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	rediff.com: Kandla port seen closed for two weeks
		Commercial operations at India's busiest port, the Kandla port in earthquake-hit Gujarat, are unlikely to resume before the middle of February because of damage, shippers and officials said on Tuesday.
		He said almost every building in Kandla was cracked and the main bridge connecting the town of Gandhidham to the port, as well as major roads in the area had been badly damaged.
		Kandla has 15 jetties -- seven for liquid and the rest for general cargo -- and handles 17 per cent of the cargo passing through India's 12 largest ports.
	www.rediff.com /money/2001/jan/30kandla.htm (646 words)

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		Kandla said that according to the survey Russian- speakers eager to learn Estonian were being pushed by the Language Act that demands knowledge of the language as of July 1999.
		Kandla said that most of the quitters reside in Ida-Viru county, the northeastern part of the country mostly populated by Russian-speakers.
		One of the most surprising results of the survey, according to Kandla, was that some 40 percent of non- Estonians said the language environment had not changed a lot in the last decade, and that two-thirds of Russian-speakers do not face the need to speak or understand Estonian every day.
	www.asu.edu /educ/epsl/LPRU/newsarchive/Art1838.txt (682 words)

	P&O set to bag contract for Kandla container terminal
		Besides the guaranteed traffic, Kandla is the closest gateway to north India, which is the latest generator of export and import cargo.
		The operating contract for the Kandla container terminal is a significant one for P&O. It already has a container terminal under construction at the Jawaharlal Nehru Port (JNP), Nhava Sheva, which is capable of handling 650,000 teus.
		Kandla will also be another addition to P&O's Ports portfolio in the Indian subcontinent which includes Port Quasim in Pakistan and Colombo, Sri Lanka.
	www.expressindia.com /fe/daily/19990125/02555585.html (485 words)

	Coast Guard In Post-Earthquake Relief
		Again on January 27, the interceptor boat was deployed to assess the damage to the port assets and to extend assistance to the Kandla Port authorities till arrival of capital ships in the area.
		One CG helicopter was also ferried from Mumbai to Kandla to access the remote villages for extending relief measures to the victims.
		Coast Guard Dorniers undetook 26 sorties from Mumbai to Bhuj and Kandla during the operation and airlifted 69 Medical Officers and 3550 kgs of provisions and medicines to the affected areas.
	mod.nic.in /samachar/apr7/html/army.htm (637 words)

	rediff.com: Indian quake hits Malaysia shipments
		Kandla, India's busiest port in the state of Gujarat has seen no commercial activity since Friday's quake which killed at least 20,000 people.
		The earthquake damaged at least 50 per cent of the buildings in Kandla, which was near the epicentre, and affected jetty and warehousing operations.
		Fear of disruption of shipments to Kandla sparked a drop in physical crude palm oil in Malaysia to 720 ringgit ($189.47) by midday on Wednesday for February shipments from 745 ringgit ($196.5) a tonne last Friday.
	inhome.rediff.com /money/2001/jan/31malay.htm (529 words)

	L&T disqualified for Kandla port project - Sify.com
		As per the revised schedule drawn up by the Kandla port authorities, the pre-bid meeting for any clarifications would be held later this month, with the last date for submission of technical and financial bids having been fixed for August 2.
		The Kandla port has proposed to realign the container terminal project and have it constructed and operated on BOT (build-operate-transfer) basis on berth no 11 and 12, which have a combined quay length of 545 m and a draft of 12.5 m alongside the berths.
		The analysts feel that the Kandla port's projection of 1.5 lakh TEUs in the first year and 4.50 lakh TEUs in the fifth year of operation may be on the higher side, going by the present movement of containers in that region.
	sify.com /finance/fullstory.php?id=13503286 (605 words)

	Daily Excelsior...Business
		Kandla Port, which experienced 175 tremors in the last four days, has developed huge cracks at the main entrance and heavy vehicles are not being allowed at the jetty, Joti said.
		However, a chemical spill was reported at Kandla, he said adding that the Coast Guard immediately responded to the situation and neutrailsed the spill by use of sand and foam.
		Kandla authorities had reported the spill of acryonitrile (ACN) and heavy normal paraffin in storage premises of M/S J R Enterprises at Old Kandla.
	www.dailyexcelsior.com /01feb01/busi.htm (3200 words)

