After completing the construction of a Rs 25.7 crore cruise terminal at Kochi, Cochin Port Trust has now been entrusted with the construction of the full-fledged international cruise terminal that is coming up at the harbour, said Mormugao Port Trust (MPT) chairman E Ramesh Kumar on Thursday. MPT issued the work order to Cochin Port.
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The global cruise industry is increasingly taking the first steps to restore operations at key markets around the world. Five cruise lines announced summer programs, including the first large US-based brands, with cruises scheduled for the Caribbean, Malaysia, and the UK, as the industry looks to take advantage of the expanding vaccine programs and loosening.
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Goa’s only major port, the Mormugao Port Trust, operated by the Centre is planning to develop a ferry circuit to cater to the international cruise ship tourists visiting the state. Speaking virtually at the Maritime India Summit 2021, Chairman of the Port Trust E. Ramesh Kumar said that the ferry service would connect several beach.
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With ferrying of hard cargo getting containerised and their shipment getting relocated to the container transshipment terminal at Vallarpadam, the Cochin Port Trust (CPT) would shortly engage a consultant to ready a master plan for transforming Willingdon Island into a tourism hub. The idea is to ready a long-term master plan, based on which funds.
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The government is in the process to launch seaplane services on several routes, including Delhi-Ayodhya, in collaboration with the airline operators, the Ministry of Ports, Shipping and Waterways said on Monday. The development follows the launch of a seaplane service between Kevadia and Sabarmati Riverfront in Ahmedabad by Prime Minister Narendra Modi on October 31,.
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Pinning hopes on inland water transport, coastal shipping and tourism, the Kerala Shipping and Inland Navigation Corporation is eyeing a doubling of its business revenue to ₹100 crore in the next financial year. Against the targeted turnover of ₹50 crore in the current fiscal, the state-owned entity has clocked ₹20 crore in Q3 despite setbacks.
Read More Norwegian Cruise Line (NCL), one of the world’s largest cruise line operators, is planning to invest in the Indian market in a big way towards promotion and brand-building to expand its market share, according to a senior official. “We are going to invest more money in India in 2021 than we did ever before, considering.
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Prime Minister Narendra Modi has urged the shipping, port and waterways ministry to determine islands which might be developed as standalone cities or completely for tourism, sources mentioned. Interacting with high officers from port authorities and the ministry whereas going by a presentation on Maritime Plan 2030 on Friday, the PM noticed that India had.
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The Karnika, cruise ship owned by now bankrupt Jalesh Cruises, has been sold for scrapping in Alang, India, according to reports. This comes just weeks after the Indian cruise line announced that it is permanently suspending operations due to rising debts and a delay in the reopening of cruise ports in its home country. The ship.
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The recent approval of the Goa Tourism Policy 2020, a document setting guidelines for future development of the tourism sector in the state with a detailed master plan to achieve the objective, has left the Goa cabinet a divided house. The policy has been formulated by global consulting firm KPMG at a cost of Rs.
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