October 14, 2025 Cochin Port seogrey1

Cochin Port is instructed by the ministry to address the welfare officer appointment complaint.

The ministry of shipping and waterways ordered the Cochin Port Authority (CPA) to address the complaint against the appointment of a port welfare officer amid the protests started by some Cochin Port employees. Organizations representing the workers claimed that the appointment was illegal. In 2016, C P Rajeeve was named welfare officer, and in 2023, […]

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October 11, 2025 Vizhinjam International Seaport seogrey1

Construction of the Vizhinjam fishing harbor and port extension are scheduled to start in November.

In conjunction with the second and third phases of Vizhinjam International Seaport’s capacity augmentation, the construction of a new fishing harbor is anticipated to start in November of this year, according to project officials who spoke to TOI. Officials said that the Harbour Engineering Department (HED) has already put out a bid for Package 2, […]

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October 1, 2025 Beypore Port seogrey1

MP claims that a rise in service fees at Beypore Port could lead to a crisis.

Minister for Ports V.N. Vasavan has been asked by Lakshadweep MP Mohammed Hamdullah Sayeed to reevaluate the increase in service fees at the Beypore Port, which is heavily used by ships from Lakshadweep. Mr. Sayeed said in a letter to the Minister that the increase will have a negative impact on the ships that serve […]

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September 22, 2025 Vizhinjam International Seaport seogrey1

For Vizhinjam Port-led industrialization, the government authorizes a consultant.

The hiring of a consultant to create a strategy for port-led industrialization for Vizhinjam International Seaport Ltd (VISL) has been approved by the state government. Finding possible land parcels, creating a cluster development plan, and submitting a concept that is financially feasible and offers enticing returns on investment are the tasks assigned to the consultant, […]

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September 15, 2025 Beypore Port seogrey1

Restrictions on sea travel are relaxed, and steel cargo loading starts at the port of Beypore.

Restrictions on sea passage for motorized vessels related to the monsoon will be lifted on the 15th, making the port operational. Before freight transportation by sea to Lakshadweep resumes, preparations have been made at the wharf. The ships Marine Line and Maria Mata have already arrived at the port and are beginning to load cargo. […]

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August 11, 2025 Vizhinjam International Seaport seogrey1

Phase Two expansion of Vizhinjam Seaport is set to begin next month.

Phase two extension of the Vizhinjam seaport, which was dedicated to the country in early May, is expected to begin next month. Phase two, which is anticipated to be finished by 2028, will add a break-bulk berth, a tanker berth, and a bunkering facility on an enlarged 4-km-long breakwater, with the goal of expanding the […]

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July 27, 2025 Vizhinjam International Seaport seogrey1

An study of labor difficulties at Vizhinjam Port is ordered by the minister.

Additional Labour Commissioner K.M. Sunil has been assigned by Minister for Labour V. Sivankutty to carry out a thorough investigation into labor-related matters at the port of Vizhinjam. Following Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan’s instructions, Mr. Sivankutty called a meeting here on Saturday, where the decision was made. Trade unions’ accusations that headload workers were being […]

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July 26, 2025 Uncategorized seogrey1

The development of a customs warehouse at Azhikkal has received administrative approval, confirmed by the CM.

According to Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan, the Azhikkal port is essential to Kannur’s growth as the government moves forward with its public-private partnership (PPP) infrastructure initiatives. The Chief Minister announced that administrative approval had been given for the construction of a customs warehouse at the port during a district-level meeting on Friday that was part […]

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July 14, 2025 Vizhinjam International Seaport seogrey1

Vizhinjam Port is to invest ₹10,000 crore in expansion begin in September.

In its first year of operation, the Adani Group-owned Vizhinjam International Deepwater Multipurpose Seaport, the nation’s first dedicated container trans-shipment port, has handled over a lakh containers every month and reached full capacity utilization of 1.2 million twenty-foot equivalent units (TEUs). According to a corporate spokeswoman, there is now a pressing need to extend the […]

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July 9, 2025 Vizhinjam International Seaport seogrey1

Tamil Nadu watches the Vizhinjam port windfall while Kerala lags behind.

The Tamil Nadu government has acted quickly to take use of the port’s potential, but the Kerala government is still having trouble acquiring land for companies close to the Vizhinjam International Seaport. The Tamil Nadu government has approved four additional SIPCOT industrial parks in Tirunelveli district, close across the border and easily accessible from Vizhinjam. […]

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