A view of the International Container Trans-shipment Terminal (ICTT) of the Kochi Port. The Kochi Port is one of a line of maritime-related facilities based in the port-city of Kochi. The others are the Cochin Shipyard, the SPM (single point mooring) facility of the Kochi Refineries, an offshore crude carrier mooring facility; and the Kochi Marina.

This particular image is probably the best one of the 30 odd times I shot the ICTT over 3 days. With every image I made, I felt I was getting closer to a good shot but something was always missing. While all the other shots had been taken roundabouts midnight and later, it turned out that it was only a question of shooting at a different time of day to get the shot I liked: in the late evening.

Read more about the ICTT in my image link in comments.

See more from this album at my FB page.

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The night before the D-Day...

Taken from Marine Drive, Kochi

The Prime Minister, Dr. Manmohan Singh , will dedicate the International Container Trans-shipment Terminal ( ICTT )) at Valarpadom, Kerala, to the nation on February 11.

The Vallarpadam Port will be the largest single operator container terminal in India and the first in the country to operate in a special economic zone.

The new terminal will make Cochin a key centre in the shipping world, reducing India's dependence on foreign ports to handle trans-shipment.

The Dubai Port World has been granted a 38-year concession for the exclusive operation and management.

Dr.Singh laid the foundation stone of the terminal in January 2005. It has been built at a cost of more than Rs 3,000 crore and is expected to help bring down freight cost in India's international trade through shipping.

The terminal will be completed in three phases. In the first phase, with a 600-metre-long quay and a water-depth of more than 15 meters, the terminal is capable of handling large container vessels and can handle one million 20-feet containers (TEUs) annually, said Anil Singh, Managing Director and Vice President, Dubai Port World (Subcontinent). He aslo added that once completed, this will be the jewel of India and will be remembered for generations. Today, over 40% to 45% of the country's containerised cargo is trans-shipped through Colombo, Dubai or Singapore.

Though the container terminal was awarded on Build Operate Transfer (BOT) basis to Dubai Port World, the Dubai government-owned international terminal operators, it was the responsibility of the Cochin Port Trust to develop road, rail and other infrastructure to provide hinterland connectivity.

The capacity will be enhanced to 1.5 million TEUs (Twenty Feet Equivalent Units) in the second phase; once fully commissioned the capacity will be 5.5 million TEUs.

Beautiful speaker gift from ICTT India (International Conference on Travel Technology India) - an Aranmula Kannadi metal mirror, made in Aranmula, a small village in Kerala. Thank you, ICTT conference team & Kerala Tourism!

Website: aranmulakannadi.in/

Related blog post about the conference on Sheila's Guide: www.sheilasguide.com/2013/06/07/travel-post-friday-tech-a...

Related post from one of my ICTT presentations, on Tourism Currents: www.tourismcurrents.com/tourism-trends-2013-a-mid-year-up...

Related post from one of my ICTT presentations, on Sheila's Guide: www.sheilasguide.com/2013/06/11/protect-your-online-reput...

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Cochin Port is a major port on the Arabian Sea – Indian Ocean sea-route and is one of the largest ports in India. The port lies on two islands in the Lake of Kochi: Willingdon Island and Vallarpadam, towards the Fort Kochi river mouth opening onto the Arabian Sea. The International Container Transshipment Terminal (ICTT), part of the Cochin Port, is the largest container transshipment facility in India.

The port is governed by the Cochin Port Trust (CPT), a government of India establishment. The modern port was established in 1926 and has completed 86 years of active service.

The Kochi Port is one of a line of maritime-related facilities based in the port-city of Kochi. The others are the Cochin Shipyard, the largest shipbuilding as well as maintenance facility in India; the SPM (single point mooring) facility of the Kochi Refineries, an offshore crude carrier mooring facility; and the Kochi Marina.

HISTORY

The Cochin port was formed naturally due to the great floods of Periyar in 1341 AD, which choked the Muziris port (near present-day Kodungallur), one of the greatest ports in ancient world. Ever since, Kochi became one of the major ports with extensive trading relations Romans, Greeks and Arabs, all lured by the traditional spice wealth of the state. The port further attracted European colonialists like Portuguese, Dutch and finally British who extended their supremacy over the Kingdom of Cochin and the port city of Fort Kochi. The traditional port was near Mattancherry (which still continues as Mattancherry Wharf).