	Kandla worst hit; toll over 400 now
		KANDLA, June 10: Thousands of people were missing in the port town of Kandla in Gujarat, as the toll of Tuesday's cyclonic storm which ripped through coastal Saurashtra crossed 400 today.
		Most of the victims in Kandla were salt pan workers and casual labour employed at the port who lived in the labour colonies of Sarva, Meethapur, and Zeerport.
		As the Kandla port meets the petroleum products needs of the entire north-western India, Kishor said his priority was to make all the jetties operational in a week's time.
	www.expressindia.com /ie/daily/19980611/16250134.html (683 words)

	The Hindu Business Line : Kandla turns national capital for used clothes from West
		But if the Kandla Used Clothing Association is to be believed, she could have picked up the same garment through the legal channel.
		The Kandla Used Clothing Association has approached the Government for a relaxation saying that the SEZ was set up on the basic premise that the value addition in terms of sorting and grading would be done in India and exports of used garments would earn foreign exchange for the country.
		The Commerce Ministry had assured the units located in the Kandla SEZ that they will be allowed to sell their leftover clothes in the DTA.
	www.thehindubusinessline.com /2006/01/11/stories/2006011103310100.htm (870 words)

	The Hindu Business Line : Kandla set to challenge Chennai for bronze
		WO years after slipping from the second position, Kandla Port is set to unseat Chennai from its position as the third largest port in terms of cargo handled.
		Kandla has been lobbying hard with oil companies to import crude through Vadinar even as a rival emerged in its vicinity — the private sector Adani Port at Mundra, which is setting up its own SPM with a 25 million tonnes per annum capacity.
		Kandla Port Trust is also awaiting central Government clearance of development of a satellite port at Tuna, outside the Kandla creek.
	www.thehindubusinessline.com /2006/02/13/stories/2006021300620600.htm (1075 words)

	Indian cyclone death toll could reach up to 14,000 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-23)
		KANDLA, India (AP) -- There were no salt workers left in the western Indian port of Kandla Tuesday, a week after a deadly cyclone swept through, killing hundreds of laborers and forcing others to flee.
		The official death toll by Tuesday was 1,063 in Gujarat, the hardest-hit state where Kandla is located, 330 miles northwest of Bombay.
		The stench of death hung over Kandla port, where bodies were believed to be buried under several beached barges.
	www.chron.com /content/chronicle/world/98/06/17/india-cyclone.2-0.html (349 words)

	Kandla.com Home Page (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-23)
		Kandla is a major sea-port of India, which due to its strategic location is the connecting hub for Northern, Western and Central India (
		Kandla Port, the foundation stone for which was laid by Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru, has 1800 metres of dry cargo berths where in a straight line, ten ships could easily be accommodated.
		The kandla Port Trust (KPT) has worked out a long-term strategy to attain a pre-eminent position for kandla among ports in the asia-pacific region.
	www.kandla.com (141 words)

	The Hindu Business Line : ABG to build CFS at Kandla, Kolkata
		But prolonged negotiations between P&O Ports and Kandla port over certain alterations in the concession agreement came a cropper, leading to the withdrawal of the container terminal operator about three years ago.
		Kandla port has proposed to realign the container terminal project and have it constructed and operated on BOT basis on berths No 11 and 12, which have a combined quay length of 545 metres and a draft of about 12 metres alongside the berths.
		Kandla port has projected a throughput of 4.5 lakh TEUs in the fifth year of operation for the terminal.
	www.blonnet.com /2005/09/17/stories/2005091701750700.htm (610 words)

	New York Marine & General Insurance Co. v. Tradeline (2d Cir. 2001)
		The port of Kandla, India was agreed upon by Deepak and Tradeline as the sole port of discharge.
		On May 28 or 29, 1998, the M/V Sea Guardian arrived at the Port of Kandla, and, because of draft restrictions at the berth, began to load the DAP onto lightering barges for transit to the wharf at Kandla.
		Second, 1,054.06 MT of DAP were lost in the shore area of the port of Kandla as a result of the cyclone rains, rising tides, and tidal waves of 9 meters, resulting in a claim of $255,082.52.
	www.admiraltylawguide.com /circt/2ndnymarine.html (6896 words)

