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SECTOR | 12 Dec 2025

Strike by trailer owners disrupt movement of vehicles at Chennai, Katupalli and Ennore ports

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Trailer owners protest increase in fitness certification testing fees for older vehicles

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SECTOR | 10 Dec 2025

Kamarajar Port Ltd to upgrade GCB1 as a clean cargo berth

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This will be done through PPP mode to handle clean cargo that are palletised and bagged, and break bulk cargo including containerised and project cargo of dust free and non-polluting nature

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SECTOR | 28 Oct 2025

Kamarajar Port ready to submit DPR for 1 lakh crore Great Nicobar transshipment port

Business Line

In the first two phases, a total of 44,000 crore will be invested to create a capacity of 11 million twenty-foot equivalent units over the next three to four years

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SECTOR | 27 Oct 2025

German windmill manufacturer Nordex Group in India to see 50% revenue growth by 2027 end

Business Line

Nordex plans to export its windmill blades and equipment in future through the Kamarajar Port in North Chennai once the infrastructure inside the port and outside is ready

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SECTOR | 17 Oct 2025

Chennai and Kamarajar ports plan to pitch projects worth 1.20 lakh crore at the India Maritime Week 2025

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The week-long maritime event in Mumbai between October 27 and 31 is expected to activate investment flow worth nearly 10 lakh crore

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SECTOR | 07 Oct 2025

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SECTOR | 13 May 2025

Major ports' cargo rises 4.3% in FY25; Paradip, Deendayal cross 150 MT

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India's major ports registered a 4.3 per cent rise in cargo handling to 855 million tonnes in 2024-25, an official statement said on Tuesday. The increase in traffic was driven by higher container throughput (10 per cent), fertiliser cargo handling (13 per cent), POL cargo handling (3 per cent), and handling of miscellaneous commodities (31 per cent) compared to the previous fiscal year, according to the statement. There are 12 major ports, wholly owned by the Government of India and governed by the provisions of the Major Port Authorities Act, 2021. These are Deendayal Port, Mumbai Port, Jawaharlal Nehru Port, Mormugao Port, New Mangalore Port, Cochin Port, VO Chidambaranar Port, Chennai Port, Kamarajar Port, Visakhapatnam Port, Paradip Port and Syama Prasad Mookerjee Port. Among commodities handled at major ports, Petroleum, Oil, and Lubricants (POL)-including crude, petroleum products, and LPG/LNG-led the charts with a volume of 254.5 million tonnes (29.8 per cent), followed by

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SECTOR | 03 Apr 2025

For the first time, Chennai and Kamarajar ports exceed 100 mt throughput milestone

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For the current fiscal, Paliwal expects the combined cargo volume to grow at around 7 per cent

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SECTOR | 07 Dec 2024

Foundation stone laid for three projects worth 582 crore at Kamarajar port

Business Line

The port was originally conceived primarily to handle thermal coal to meet the requirement of Tamil Nadu Electricity Board (TNEB) and was endowed with large chunks of land (about 2,000 acres)

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SECTOR | 30 Jul 2024

IOCL's dedicated jetty at Kamarajar Port to be operational by December

Business Line

Constructed at a cost of 921 crore, the jetty will add 3 million tonnes of cargo per annum to the Kamarajar port