COCHIN-PORT-TRUST-ON1948

The need of a modern port was first felt by Lord Willingdon during his governorship of Madras Province of British India. The opening of the Suez Canal made several ships pass near the west coast and he felt the necessity of modern port in the southern part. He selected the newly joined Sir Robert Bristow who was a leading British harbor engineer with extensive experience with maintenance of the Suez Canal. Bristow took the charge of chief engineer of Kochi Kingdom's Port Department in 1920. Ever since then, he and his team were actively involved in making a greenfield port. After studying the sea currents, observing tidal conditions and conducting experiments, he was convinced about the feasibility of developing Kochi. He believed that Kochi could become the safest harbour if the ships entered the inner channel.

The challenge before the engineers was a rock-like sandbar that stood across the opening of the Kochi backwaters into the sea. It was a formidable ridge of heavy and densely packed sand that prevented the entry of all ships requiring more than eight or nine feet of water. It was thought that the removal of the sandbar was a technical impossibility. The potential consequence on the environment was beyond estimation. The harm could be anything like the destruction of the Vypeen foreshore or the destruction of the Vembanad lake.

Bristow, after a detailed study, concluded that such data was history. He addressed the immediate problem of erosion of the Vypeen foreshore by building of rubble granite groynes nearly parallel with the shores and overlapping each other. The groynes first produced an automatic reclamation which naturally protected the shore from the monsoon seas. Confident at the initial success, Bristow planned out a detailed proposal of reclaiming part of the backwaters at a cost of ₹25 million (US$370,000). An ad-hoc committee appointed by the Madras government examined and approved the plans submitted by Bristow.

The construction of the dredger 'Lord Willingdon' was completed in 1925. It arrived at Kochi in May 1926. It was estimated that the dredger had to be put to use for at least 20 hours a day for the next two years. The dredged sand was used to create a new island to house Cochin Port and other trade-related establishments. Around 3.2 km² of land was reclaimed in the dredging. The strong determination of Sir Bristow and his team was successful when the large steamship SS Padma, sailed into the newly constructed inner harbour of Kochi. Speaking to the BBC on that day, Bristow proudly proclaimed his achievements with the following words: "I live on a large Island made from the bottom of the sea. It is called Willingdon Island, after the present Viceroy of India. From the upper floor of my house, I look down on the finest harbour in the East." The Willingdon Island was artificially created with the mud sledged out for the harbour construction.

In 1932, the Maritime Board of British India declared the Port of Cochin as a major port. The port was opened to all vessels up to 30 feet draught. During the World War II, the port was taken over by the Royal Navy to accommodate military cruisers and war ships. It was returned to civil authorities on 19 May 1945. After Independence, the port was taken over by the government of India. In 1964, the administration of the port got vested in a Board of Trustees under the Major Port Trusts Act. The port was listed as one of the 12 major ports of India. The strategic importance of Cochin during the World Wars was an immediate reason for the construction of the harbour. This has helped especially to resist the Japanese threat during the Second World War. The harbour building during the inter-War period was crucial in the shaping of Cochin as a modern urban space that reorganised the local caste and labour relations. According to a recent study, "the 20-year long project appropriated, modified, or undermined existing social institutions of labour recruitment, work processes, skills and local technologies. The large-scale appropriation and modification of local skills and labour recruitment and work process in this colonial project produced a space of disparity by reinforcing the pre-capitalist caste-based corecive labour relations. The project also involved a massive destruction and appropriation of the social spaces of the urban poor."

ORGANIZATIONAL STRUCTURE

Cochin Port Trust is an autonomous body under the government of India and is managed by Board of Trustees constituted by the government. The board is headed by the chairman who acts as the chief executive officer. The government may from time to time nominate the trustees in the Board representing various interests. The chairman is assisted by the deputy chairman who in turn is assisted by department heads and officials of the following port departments:

General Administration

Traffic

Accounts

Marine

Civil Engineering

Mechanical Engineering

Medical

NAVIGATIONAL CHANNL

The entrance to the Port of Cochin is through the Cochin Gut between the peninsular headland Vypeen and Fort Kochi. The port limits extend up to the entire backwaters and the connecting creeks and channels. The approach channel to the Cochin Gut is about 1000-metre long with a designed width of 200 meters and maintained dredged depth of 13.8 meters (now dredging for 18 meters for ICTT).

