MPT overscores other ports
18 April 2001 23:26 ISTThe Mormugao Port Trust has recorded a growth of eight per cent in total traffic compared to only three per cent growth recorded at all the 11 ports in the country.Dr Jose Paul, the chairman, ... READ
Is Goa international airport financially viable ?
03 April 2001 23:27 ISTFinancial viability of the international airport of Goa, which the central cabinet approved last week, is yet to be worked out though the civil aviation ministry is confident of the proposal coming true.Sharad Yadav, the ... READ
Goa floats Infra Dev Corporation
12 January 2001 23:27 ISTGoa has decided to float a government-owned company, the Infrastructure Development Corporation, in order to clear a major bottleneck in the development of the tourist state.Though a fully government enterprise, the corporation would take up ... READ
MPT strike total, though unloading allowed
21 January 2000 09:55 ISTThe four-day old national level port strike may not prolong for long as all the 11 ports in India had already made enough financial provision in order to meet all the 15 demands put before ... READ
No beaches, only business in Vasco
23 April 1999 23:29 ISTDestroying both the beaches in the port town, the Mormugao Port Trust is planning to expand its berths and convert it into a multi-commodity port.Situated at one of the rare natural harbours in India, the ... READ
Asian crisis continues hitting MPT
20 April 1999 23:30 ISTCurrency crisis in the Asian region is expected to hit the Mormugao Port Trust for yet another year, especially since the port in Vasco here exports 46 per cent of country's total iron ore to ... READ
Recession hits MPT too
12 April 1999 23:31 ISTWith the world recession also hitting iron ore exports from Goa, the Mormugao Port Trust, Asia's oldest natural port built during the Portuguese regime, has started moving its operations towards a multi-commodity port in a ... READ
MPT countering Japanese monopoly
28 April 1998 23:31 ISTThe Mormugao Port Trust is trying hard to counter Japanese monopoly over Goa's iron ore exports, by diverting its exports to other countries and also bargaining for a price hike.The immediate target has been China. ... READ
MPT plans ambitious expansion
19 January 1998 23:32 ISTMormugao, Asia's one of the oldest harbour, is slated to be another major port on the western coast of the country, with ambitious expansion plans of the Mormugao Port Trust.Plans on anvil is reclamation of ... READ
Centre not for financial free port in Goa
13 January 1998 23:33 ISTGoan industrialists want to make it a centre of offshore banking in the country, while setting up the free port. But the centre seems to be having a second opinion, probably because other states are ... READ
