Posted on 03 Jun 2015
THIRUVANANTHAPURAM, JUNE 3: Kerala Chief Minister Oommen Chandy on Wednesday asserted that his government would go ahead with the ₹7,000-crore Vizhinjam international port project, come what may.
He was addressing news persons after an...
Posted on 20 May 2015
THIRUVANANTHAPURAM, MAY 20: The State Cabinet has decided to postpone a decision on awarding the Vizhinjam mega port project to Adani Ports and SEZ till an all-party convened here on June 3.
The Adanis were the sole bidder for the project whose...
Posted on 25 Apr 2015
Adani Ports and Special Economic Zone Ltd. (APSEZ), country’s largest private multi-port operator, is the sole bidder to build the port superstructure and operate the ambitious Vizhinjam International Multipurpose Seaport project by partnering...
Posted on 27 May 2015
As a prelude to the all-party meeting convened on June 3, the government on Tuesday published the draft concession agreement to be inked with the port operator and other documents related to the Vizhinjam International Deep water Multi-Purpose...
Posted on 15 Mar 2013
Former Ports Minister M. Vijayakumar has accused the State government of being party to a conspiracy by an international ports lobby and the Planning Commission against the Vizhinjam international deep-water multipurpose seaport project.
Addressing...
Posted on 04 Mar 2015
Hopes of the Vizhinjam international multi-purpose seaport project taking off have brightened with Union Minister for Road Transport and Shipping Nitin Gadkari on Tuesday assuring Chief Minister Oommen Chandy of relaxation in cabotage law.
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Posted on 20 Feb 2015
The last day for furnishing bids for the Vizhinjam international port and transhipment terminal near here saw no response in what was a keenly awaited closure for the Rs. 4,089-crore project.
Vizhinam International Seaport Ltd, the special...
Posted on 03 Mar 2015
Chief Minister Oommen Chandy will meet Prime Minister Narendra Modi in Delhi on Tuesday to seek relaxation in cabotage law to woo port operating companies and consortia to the Vizhinjam international multi-purpose seaport project.
The...
Posted on 13 Dec 2014
Actor Suresh Gopi inaugurated a ‘head-shaving function,’ organised by the Vizhinjam Motherport Action Council (V-Mac), in front of the Secretariat here on Sunday.
Around 100 people took part in the protest aimed at ‘prompting the State...
Posted on 28 Nov 2014
The Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) report on the Vizhinjam International Seaport Ltd. (VISL) project is expected to be published by December, after which public hearings will be conducted and a detailed report will be submitted to the Centre,...
Posted on 30 Oct 2014
The Vizhinjam international seaport and container transshipment terminal project has cleared another hurdle with the Union government recommending it for viability gap funding.
A.S. Suresh Babu, Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer of...
Posted on 23 Sep 2014
The National Green Tribunal (NGT) on Monday issued notice to respondents in the case challenging the granting of environmental clearance to the Vizhinjam Port after an application was filed by the project proponents.
Vizhinjam International...
Posted on 16 Oct 2014
The Department of Ports is gearing up to make Vizhinjam a bunkering port to tap the potential of the business in view of proximity to the international sea routes and the East-West Shipping Axis.
The procedures to extend bunkering services...
Posted on 11 Sep 2014
The Ministry of Environment and Forests (MoEF) in its fresh counter affidavit before the National Green Tribunal (NGT) on Wednesday said that Vizhinjam International Seaport Ltd (VISL) in
Kerala was cleared after following all due procedure...
Posted on 06 Sep 2014
The Supreme Court on Friday refused to restrain the National Green Tribunal (NGT) from hearing further the dispute over the environmental clearance given to the Rs 6,000-crore Vizhinjam port project, a multipurpose deepwater trans-shipment port in...