From the gut, the channel divides into Mattancherry and Ernakulam channels, leading west and east of Willingdon Island respectively. Berthing facilities for ships have been provided in the form of wharves, berths, jetties and stream moorings alongside these channels.

INFRASTRUCTURE FACILITIES

A draft of 38 ft is maintained in the Ernakulam channel along with berthing facilities, which enables the port to bring in larger vessels. In the Mattancherry channel a draft of 30 ft is maintained. The port provides round-the-clock pilotage to ships subject to certain restrictions on the size and draft. There is an efficient network of railways, roads, waterways and airways, connecting the Cochin Port with the hinterland centers spread over the states of Kerala, Tamil Nadu and Karnataka. Facilities for supply of water and bunkering to vessels are available.

NEW INITIATIVES

The CPT launched E-Thuramukham, a comprehensive enterprise resource planning implementation programme, becoming the first Indian port to do so. The project is based on SAP platform and will be customized by Tata Consultancy Services.

Maritime Heritage Museum-The Cochin Port Trust has set up a Maritime Heritage Museum in Willingdon Island where a good collection of unique and rare navigational equipments and photographs connected with the saga of construction of Cochin Port during 1920-40 period are on display. The exhibits reveal the hardships faced by Sir Robert Bristow and his workforce, who developed the port amidst financial constraints and without technology support.

WIKIPEDIA

Vallarpadam container terminal...

Cochin Port is a major port on the Arabian Sea – Indian Ocean sea-route and is one of the largest ports in India. The port lies on two islands in the Lake of Kochi: Willingdon Island and Vallarpadam, towards the Fort Kochi river mouth opening onto the Arabian Sea. The International Container Transshipment Terminal (ICTT), part of the Cochin Port, is the largest container transshipment facility in India.

The port is governed by the Cochin Port Trust (CPT), a government of India establishment. The modern port was established in 1926 and has completed 86 years of active service.

The Kochi Port is one of a line of maritime-related facilities based in the port-city of Kochi. The others are the Cochin Shipyard, the largest shipbuilding as well as maintenance facility in India; the SPM (single point mooring) facility of the Kochi Refineries, an offshore crude carrier mooring facility; and the Kochi Marina.

HISTORY

The Cochin port was formed naturally due to the great floods of Periyar in 1341 AD, which choked the Muziris port (near present-day Kodungallur), one of the greatest ports in ancient world. Ever since, Kochi became one of the major ports with extensive trading relations Romans, Greeks and Arabs, all lured by the traditional spice wealth of the state. The port further attracted European colonialists like Portuguese, Dutch and finally British who extended their supremacy over the Kingdom of Cochin and the port city of Fort Kochi. The traditional port was near Mattancherry (which still continues as Mattancherry Wharf).

COCHIN-PORT-TRUST-ON1948

The need of a modern port was first felt by Lord Willingdon during his governorship of Madras Province of British India. The opening of the Suez Canal made several ships pass near the west coast and he felt the necessity of modern port in the southern part. He selected the newly joined Sir Robert Bristow who was a leading British harbor engineer with extensive experience with maintenance of the Suez Canal. Bristow took the charge of chief engineer of Kochi Kingdom's Port Department in 1920. Ever since then, he and his team were actively involved in making a greenfield port. After studying the sea currents, observing tidal conditions and conducting experiments, he was convinced about the feasibility of developing Kochi. He believed that Kochi could become the safest harbour if the ships entered the inner channel.

The challenge before the engineers was a rock-like sandbar that stood across the opening of the Kochi backwaters into the sea. It was a formidable ridge of heavy and densely packed sand that prevented the entry of all ships requiring more than eight or nine feet of water. It was thought that the removal of the sandbar was a technical impossibility. The potential consequence on the environment was beyond estimation. The harm could be anything like the destruction of the Vypeen foreshore or the destruction of the Vembanad lake.

