying along the coast from Sunday.

Concor (a subsidiary of the Indian Railway) and ships will be deployed from Sunday to ferry the thousands of containers that have piled up...

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182 rice containers at Kochi port

A consignment of 4,732 tonnes of rice in 182 containers arrived at the International Container Transshipment Terminal at Vallarpadam on Saturday (Nov. 10), marking the culmination of efforts by the traffic and marketing teams of Cochin Port Trust (CPT) to increase the volume of coastal cargo.

The consignment is for the Food Corporation of India (FCI) for public distribution in the State. It was shipped from the Kakinada Port in Andhra Pradesh and arrived in Kochi via Krishnapatnam.

Until...

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