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Vallarpadam bids to lure container lines

News1 Oct 2012

DP World and India’s state-run Kochi Port Trust (KPT) have begun talks with global container shipping lines to attract services to the Val...

Indian box hub to open next month

News28 Dec 2010

India’s first International Container Transhipment Terminal (ICTT) at Vallarpadam near Kochi port in the southern state of Kerala is sched...

DPW set to open Vallarpadam terminal

News1 Mar 2010

DP World expects to open the first phase of its US$650M International Container Transhipment Terminal (ICTT) at Vallarpadam Island, near Koc...

Barge service for new Indian terminal

News1 Nov 2009

The Kochi (Cochin) Port Trust (KPT) and the Inland Waterway Authority of India (IWAI) have teamed up to operate a ro-ro/lolo barge service t...

…KPT considers Kochi future

News1 Oct 2009

The Kochi Port Trust (KPT) is considering alternative uses for the Rajiv Gandhi Container Terminal (RGCT), which will be vacated by DP World...

Vallarpadam set to go…

News1 Oct 2009

DP World is preparing for a “soft” opening of the Vallarpadam International Container Transhipment Terminal (ICTT) in India’s southern...

Kochi plans ro-ro container service

News1 Jun 2009

With the road link to the International Container Transhipment Terminal (ICTT) being developed by DP World at Vallarpadam expected to be del...

DPW submits Vallarpadam plans

News1 Mar 2007

DP World, which currently operates the Rajiv Gandhi Container Terminal at Kochi under a revenue-sharing arrangement, has submitted plans for...

Kochi digs deep

News1 Mar 2006

Dredging of the navigation channel at the Port of Kochi in south India to 12.5m has been completed, allowing the Rajiv Gandhi Container Term...

Kochi hands RGCT over to DPI

News1 Apr 2005

India’s Kochi Port Trust (KPT) has handed over the Rajiv Gandhi Container Terminal (RGCT) to Dubai Ports International (DPI), which will o...

DPI inks Vallarpadam deal

News1 Feb 2005

Dubai Ports International (DPI) has formally signed an agreement with the Kochi Port Trust (KoPT) to build and operate an international cont...

DPI in a hurry

News1 Dec 2004

Dubai Ports International (DPI), which won the concession to build and operate an international container transhipment terminal at Vallarpad...

DPI seeks partners for Vallarpadam

News1 Nov 2004

Dubai Ports International (DPI), which won the 30 year concession to develop and operate the Vallarpadam International Container Terminal ne...

Early start for Vallarpadam?

News1 Sep 2004

India’s Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs (CCEA) has said that Dubai Ports International (DPI), which won the 30-year concession to bu...

Kochi attracts more interest…

News1 Jan 2004

India’s Kochi Port Trust (KoPT) in the south Indian state of Kerala, has received responses from 14 Indian and international companies to ...

Kochi to go it alone?

News1 Oct 2003

India’s Kochi Port Trust (KoPT), which had called international bids to build a container transhipment terminal at Vallarpadam, has reject...

Vallarpadam bids to lure container lines

Indian box hub to open next month

DPW set to open Vallarpadam terminal

Barge service for new Indian terminal

…KPT considers Kochi future

Vallarpadam set to go…

Kochi plans ro-ro container service

DPW submits Vallarpadam plans

Kochi digs deep

Kochi hands RGCT over to DPI

DPI inks Vallarpadam deal

DPI in a hurry

DPI seeks partners for Vallarpadam

Early start for Vallarpadam?

Kochi attracts more interest…

Kochi to go it alone?

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Guidelines on safe transport of charcoal in containers published

Port of Oakland, NWSA join FLOW

Xeneta: Shippers are not out of the woods

Port of Gothenburg gets direct Ro-Ro connection to Asia

Port of Vancouver’s container volumes recover

Vallarpadam bids to lure container lines

Indian box hub to open next month

DPW set to open Vallarpadam terminal

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Guidelines on safe transport of charcoal in containers published

Port of Oakland, NWSA join FLOW

Xeneta: Shippers are not out of the woods

Port of Gothenburg gets direct Ro-Ro connection to Asia

Port of Vancouver’s container volumes recover

ILA says it will move forward with strike on Tuesday

Map of major ports affected by strike on US East and Gulf coasts

Will port strike severely disrupt US economy?

ILA shuts down ports on Atlantic and Gulf coasts

Fire from overturned truck carrying lithium-ion batteries shuts down Port of LA, POLB terminals