Bristow, after a detailed study, concluded that such data was history. He addressed the immediate problem of erosion of the Vypeen foreshore by building of rubble granite groynes nearly parallel with the shores and overlapping each other. The groynes first produced an automatic reclamation which naturally protected the shore from the monsoon seas. Confident at the initial success, Bristow planned out a detailed proposal of reclaiming part of the backwaters at a cost of ₹25 million (US$370,000). An ad-hoc committee appointed by the Madras government examined and approved the plans submitted by Bristow.

The construction of the dredger 'Lord Willingdon' was completed in 1925. It arrived at Kochi in May 1926. It was estimated that the dredger had to be put to use for at least 20 hours a day for the next two years. The dredged sand was used to create a new island to house Cochin Port and other trade-related establishments. Around 3.2 km² of land was reclaimed in the dredging. The strong determination of Sir Bristow and his team was successful when the large steamship SS Padma, sailed into the newly constructed inner harbour of Kochi. Speaking to the BBC on that day, Bristow proudly proclaimed his achievements with the following words: "I live on a large Island made from the bottom of the sea. It is called Willingdon Island, after the present Viceroy of India. From the upper floor of my house, I look down on the finest harbour in the East." The Willingdon Island was artificially created with the mud sledged out for the harbour construction.

In 1932, the Maritime Board of British India declared the Port of Cochin as a major port. The port was opened to all vessels up to 30 feet draught. During the World War II, the port was taken over by the Royal Navy to accommodate military cruisers and war ships. It was returned to civil authorities on 19 May 1945. After Independence, the port was taken over by the government of India. In 1964, the administration of the port got vested in a Board of Trustees under the Major Port Trusts Act. The port was listed as one of the 12 major ports of India. The strategic importance of Cochin during the World Wars was an immediate reason for the construction of the harbour. This has helped especially to resist the Japanese threat during the Second World War. The harbour building during the inter-War period was crucial in the shaping of Cochin as a modern urban space that reorganised the local caste and labour relations. According to a recent study, "the 20-year long project appropriated, modified, or undermined existing social institutions of labour recruitment, work processes, skills and local technologies. The large-scale appropriation and modification of local skills and labour recruitment and work process in this colonial project produced a space of disparity by reinforcing the pre-capitalist caste-based corecive labour relations. The project also involved a massive destruction and appropriation of the social spaces of the urban poor."

ORGANIZATIONAL STRUCTURE

Cochin Port Trust is an autonomous body under the government of India and is managed by Board of Trustees constituted by the government. The board is headed by the chairman who acts as the chief executive officer. The government may from time to time nominate the trustees in the Board representing various interests. The chairman is assisted by the deputy chairman who in turn is assisted by department heads and officials of the following port departments:

General Administration

Traffic

Accounts

Marine

Civil Engineering

Mechanical Engineering

Medical

NAVIGATIONAL CHANNL

The entrance to the Port of Cochin is through the Cochin Gut between the peninsular headland Vypeen and Fort Kochi. The port limits extend up to the entire backwaters and the connecting creeks and channels. The approach channel to the Cochin Gut is about 1000-metre long with a designed width of 200 meters and maintained dredged depth of 13.8 meters (now dredging for 18 meters for ICTT).

From the gut, the channel divides into Mattancherry and Ernakulam channels, leading west and east of Willingdon Island respectively. Berthing facilities for ships have been provided in the form of wharves, berths, jetties and stream moorings alongside these channels.

INFRASTRUCTURE FACILITIES

A draft of 38 ft is maintained in the Ernakulam channel along with berthing facilities, which enables the port to bring in larger vessels. In the Mattancherry channel a draft of 30 ft is maintained. The port provides round-the-clock pilotage to ships subject to certain restrictions on the size and draft. There is an efficient network of railways, roads, waterways and airways, connecting the Cochin Port with the hinterland centers spread over the states of Kerala, Tamil Nadu and Karnataka. Facilities for supply of water and bunkering to vessels are available.

