Articles tagged under: GMB

Gujarat Maritime Board to construct a breakwater and jetties for Indian Navy

January 16, 2024
Gujarat Maritime Board to construct a breakwater and jetties for Indian Navy

Porbandar: The Gujarat Maritime Board (GMB) is set to construct a breakwater and two jetties for the Indian Navy in Porbandar and Dwarka, with an estimated cost of Rs 1,038 crore. An MoU has been signed between the Indian Navy and GMB. According to this agreement, GMB will oversee the construction of a breakwater and a jetty in Porbandar, along with an additional 600-meter-long jetty in Okha, Dwarka. The total projected cost for both projects is Rs 1,038 crore. A breakwater, an artificial ...Read More

Gujarat Maritime Board may surpass 2019-20 cargo traffic level

January 30, 2023
Gujarat Maritime Board may surpass 2019-20 cargo traffic level

Gandhinagar: As of December, the Gujarat Maritime Board, which handles 48 non-major posts of the state, had handled 308.9 million tonnes of cargo for the year 2022-23. With an average of 35 million tonnes per month, total cargo is expected to exceed the 411 million tonnes achieved in 2019-20. A GMB official told the media, "GMB's ports and jetties have seen a 2.69% increase in traffic in the April-December period from last year. The monthly traffic was around 35 million tonnes, so we expect t...Read More

ED attaches Rs. 134.38 crore assets of Aatash Norcontrol in GMB scam case

August 14, 2021
ED attaches Rs. 134.38 crore assets of Aatash Norcontrol in GMB scam case

Ahmedabad: Enforcement Directorate (ED) today said it has provisionally attached assets worth Rs 134.38 crores of Aatash Norcontrol Ltd under PMLA, 2002 in the Gujarat Maritime Board scam. In 2019 CID (crime) Gujarat had arrested the chairman and managing director of the scam-hit Aatash Norcontrol Pvt Ltd, Jinofur Bhujwala, and four other persons including a senior government official, in connection with a fraud that has caused a loss of Rs 134 crore to the exchequer after a complaint by th...Read More

Gujarat Maritime Board to set-up India’s first International Maritime Services Cluster at GIFT City

June 07, 2021
Gujarat Maritime Board to set-up India’s first International Maritime Services Cluster at GIFT City

Gandhinagar: Gujarat Maritime Board(GMB) will be setting up India’s first international maritime services cluster at GIFT City. The Maritime Cluster will be developed as a dedicated ecosystem comprising of Ports, Shipping, Logistics services providers and pertinent Government Regulators, all present in the same geographic vicinity (i.e. GIFT City). The cluster will further leverage the proximity and accessibility of these stakeholders to enable a synergetic collaboration. The Cluster intend...Read More

Adani to build infrastructure at Hazira for Gogha-Hazira ro ro ferry service

July 04, 2020
Adani to build infrastructure at Hazira for Gogha-Hazira ro ro ferry service

Hazira: Adani Hazira Ports Pvt Ltd (AHPPL) will build the temporary infrastructure at Hazira port for Ghogha-Hazira Ro-Ro ferry service. Deendayal Port Trust (DPT) has issued the letter of acceptance to AHPPL in this regard.AHPPL operates a container terminal at Hazira. AHPPL quoted the lowest - Re one - (for 11 months) in the bids invited by Deendayal Port Trust (DPT) which is eventually going to operate the ferry service. Adani has agreed to provide us the temporary infrastructure in th...Read More

IAS Vijay Nehra transferred

May 17, 2020
IAS Vijay Nehra transferred

Gandhinagar: Year 1996 batch IAS officer, Mukesh Kumar, Vice Chairman and CEO of Gujarat Maritime Board has been transferred as new Municipal Commissioner of Amdavad Municipal Corporation replacing Vijay Nehra. Mukesh Kumar was appointed as incharge municipal commissioner of AMC on May 5. Mukesh Kumar has served as AMC Commissioner in the past too. Year 2001 batch IAS Vijay Nehra has been transferred to the post of Commissioner of Rural Development and Secretary, Panchayats, Rural Housing ...Read More

Bhavnagar port to have world’s first CNG terminal

November 10, 2019
Bhavnagar port to have world’s first CNG terminal

Gandhinagar: The Government of Gujarat has given approval to world's first CNG terminal at Bhavnagar port, said a note issued by Chief Minister's office. U.K. based Foresight group and Mumbai based Padmanabh Mafatlal group joint venture will invest Rs. 1900 crre to set up a CNG port terminal at Bhavnagar port, the note further said addinh that the Chief Minister has as a Chairman of Gujarat Infrastructure Development Board (GIDB) has given approval to this proposal. Proposed GNG terminal...Read More

Gujarat government announces new port policy to boost captive jetty operations

September 27, 2019
Gujarat government announces new port policy to boost captive jetty operations

Gandhinagar: The Government of Gujarat today announced a new port policy, mainly benefiting the existing and future players of captive jetties. Highlights of new policy - 32 existing captive jetty permitted are now allowed to handle third party cargo. - Existing captive jetty permitted will be able to increase the facilities for cargo handling, expansion and modernization and invest more for that. - Group companies will also be allowed to handle cargo. Present captive jetty compani...Read More

GMB invites proposal to operate sea ferry services on Ghogha – Hazira and two other routes

July 08, 2019
GMB invites proposal to operate sea ferry services on Ghogha – Hazira and two other routes

Gandhinagar: Gujarat government arm Gujarat Maritime Board (GMB) has invited RFP (Request for Proposal) for selection of operator for ferry services for Ghogha - Hazira, Rozi(Jamnagar) - Old Mundra and Okha - Mandvi sea routes in Gujarat. Ghogha Hazira route will connect Saurashtra to Surat city directly. Hazira is located next to Surat in South Gujarat. Lakhs of people travel between Surat and Saurashtra every year, particularly around Diwali, Raksha Bandhan and summer vacation seasons. At ...Read More

GMU to offer courses from next academic year, website launched

March 07, 2019
GMU to offer courses from next academic year, website launched

Gandhinagar: Gujarat Maritime University(GMU) will start functioning from next academic year with School of Maritime Law, Policy and Administration. The school will offer two post graduate courses such as LLM in maritime law and LLM in international trade law. According to Chief Secretary Dr. JN Singh who today launched the website of GMU, the university will be set up by Gujarat Maritime Board(GMB).He said there are more than 130 educational institutions in maritime sector across the countr...Read More