Bengal
17 firms turn up for pre-bid meeting
- The Statesman
- 06 Aug 2014
Move to break a few companies' monopoly at Haldia port
Biswabrata Goswami
biswabrata@thestatesman.net
Haldia, 5 August
Despite all the confusion created by M/s. Ripley & Co and its sister concerns regarding the tender for shore handling of cargo at Haldia Dock Complex (HDC), as many as 24 representatives from 17 companies from all over the country participated in the pre-bid meeting held at Haldia today :
During the meeting, written queries seeking clarification with respect to eligibility criteria and other terms and conditions of the tender were submitted by two of the intending bidders. The rest of the intending bidders was told to submit their written queries within 5 p.m. today so that Kolkata Port Trust (KoPT) could post the clarifications on its website.
Soon after the KoPT floated the tender, some clearing and forwarding agents of the port trust filed a case at Calcutta High Court challenging the decision taken by the board of trustees to hire on-shore dry bulk cargo handlers at its Haldia dock complex through a public auction.
Writ petitions filed by four companies ~ M/s. Ripley & Co, A M Enterprises, Lee & Murehead and J M Baxi were heard by Justice Mr Nadira Patheria who is said to have directed KoPT to submit necessary documents including the resolution of the board of trustees meeting held on 18 July 2014.The court has fixed 11 August 2014, as the next date of hearing of the matter. The Board meeting was held on an order of the Ministry of Shipping dated 8 July, 2014.
The Port Chairmen's Committee has already exposed the monopoly of a few handling agents.It has also stated that only four companies handle 98 per cent and 93 per cent of the total cargo handling operations at Kolkata port and Haldia port respectively.
Biswabrata Goswami
biswabrata@thestatesman.net
Haldia, 5 August
Despite all the confusion created by M/s. Ripley & Co and its sister concerns regarding the tender for shore handling of cargo at Haldia Dock Complex (HDC), as many as 24 representatives from 17 companies from all over the country participated in the pre-bid meeting held at Haldia today :
During the meeting, written queries seeking clarification with respect to eligibility criteria and other terms and conditions of the tender were submitted by two of the intending bidders. The rest of the intending bidders was told to submit their written queries within 5 p.m. today so that Kolkata Port Trust (KoPT) could post the clarifications on its website.
Soon after the KoPT floated the tender, some clearing and forwarding agents of the port trust filed a case at Calcutta High Court challenging the decision taken by the board of trustees to hire on-shore dry bulk cargo handlers at its Haldia dock complex through a public auction.
Writ petitions filed by four companies ~ M/s. Ripley & Co, A M Enterprises, Lee & Murehead and J M Baxi were heard by Justice Mr Nadira Patheria who is said to have directed KoPT to submit necessary documents including the resolution of the board of trustees meeting held on 18 July 2014.The court has fixed 11 August 2014, as the next date of hearing of the matter. The Board meeting was held on an order of the Ministry of Shipping dated 8 July, 2014.
The Port Chairmen's Committee has already exposed the monopoly of a few handling agents.It has also stated that only four companies handle 98 per cent and 93 per cent of the total cargo handling operations at Kolkata port and Haldia port respectively.
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