NEW INITIATIVES

The CPT launched E-Thuramukham, a comprehensive enterprise resource planning implementation programme, becoming the first Indian port to do so. The project is based on SAP platform and will be customized by Tata Consultancy Services.

Maritime Heritage Museum-The Cochin Port Trust has set up a Maritime Heritage Museum in Willingdon Island where a good collection of unique and rare navigational equipments and photographs connected with the saga of construction of Cochin Port during 1920-40 period are on display. The exhibits reveal the hardships faced by Sir Robert Bristow and his workforce, who developed the port amidst financial constraints and without technology support.

WIKIPEDIA

Cochin Port is a major port on the Arabian Sea – Indian Ocean sea-route and is one of the largest ports in India. The port lies on two islands in the Lake of Kochi: Willingdon Island and Vallarpadam, towards the Fort Kochi river mouth opening onto the Arabian Sea. The International Container Transshipment Terminal (ICTT), part of the Cochin Port, is the largest container transshipment facility in India.

The port is governed by the Cochin Port Trust (CPT), a government of India establishment. The modern port was established in 1926 and has completed 86 years of active service.

The Kochi Port is one of a line of maritime-related facilities based in the port-city of Kochi. The others are the Cochin Shipyard, the largest shipbuilding as well as maintenance facility in India; the SPM (single point mooring) facility of the Kochi Refineries, an offshore crude carrier mooring facility; and the Kochi Marina.

HISTORY

The Cochin port was formed naturally due to the great floods of Periyar in 1341 AD, which choked the Muziris port (near present-day Kodungallur), one of the greatest ports in ancient world. Ever since, Kochi became one of the major ports with extensive trading relations Romans, Greeks and Arabs, all lured by the traditional spice wealth of the state. The port further attracted European colonialists like Portuguese, Dutch and finally British who extended their supremacy over the Kingdom of Cochin and the port city of Fort Kochi. The traditional port was near Mattancherry (which still continues as Mattancherry Wharf).

COCHIN-PORT-TRUST-ON1948

The need of a modern port was first felt by Lord Willingdon during his governorship of Madras Province of British India. The opening of the Suez Canal made several ships pass near the west coast and he felt the necessity of modern port in the southern part. He selected the newly joined Sir Robert Bristow who was a leading British harbor engineer with extensive experience with maintenance of the Suez Canal. Bristow took the charge of chief engineer of Kochi Kingdom's Port Department in 1920. Ever since then, he and his team were actively involved in making a greenfield port. After studying the sea currents, observing tidal conditions and conducting experiments, he was convinced about the feasibility of developing Kochi. He believed that Kochi could become the safest harbour if the ships entered the inner channel.

The challenge before the engineers was a rock-like sandbar that stood across the opening of the Kochi backwaters into the sea. It was a formidable ridge of heavy and densely packed sand that prevented the entry of all ships requiring more than eight or nine feet of water. It was thought that the removal of the sandbar was a technical impossibility. The potential consequence on the environment was beyond estimation. The harm could be anything like the destruction of the Vypeen foreshore or the destruction of the Vembanad lake.

Bristow, after a detailed study, concluded that such data was history. He addressed the immediate problem of erosion of the Vypeen foreshore by building of rubble granite groynes nearly parallel with the shores and overlapping each other. The groynes first produced an automatic reclamation which naturally protected the shore from the monsoon seas. Confident at the initial success, Bristow planned out a detailed proposal of reclaiming part of the backwaters at a cost of ₹25 million (US$370,000). An ad-hoc committee appointed by the Madras government examined and approved the plans submitted by Bristow.

The construction of the dredger 'Lord Willingdon' was completed in 1925. It arrived at Kochi in May 1926. It was estimated that the dredger had to be put to use for at least 20 hours a day for the next two years. The dredged sand was used to create a new island to house Cochin Port and other trade-related establishments. Around 3.2 km² of land was reclaimed in the dredging. The strong determination of Sir Bristow and his team was successful when the large steamship SS Padma, sailed into the newly constructed inner harbour of Kochi. Speaking to the BBC on that day, Bristow proudly proclaimed his achievements with the following words: "I live on a large Island made from the bottom of the sea. It is called Willingdon Island, after the present Viceroy of India. From the upper floor of my house, I look down on the finest harbour in the East." The Willingdon Island was artificially created with the mud sledged out for the harbour construction.

