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On the evening of 26th of April, Chief Minister Kalaignar M. Karunanidhi is laying a foundation for three important things -
1) Airport Expansion to International Terms - New Terminal Foundation.
2) Coimbatore Tidel Park in Coimbatore North - near Mattuthavani
3) Coimbatore IT Park in Coimbatore South
This function is scheduled to happen this weekend on 26th of April in the Coimbatore Airport.
We are very glad about the whole news and it is going to change everything in Coimbatore to a very new positive level.
Tamil Nadu (CM) Chief Minister M Karunanidhi will lay the foundation stone for a new Integrated Terminal Building at Coimbatore Airport on April 26.
Official sources said as part of the modernization of the Coimbatore Airport, the Integrated Terminal Building which could handle 500 passengers at a time would come up.
Mr Karunanidhi will also lay the foundation stones for the much awaited Coimbatore North Ilandhaikulam Information Technology Park and Coimbatore South Vadapalanji Information Technology Park at a function to be held at the Coimbatore Airport on the same day.
Union Minister for Shipping, Road Transport and Highways T R Baalu and Union Minister of State for Civil Aviation Praful Patel would also participate, the news sources added.
Showing posts with label international. Show all posts
Showing posts with label international. Show all posts
Thursday, April 24, 2008
Friday, April 11, 2008
Nearest international airport to Coimbatore currently: Situation would change with Coimbatore International Airport
Madras International Airport (Airport Code: MAA) is situated at Tirisulam, 7 Km south of Chennai. It has two terminals, Kamaraj Terminal, handles domestic flights connecting 20 destinations across the country with Chennai.
The International Terminal, named Anna Terminal, connects major destinations like London, Frankfurt, Dubai, Muscat, Bahrain, Dhahran, Jeddah, Singapore, Kuala Lampur and Sri Lanka.
Besides AIR INDIA and INDIAN AIRLINES several International carriers viz. BRITISH AIRWAYS, LUFTHANSA, SINGAPORE AIRLINES, MALAYSIAN AIRLINES, AIR LANKA, OMAN AIR, GULF AIR and SAUDIA AIRLINES are operating flights to and from Chennai.
This is the existing situation, but situation would change with an international airport in Coimbatore itself. Waiting for that day to come...- Coimbatore Machan!
The International Terminal, named Anna Terminal, connects major destinations like London, Frankfurt, Dubai, Muscat, Bahrain, Dhahran, Jeddah, Singapore, Kuala Lampur and Sri Lanka.
Besides AIR INDIA and INDIAN AIRLINES several International carriers viz. BRITISH AIRWAYS, LUFTHANSA, SINGAPORE AIRLINES, MALAYSIAN AIRLINES, AIR LANKA, OMAN AIR, GULF AIR and SAUDIA AIRLINES are operating flights to and from Chennai.
This is the existing situation, but situation would change with an international airport in Coimbatore itself. Waiting for that day to come...- Coimbatore Machan!
Nearest sea port to Coimbatore for all the international export and import businesses
The major harbour of Tuticorin is well known as a pearl diving and fishing centre. Tuticorin, one of the oldest sea ports in the world, was the seaport of the Pandyan kingdom after Korkai and later was taken over by the Portuguese in 1548, captured by the Dutch in 1658, and ceded to the British in 1825. (Courtesy - The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2001) (Courtesy - Wikipedia). The lighthouse built in 1842 marked the beginning of the history of Thoothukudi harbour development.
On 11th July 1974, the newly-constructed Thoothukudi port was declared to be the tenth major port in India, second-largest port in Tamil Nadu and third-largest container terminal in India after JN Port (Mumbai) and Chennai. Thoothukudi is an artificial port. This is the third international port in Tamil Nadu and its second all-weather port. Due to its strategic location in the southern peninsula and assured round-the-clock operations, the port has been the nerve centre of economic activity in south Tamil Nadu. The Sethusamudram Shipping Canal Project, a project to create a shipping channel through the shallow Palk Strait to allow pasage of larger ships, is headquartered at the Port of Thoothukudi. The port currently handles seven per cent of the total container traffic in India and is an important reason for investment in the southern districts of Tamil Nadu.
The port is badly in need of expansion to handle the increase in traffic. The two container berths in the port are of dimension 370m length and 10.9m depth. This limits the port in competing against Colombo port, which has 15m depth. The Tuticorin Port Trust is investing $1 billion for expansion. This will be done in two phases; the first will deepen the harbour to a depth of 12.8m and the second will increase it to 14.5m. In addition to expansion of the outer harbour, proposed upgrades include construction of breakwaters and lengthening the approach channel. The port has been upgraded to handle vessels longer than 245m. The advantages of deploying bigger vessels are that the existing restriction on booking can be eliminated and the transshipment at Colombo port can be reduced. The Tuticorin port has the potential to be an international container transhipment hub given its unique geographical location. Activity at the port has grown at a rate of 17 per cent per year over the last five years. A large portion of the operations in the port has been privatized, including handling at the first container terminal by PSA Sical. A second container terminal has been approved for this port. Tuticorin port is becoming a gateway for South India to the US, Europe and the Mediterranean following direct sailings to these regions. Of the total exports from the port, 25 per cent were to Europe, 20 per cent to the US, 20 per cent to East Asia including China, 15 per cent to Colombo, 10 per cent to West Asia and the remainder to the Mediterranean.
