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Article: India : KoPT expects 1 lakh TEUs after mechanisation.

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September 1, 2009
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After touching record container volumes in July, the Kolkata Dock System(KDS), under the Kolkata Port Trust(KoPT), is now all set to mechanise berth number five at Netaji Subhas Dock(NSD) under public-private partnership(PPP) basis and expects the cargo handling capacity to move up from current 60,000 TEUs per annum to one lakh TEUs per annum post mechanisation.

KDS comprises two dock systems, one at Khidderpore Dock (KPD) and the other being Netaji Subhas Dock (NSD) in Kolkata. KDS handled a record monthly volume of 34,287 twenty equivalent units(TEUs) in July this year, while its April-July container handling increased by 21.57 per ...

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