SABANG: Sabang Container Port otherwise known as CT3 was built to become a transhipment port. That is, the delivery of goods to foreign countries can be done directly through this port. This was said by Minister of Transportation Budi Karya Sumadi while reviewing CT3 terminal in preparation for the peak of Sail Sabang 2017, Friday.
“If it can be a transshipment port it will be attractive, technically good and strategic location, Port CT3 is a natural port with a depth of 20 meters so it does not require development and maintenance like other ports in Indonesia,” said Budi Karya in a written statement on Saturday (12/2/2017).
He explained if becoming a transhipment port, then one of the alternatives of the flow of goods from several regions in Sumatra especially can be through the port of Sabang CT3, and then will be brought abroad with larger vessels.
He added that currently there are ship operators who are interested in making the Port of CT3 as a port of transhipment.
“So I came here to see directly this port, there are already ship operators who are interested with this port of sabang,” he said.
Budi Karya Sumadi was present in the Port of Container in order to check the readiness of organization of the peak of Sail Sabang 2017 which opened on this day.
Source: Netral English
JSW’s Mormugao port arm gets notice for handling excess coal
The Goa State Pollution Control Board has issued a showcause notice to JSW’s South West Port Limited (SWPL)for allegedly providing false data and handling coal in excess of the permissible limit last year at the Mormugao Port Trust(MPT).
The notice, which was served on November 30 by the board’s Member-Secretary Lavinson Martins, mentioned that the company handled 10. 112 million metric tones (MMT) of coal at MPT as against the firm’s permissible capacity of 4.125 MMT between April 2016 to March 2017.
The board has said that the data submitted by the MPT on July 25 showed that the company handled an excess of 5. 987 MMT coal per annum.
The notice, a copy of which is with PTI, has warned of strict legal action against the company including revocation of the renewed Consent to Operate granted on July 21, 2017 under the Air and Water Pollution (Control) Acts , as well as forfeiting of Rs 5 lakh bank guarantee along with directions for suspension or closure of all the cargo handling operations at Berth No 5A and 6A of MPT.
Moreover, the SWPL, in its annual report submitted in Form V on September 21, stated that they handled a cumulative total of 6.01 MMT during the year, which runs contrary to the data submitted by the MPT, the notice reads.
“This misrepresentation by you (SWPL) as well as the factual excess handling of coal during the year 2016-17 amounts to a gross violation of the conditions as stipulated in the Consent to Operate order dated July 21, thereby violating the provisions of the Air Act and the Water Act,” Martins has said.
The company has been asked to reply to the board by December 6.
The company was also asked to reduce the handling capacity by 25 per cent in February 2016 owing to the allegations of pollution caused by it in Vasco town.