In 1932, the Maritime Board of British India declared the Port of Cochin as a major port. The port was opened to all vessels up to 30 feet draught. During the World War II, the port was taken over by the Royal Navy to accommodate military cruisers and war ships. It was returned to civil authorities on 19 May 1945. After Independence, the port was taken over by the government of India. In 1964, the administration of the port got vested in a Board of Trustees under the Major Port Trusts Act. The port was listed as one of the 12 major ports of India. The strategic importance of Cochin during the World Wars was an immediate reason for the construction of the harbour. This has helped especially to resist the Japanese threat during the Second World War. The harbour building during the inter-War period was crucial in the shaping of Cochin as a modern urban space that reorganised the local caste and labour relations. According to a recent study, "the 20-year long project appropriated, modified, or undermined existing social institutions of labour recruitment, work processes, skills and local technologies. The large-scale appropriation and modification of local skills and labour recruitment and work process in this colonial project produced a space of disparity by reinforcing the pre-capitalist caste-based corecive labour relations. The project also involved a massive destruction and appropriation of the social spaces of the urban poor."

ORGANIZATIONAL STRUCTURE

Cochin Port Trust is an autonomous body under the government of India and is managed by Board of Trustees constituted by the government. The board is headed by the chairman who acts as the chief executive officer. The government may from time to time nominate the trustees in the Board representing various interests. The chairman is assisted by the deputy chairman who in turn is assisted by department heads and officials of the following port departments:

General Administration

Traffic

Accounts

Marine

Civil Engineering

Mechanical Engineering

Medical

NAVIGATIONAL CHANNL

The entrance to the Port of Cochin is through the Cochin Gut between the peninsular headland Vypeen and Fort Kochi. The port limits extend up to the entire backwaters and the connecting creeks and channels. The approach channel to the Cochin Gut is about 1000-metre long with a designed width of 200 meters and maintained dredged depth of 13.8 meters (now dredging for 18 meters for ICTT).

From the gut, the channel divides into Mattancherry and Ernakulam channels, leading west and east of Willingdon Island respectively. Berthing facilities for ships have been provided in the form of wharves, berths, jetties and stream moorings alongside these channels.

INFRASTRUCTURE FACILITIES

A draft of 38 ft is maintained in the Ernakulam channel along with berthing facilities, which enables the port to bring in larger vessels. In the Mattancherry channel a draft of 30 ft is maintained. The port provides round-the-clock pilotage to ships subject to certain restrictions on the size and draft. There is an efficient network of railways, roads, waterways and airways, connecting the Cochin Port with the hinterland centers spread over the states of Kerala, Tamil Nadu and Karnataka. Facilities for supply of water and bunkering to vessels are available.

NEW INITIATIVES

The CPT launched E-Thuramukham, a comprehensive enterprise resource planning implementation programme, becoming the first Indian port to do so. The project is based on SAP platform and will be customized by Tata Consultancy Services.

Maritime Heritage Museum-The Cochin Port Trust has set up a Maritime Heritage Museum in Willingdon Island where a good collection of unique and rare navigational equipments and photographs connected with the saga of construction of Cochin Port during 1920-40 period are on display. The exhibits reveal the hardships faced by Sir Robert Bristow and his workforce, who developed the port amidst financial constraints and without technology support.

WIKIPEDIA

This image is one from a series of shots of the ICTT, or the International Container Transshipment Terminal, Cochin, India. The facility, from what I'm told, stands on soil that is under the complete control of a Dubai based company. But that was hardly what fascinated me. My eye was caught by the enthralling glimmer of those large halogen lights in the water, every evening and the leviathan cranes that dominated the skyline right across it from our hotel.

It made for a scene that I could hardly look away from while taking pictures and I found myself at the waterfront more times than I can count, shooting it. For me it was an huge opportunity to try out the 60D's long exposure capabilities (Magic Lantern installed) and I have to say, it didn't disappoint at all.

This was shot at 29mm (1.6x crop factor not included); 4 minutes @ f/29 & ISO 100.

Please do comment and critique.

