APSEZ, JSW Infra, Concor, Essar among 10 entities submitting EoI for Container Transhipment Port

Cont’d from Pg.3 ....are among the ten entities that have filed expression of interest for developing and running an international container transhipment Port at GalatheaBayintheGreatNicobarIsland.

MeghaEngineering&InfrastructuresLtd,Navayuga Engineering Co Ltd, VishwaSamudra Holdings Pvt Ltd and PDP International Pvt Ltd have also submitted EoIs fortheproject,governmentsourcessaid.

To be sure, the EoI is not a formal tender to pick an investor to build and run the first phase of the box transhipment port but is an exercise run by the government to seek suggestions from interested parties onwaystoimplementtheproject.

The EoI aims to finalize the project structure and qualification criteria after taking views of the interested applicants.Basedontheresponsesreceived,Requestfor Qualification (RFQ)/Request for Proposal (RFP) and Draft Concession Agreement document will be prepared forbiddingpurposes.

The planned container transhipment hub is strategically located on the trade route midway between existing transshipment terminals (Singapore, Klang and Colombo) and feeder ports, with natural water depth of over 20 metres to help handle big container ships,

in Great Nicobar Island

besides having potential to capture transhipment cargo fromIndianEastCoastports,BangladeshandMyanmar.

The Great Nicobar Island is just 40 nautical miles from the Malacca Strait international shipping channel through which some 35 percent of the annual global sea trade passes. The economic scale effects in container shippinghaveledtoarapidincreaseinsizeforalltypesof vessels, from feeders to the large inter-continental carriers. The proposed port will be designed to handle ships that can carry as much as 28,840 twenty-foot equivalentunits(TEUs).

“The proposed transshipment port, with its deep draft, additional capacity, and greater efficiency, will provide an alternate option to shipping lines for container transshipment. Further, the proposed infrastructure facilities shall be such that the service levels and facilities match with that of the top global container transshipment terminals and neighbouring ports,”agovernmentofficialsaid.

The Union government-owned Syama Prasad Mookerjee Port, Kolkata, and the Andaman and Nicobar Islands Integrated Development Corporation Ltd (ANIIDCO) will helm the port on the landlord model wherein the common/basic infrastructure would be built by the government while the cargo handling activities willbeoutsourcedtospecialistsinthefieldforasmuchas 50 years. The private operator will be free to set rates basedonmarketforces.

Maersk reintroduces direct bookings to Ukraine

COPENHAGEN : Maersk announced that it is now able to offer direct bookings to Ukraine from anywhere in the world, alleviating a commoncustomerissueoverthelastyearsinceRussia’s invasionofUkraine.

Therefore, the Danish carrier started a new weekly barge service from the Port of Constanta in Romania to the Port of Reni in Ukraine. This service is now fully operational across two routes – via the Constanta/ Danube Channel and the Black Sea – with a transit time of approximately 1.5 days. Maersk added that its systems are updated and ready to accept direct customer bookingstothePortofReni.

The company noted that bookings will be subject to operational capacity and the correct documentation beingsubmitted,whichincludesthelegalacceptanceofa Ukraineclauseduetoongoingriskinthearea.

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Globelink Globelink WW U.K., North Continent, Scandinavian Ports & Ashdod, Piraeus, Thessaloniki, Athens,

Unifeeder Group Unifeeder Ag. U.K., North Continent & Scandinavian Ports. Dron.2 & TLP

TSS L'Global Ag. U.K., North Continent & Scandinavian Ports. Dronagiri-2

AMI Intl. AMI Global U.K., North Cont., Scandinavian, Red Sea & Med. Ports. Dronagiri-3 Kalko Faredeal U.K., North Continent & Scandinavian Ports. Dronagiri-3

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Safewater Safewater Lines U.K., North Continent, Red Sea & Med. Ports.

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Emirates Emirates Shpg. Jebel Ali, Sohar. (IMX)

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QNL/Milaha PoseidonShpg. Jebel Ali, Bandar Abbas. Speedy CFS

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Bay Line Freight Conn. Port Sudan & Al Sokhna CWC, GDL & DRT

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