Cochin port employees seek ministry’s help for dredging

Cochin Port Employees' Organisation (CPEO) has written to the Union Ministry of Shipping to make available the services of government-owned Dredging Corporation of India (DCI) to carry out capital dredging work in Kochi for the International Container Transhipment Terminal (ICTT), the Hindu reported.

A memorandum submitted to the Union Shipping Secretary K Mohandas by the organisation said if a suitable dredger was spared by DCI, Kochi Port could complete the capital dredging work, to achieve 14.5-metre draft, in time for the commissioning of ICTT.

Unless capital dredging is completed before the onset of the rainy season, the Cochin Port Trust will not be in a position to measure the depth of the channel, which will result in huge additional liability for it, the memorandum said.

(Source: www.schednet.com)