Tag: Gopalpur Port

Berhampur: A few hours before the landfall of cyclonic storm Titli when people and fishermen in the coastal areas were being rushed to shelters, a team of Gopalpur port showed massive courage by undertaking rescue of the crew members of around 50 deep sea fishing trawlers of Andhra Pradesh who had ventured into the sea. […]

Berhampur: A project to set up a full-fledged fishing harbour near Sana Arjipalli in Ganjam district is likely to start soon. To be constructed at an estimated cost of Rs 100 crore, the proposed project will have all modern facilities.Around 1,000 fishing boats can anchor at the harbour and it will benefit around 50,000 traditional […]

Bhubaneswar: The Odisha government has set a target of completing the first phase of construction work for Gopalpur port by June 2019, an official release said. At a review meeting held recently, Chief Secretary AP Padhi reviewed the progress of port projects in the state with concerned officials and coastal district collectors. The project proponents […]

Ganjam: Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik today inaugurated the new berth at Gopalpur Port built at a cost of Rs 2,000 crore to increase the port’s capacity to 20 million metric tonne from five million metric tonne. During his visit to the Ganjam district, Patnaik also laid foundation stone for development and expansion of Harabhangi […]

Bhubaneswar: With receiving its first capesize vessel carrying 105,000 tonnes of limestone, Gopalpur Port in Odisha has joined the list of “select ports” that can handle large ships in the country, an official said on Monday. JSPL, one of the port’s key customers, imported steel-grade limestone from the middle-east in a ship, owned by Essar […]