	Kandla Port Trust, Kandla, invites tenders for development of (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-23)
		At the end of the Bidding process, KPT may grant a License to the Qualified Bidder whose technical and financial proposals are accepted by KPT (the successful bidder).
		The Port to Kandla to the west and north India, enjoys locational advantage, a vast hinterland of 1 million sq.km.
		Kandla Port Trust reserves the right to itself not to issue the RFQ Document and/or accept or reject any or all the applications and/or proposals at any stage of process and/or modify the process or any of the terms without assigning any reason whatsoever.
	www.india-invest.com /tender/Kandla_Container.html (828 words)

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		So, I believe either they have died or are missing." One of the reason Kandla attracted the labourers from the other states was that it was a cash-rich port.
		However, the people at Kandla are complaining that outsiders are coming to their city and giving their fake names and are getting the money.
		The common factor and anger among the people is that nobody even bothered to inform them that a storm was expected in Kandla which they had never expected in their life time.
	inhome.rediff.com /news/1998/jun/29kandla.htm (1262 words)

	The Hindu : Kandla port damage assessed at rs. 50 Crores: Partial operations resumed
		Assessing the overall damage caused to the Kandla Port and its various facilities in Gujarat due to the earthquake at about Rs.
		Arun Jaitley, said today that efforts were now directed at restoring normality in port operations to the extent immediately possible as the revival of the economy of the surrounding region was dependent on it.
		Asserting that the damage to the Kandla Port was not as extensive as had been made out earlier, he said a team of experts from the IIT, Chennai, and Mr.
	www.hinduonnet.com /2001/02/06/stories/0206000y.htm (514 words)

	The Hindu Business Line : Food-for-oil may bring fortunes to Kandla
		THE Kandla port may have witnessed a revival in fortunes barely a week after expressing fears of having its operations derailed by the war in Iraq.
		In fact, the Kandla port authorities are looking forward to becoming a major cog in the wheel during the `food-for-oil' programme as much of the wheat exports to Iraq, even otherwise, is routed through Kandla.
		Just as this holds true in the case of the six lakh tonnes of wheat that was to be exported to Iraq this year, the Kandla port is looking forward to increased operations on this front as a part of the food-for-oil programme once it gets implemented and India too gets on the bandwagon.
	www.blonnet.com /2003/04/03/stories/2003040301140600.htm (494 words)

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		The collision between two vessels at Kandla Port on Thursday night has become a matter of serious concern with inquiring agencies trying to trace out the cause behind the communication lapse which led to the incident.
		"This is the first such instance in the maritime history of Kandla Port, wherein vessels transiting the channel waters of the port have met with an accident," claimed H K Sibal, deputy conservator of Kandla Port Trust, while speaking to Business Standard.
		JSCPL has been awarded the contract for carrying out dredging at Kandla Port and at the times of the incident, the barge belonging to the company was carrying 22 crew members on board - the staff of the shipping company replacing their colleagues on shift rotation.
	www.business-standard.com /general/storypage_test.php?&autono=96755 (572 words)

	Kandla, Travel to Kandla, Kandla Tour, Kandla Hotel, Kandla Tourism, Kandla Travel Guide, Kandla Travel Agency, What to ...
		Kandla : Gandhidham is 57 km from Bhuj and Kandla port only 12 km from Gandhidham.
		Gandhidham is another planned town of the Kandla Port, the blue print for which was prepared by an
		Even now Kandla has arrangements to load and unload 1 million tonne of cargo.
	www.seemyindia.com /gujarat/gujarat-kandla.htm (173 words)

	July 8, 2001 - July 8, 2001 :: News Archive :: Gujarat News at GujaratPlus.com
		KANDLA: The Kandla Port Trust has decided to give a grant upto 70 per cent of the actual damages to the quake-hit government schools of Gandhidham-Adipur-Kandla areas.
		If the agreement is signed, as desired by the ministry, the company would have exclusive rights to handle containers at the port for the next 30 years.
		He said this would lead to diversion of traffic from Kandla and harm the interests of the local trade and industry.
	www.gujaratplus.com /00-01archive/arc448.html (1476 words)

