karwar port

The unloading of a coal consignment in karwar port has kicked up a row with port officials being blamed for negligence.

CID officials surveyed iron ore stored in karwar port for the second day on Friday. The team, with the help of forest revenue and mines and geology officials is trying to find the exact quantity of iron ore in Karwar.

Preparations for the second phase expansion of the Karwar commercial port are on and soil testing in the sea for this purpose is being carried out. Karwar is one of the few natural all-weather ports in the world. After the commissioning of the INS Kadamba naval base adjacent to the port, development of the port had come to a standstill.

Following a complaint that petroleum products are stored without complying with safety measures, a team of officials, which included the chief controller of explosives (CCE), inspected karwar port on Tuesday.

The Supreme Court on Tuesday asked the Karnataka government to stop the expansion work of karwar port, which handles three million tonnes of cargo per annum and services the hinterland of northern Karnataka, Goa and southern Maharashtra.

Preetam Masurkar, a local leader, had complained to the chief comptroller of explosives (CCE), Mumbai, a few days ago that Karwar commercial port has no security arrangements required to handle explosives.

The entry of the Dubai-based cargo ship, M V Shahin, into karwar port, without prior knowledge of the port and Coast Guard authorities has exposed the lack of co-ordination between the port and various security departments.

Minister for ports and harbours, Krishna Palemar, has issued a stern warning to karwar port authorities to bring the sailors of controversial ship `M V Shahin' to Karwar and allow the police to interrogate them.

The department of mines and geology (DMG) that is already under fire for its mishandling of the iron ore case, is again in soup for not keeping the documents of granite transported to and exported out of karwar port.

The Baithkol Aligadda residents forum on Saturday alleged that the port, revenue and pollution control board officials were responsible for the hazard caused by the leakage of molasses from storage tanks at karwar port.

Aligadda are opposing the move by the port department to hand over 2 acres of land to the Indian Oil Corporation (IOC) which wants to build two terminals in the area.

It is a new lease of life for the 14 crew members of the merchant ship, MV Infinity, which was stranded in the Arabian Sea off karwar port, when they were rescued by the personnel of Indian Navy and Coast Guard on Wednesday night. The ship was stranded in the middle of the sea on Wednesday night as it developed a big crack in the base allowing sea water to gush in.

Uttara Kannada DC N S Channappa Gowda in an order, directed police and other government agencies to regulate the movement of iron ore and granite lorries from Yellapur town to Baleguli and from Baleguli to Belekeri port near Ankola and to karwar port, under the Central Motor Vehicle Act 1988.

The tug with a Hong Kong flag is owned by a Mumbai-based company. It was brought to Karwar for pulling ships to the jetties, but developed problems.

The row over transportation of rock phosphate from karwar port to the Solaris Chemtech factory ended on a happy note with the striking workers giving permission to the mgmt to transport the chemical to factory premises.

New Delhi, Oct 26 () The Ministry of Shipping today said it has sanctioned Rs 25 crore to the Jawaharlal Nehru Port Trust for development of coastal berth and another Rs 50 crore to the karwar port in Karnataka under the flagship Sagarmala project.

The stance of BJP high command at New Delhi has worried the supporters of fisheries minister Anand Asnotikar. The members of Asnotikar Fans' Association, who were confidant of a change in leadership in the state, are now a worried lot.

The Lokayukta and CID officials visited the Belekeri port separately on Sunday evening and Monday to speed up the investigation in iron ore case, which was seized by forest officials at Belekeri and karwar port.

Anand Asnotikar, fisheries, science and technology minister, said his stand on iron ore export from karwar port was different from that of the chief minister.

A Hyderabad-based infrastructure development company had shown interest in developing the karwar port at a cost of Rs 1,000 cr.

The controversy surrounding the entry of Dubai ship `M V Shahin' into India's sea waters near Karwar took a new turn on Friday with the port officials deciding to take the ship to Goa.

The anchoring of the Indian Coast Guard (ICG) interceptor vessel C-155 at Karwar commercial port has kicked up a row and various fishermen organisations have threatened to protest if the Coast Guard doesn't find an alternative place to anchor its ships.

Mmystery surrounding entry of Dubai ship in sea waters near Karwar heightened with karwar port officer saying that they did not receive any call from the ship's crew.