Infrastructure
Vallarpadam container terminal -- Cochin Port Trust to discuss P&O bid
THE Board of Trustees of the Cochin Port Trust, at a meeting scheduled for August 30, will consider the lone financial bid of P&O Ports, Australia, to develop the Rs. 600-crore container terminal at Vallarpadam.

NHAI asks Haldia dock to share 4-laning cost
THE National Highway Authority of India (NHAI) has sought financial participation of the Haldia dock in its project to widen National Highway 41, which already extends up to the dock.

Shipping
VPT plans fresh global tenders for ship unloaders
THE nearly two-year old effort of the Visakhapatnam port to procure two 33-tonne rail-mounted ship unloaders, as part of its infrastructure expansion programme, is likely to gather steam soon, with the port deciding to cancel the existing tenders and, in stead, go in for fresh global tenders.

Time charter of LNG vessels makes major changes in bid terms
PETRONET LNG Ltd has delinked the shipping contract for its Dahej and Cochin terminals by scaling down the number of LNG vessels required to two from the earlier proposed three firm plus one optional vessels.

Transport
DPE sets off price war in express courier market
A PRICE war is in the offing among international courier companies in the document market with one, DPE International, slashing its rates and introducing a new weight-break slab of 100 gm.

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