	The Hindu : Kandla port operations likely from today
		The Kandla port in quake-hit Gujarat is likely to begin trial operations tomorrow, beginning with unloading of cargo at six berths.
		Experts from Mumbai and Chennai port are assessing the damages to the port and rehabilitation programme.
		The earthquake severely disrupted jetty and warehousing operations at Kandla port which handles 17 per cent of total cargo handled by major ports in the country.
	www.hindu.com /2001/02/03/stories/0203000o.htm (197 words)

	Kandla Port to invest Rs 375 cr on cargo handling- The Economic Times (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-23)
		Kandla Port to invest Rs 375 cr on cargo handling
		AHMEDABAD: With a view to providing better infrastructural facilities to importers and exporters, the Kandla Port Trust (KPT) is planning to augment its cargo handling capacity at an estimated cost of Rs 375 crore.
		According to official sources, the new facilities include five electric level luffing cranes with capacity up to 25 tonnes, which are being commissioned at an estimated cost of Rs 33 crore by October ’04.
	economictimes.indiatimes.com /articleshow/msid-830302,curpg-1.cms (318 words)

	Kandla may be attacked if Karachi blockaded: Pak- The Times of India (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-23)
		Kandla may be attacked if Karachi blockaded: Pak- The Times of India
		ISLAMABAD: Pakistan has threatened to launch missile attacks on Kandla port if the Indian Navy blocked the port of Karachi in the event of a war.
		Admiral Mirza said: "There were some strategic targets in India which could be attacked by the missiles and one such could be Kandla port in Gujarat as it is the gateway for some important supplies like oil".
	timesofindia.indiatimes.com /articleshow.asp?art_id=11660352 (405 words)

	The Tribune, Chandigarh, India - Main News
		HISAR, Feb 2 — Industrial activity in the region is slowly grinding to a halt due to the unavailability of raw materials following the closure of the Kandla port in Gujarat because of extensive damage by the earthquake.
		Besides, the Kandla highway as well as the inner roads linking various parts of the port have been badly damaged.
		With the closure of the Kandla port, supplies have been reduced to a trickle.
	www.tribuneindia.com /2001/20010203/main6.htm (506 words)

	Sensitive cargo
		FIVE days before the North Korean vessel mv Ku Vol San was due to dock at Kandla, Russian intelligence authorities had alerted Indian officials about the sensitive nature of the cargo it carried.
		As soon as the ship docked at Kandla on June 18, ostensibly to offload 13,000 tonnes of sugar meant for a private Indian trader, the Customs authorities searched it.
		The commercial vessel was on a routine run from Pyongyang to Malta, with stops at Kandla and Karachi, and was chosen to carry the cargo in the belief that it would not arouse any suspicion.
	www.flonnet.com /fl1615/16150090.htm (822 words)

	Industry bodies woo airlines to Kandla airport
		The Kandla airport has not had any flights for the last five years.
		The Kandla airport, which was constructed over 20 years back, at present has a 5,000-feet runway, which will allow only ATR aircraft traffic.
		Talks of KASEZ and GCCI with Jet Airways to run flights to Kandla fell apart as the airline did not have ATRs to spare in the Kandla region.
	www.rediff.com /money/2004/aug/04kandla.htm (548 words)

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		Normal operations at Kandla port could resume by Saturday or early Sunday after ensuring that the shipping channel serving the port is clear, he said.
		A Shipping Ministry spokesman said operations at Kandla port were stopped after the earthquake but "people are working at a war footing to resume operations." Kandla handles 17 percent of the cargo passing through India's 12 largest ports, according to shipping industry data.
		The executive director of the Solvent Extractors' Association of India, B V Mehta, said it was difficult to comment on the movement of commodities to and from Kandla port as all telephone lines in the area were down.
	www.marinelink.com /Story/ShowStory.aspx?StoryID=4693 (457 words)

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