This port has been chosen to be an undersea cable landing station. The optical fibre cable will run between Mt Lavinia (Sri Lanka) and Tuticorin (325 km) with an initial bandwidth of 20 gigabits per second, later to be upgraded to 160 gigabits per second. This will promote the IT investment in South India by improved telecom infrastructure.
The port is also helping increase the tourism in the region. A new ferry has been commenced between Tuticorin and Colombo.
sourcing from w i k i p e d i a
On 11th July 1974, the newly-constructed Thoothukudi port was declared to be the tenth major port in India, second-largest port in Tamil Nadu and third-largest container terminal in India after JN Port (Mumbai) and Chennai. Thoothukudi is an artificial port. This is the third international port in Tamil Nadu and its second all-weather port. Due to its strategic location in the southern peninsula and assured round-the-clock operations, the port has been the nerve centre of economic activity in south Tamil Nadu. The Sethusamudram Shipping Canal Project, a project to create a shipping channel through the shallow Palk Strait to allow pasage of larger ships, is headquartered at the Port of Thoothukudi. The port currently handles seven per cent of the total container traffic in India and is an important reason for investment in the southern districts of Tamil Nadu.
The port is badly in need of expansion to handle the increase in traffic. The two container berths in the port are of dimension 370m length and 10.9m depth. This limits the port in competing against Colombo port, which has 15m depth. The Tuticorin Port Trust is investing $1 billion for expansion. This will be done in two phases; the first will deepen the harbour to a depth of 12.8m and the second will increase it to 14.5m. In addition to expansion of the outer harbour, proposed upgrades include construction of breakwaters and lengthening the approach channel. The port has been upgraded to handle vessels longer than 245m. The advantages of deploying bigger vessels are that the existing restriction on booking can be eliminated and the transshipment at Colombo port can be reduced. The Tuticorin port has the potential to be an international container transhipment hub given its unique geographical location. Activity at the port has grown at a rate of 17 per cent per year over the last five years. A large portion of the operations in the port has been privatized, including handling at the first container terminal by PSA Sical. A second container terminal has been approved for this port. Tuticorin port is becoming a gateway for South India to the US, Europe and the Mediterranean following direct sailings to these regions. Of the total exports from the port, 25 per cent were to Europe, 20 per cent to the US, 20 per cent to East Asia including China, 15 per cent to Colombo, 10 per cent to West Asia and the remainder to the Mediterranean.
This port has been chosen to be an undersea cable landing station. The optical fibre cable will run between Mt Lavinia (Sri Lanka) and Tuticorin (325 km) with an initial bandwidth of 20 gigabits per second, later to be upgraded to 160 gigabits per second. This will promote the IT investment in South India by improved telecom infrastructure.
The port is also helping increase the tourism in the region. A new ferry has been commenced between Tuticorin and Colombo.
sourcing from w i k i p e d i a
Sunday, April 6, 2008
International Flight by June in Coimbatore: Coimbatore Airport
Coimbatore Airport to have an international flight by June
In a recent CII meeting, Dindigul MP NSV Chitthan had said that there will be an international flight from/to Coimbatore to Singapore, Kuala Lumpur, Gulf Countries, Sri Lanka, South East Asia etc.,
Speaking at a function organised by the Confederation of Indian Industry (CII), Coimbatore Zone, to formally present the report on �Traffic potential at Coimbatore airport�, here, on Wednesday, Chitthan said that the Union Minister for Civil Aviation had given him an assurance on the operation of an international flight from Coimbatore by June when he represented the demand of the people in southern districts of Tamil Nadu to him.
Speaking on the occasion, T Kannan, former chairman, CII (Southern Region), underscored the importance to focus on second-tier cities to boost economic growth. Expressing concern over the absence of economic boom in the southern region of the State, Kannan said Mumbai, Bangalore and Chennai to a certain extent, were benefited by the boom that was sweeping the world while it was yet to reach other cities.
Please read more at new ind press
In a recent CII meeting, Dindigul MP NSV Chitthan had said that there will be an international flight from/to Coimbatore to Singapore, Kuala Lumpur, Gulf Countries, Sri Lanka, South East Asia etc.,
Speaking at a function organised by the Confederation of Indian Industry (CII), Coimbatore Zone, to formally present the report on �Traffic potential at Coimbatore airport�, here, on Wednesday, Chitthan said that the Union Minister for Civil Aviation had given him an assurance on the operation of an international flight from Coimbatore by June when he represented the demand of the people in southern districts of Tamil Nadu to him.
Speaking on the occasion, T Kannan, former chairman, CII (Southern Region), underscored the importance to focus on second-tier cities to boost economic growth. Expressing concern over the absence of economic boom in the southern region of the State, Kannan said Mumbai, Bangalore and Chennai to a certain extent, were benefited by the boom that was sweeping the world while it was yet to reach other cities.
Please read more at new ind press
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