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On the grounds of The Leela in Kovalam, Kerala.

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It is the only trans-shipment port in India, and is situated in Kochi, in the state of Kerala. The country's first global hub terminal, the ICTT is in strategic proximity to international sea routes.

See more from this album at my FB page.

A Chinese Fishing net, shot with the well-lit Vallarpadam ICTT in the background!

A woman stands outside her home that now faces a road overpass that has cut her island of Moolampilly, Kerala in two. There has been a long and hard fought battle for compensation for lost houses and land and the rehabilitation package has yet to be fully delivered. Photo: IDMC, March 2016

Part of the opening ceremonies for ICTT (International Conference on Travel Technology) in Kerala, India.

Conference website: icttindia.org/

Related blog post: www.tourismcurrents.com/tourism-trends-2013-a-mid-year-up...

Taken from Seagull Bar Fort cochin. Folks there helped me in setting up tripod after some KF strong beer ;)

A husband and wife in their house on the outskirts of Kochi Kerala where they have resettled following displacement to make way for the international container trans-shipment terminal (ICTT). They feel isolated and the lack of affordable transport options has distanced them from their family and friends. Photo: IDMC, March 2016

Cochin Port is a major port on the Arabian Sea – Indian Ocean sea-route and is one of the largest ports in India. The port lies on two islands in the Lake of Kochi: Willingdon Island and Vallarpadam, towards the Fort Kochi river mouth opening onto the Arabian Sea. The International Container Transshipment Terminal (ICTT), part of the Cochin Port, is the largest container transshipment facility in India.

The port is governed by the Cochin Port Trust (CPT), a government of India establishment. The modern port was established in 1926 and has completed 86 years of active service.

The Kochi Port is one of a line of maritime-related facilities based in the port-city of Kochi. The others are the Cochin Shipyard, the largest shipbuilding as well as maintenance facility in India; the SPM (single point mooring) facility of the Kochi Refineries, an offshore crude carrier mooring facility; and the Kochi Marina.

HISTORY

The Cochin port was formed naturally due to the great floods of Periyar in 1341 AD, which choked the Muziris port (near present-day Kodungallur), one of the greatest ports in ancient world. Ever since, Kochi became one of the major ports with extensive trading relations Romans, Greeks and Arabs, all lured by the traditional spice wealth of the state. The port further attracted European colonialists like Portuguese, Dutch and finally British who extended their supremacy over the Kingdom of Cochin and the port city of Fort Kochi. The traditional port was near Mattancherry (which still continues as Mattancherry Wharf).

COCHIN-PORT-TRUST-ON1948

The need of a modern port was first felt by Lord Willingdon during his governorship of Madras Province of British India. The opening of the Suez Canal made several ships pass near the west coast and he felt the necessity of modern port in the southern part. He selected the newly joined Sir Robert Bristow who was a leading British harbor engineer with extensive experience with maintenance of the Suez Canal. Bristow took the charge of chief engineer of Kochi Kingdom's Port Department in 1920. Ever since then, he and his team were actively involved in making a greenfield port. After studying the sea currents, observing tidal conditions and conducting experiments, he was convinced about the feasibility of developing Kochi. He believed that Kochi could become the safest harbour if the ships entered the inner channel.

The challenge before the engineers was a rock-like sandbar that stood across the opening of the Kochi backwaters into the sea. It was a formidable ridge of heavy and densely packed sand that prevented the entry of all ships requiring more than eight or nine feet of water. It was thought that the removal of the sandbar was a technical impossibility. The potential consequence on the environment was beyond estimation. The harm could be anything like the destruction of the Vypeen foreshore or the destruction of the Vembanad lake.

Bristow, after a detailed study, concluded that such data was history. He addressed the immediate problem of erosion of the Vypeen foreshore by building of rubble granite groynes nearly parallel with the shores and overlapping each other. The groynes first produced an automatic reclamation which naturally protected the shore from the monsoon seas. Confident at the initial success, Bristow planned out a detailed proposal of reclaiming part of the backwaters at a cost of ₹25 million (US$370,000). An ad-hoc committee appointed by the Madras government examined and approved the plans submitted by Bristow.

The construction of the dredger 'Lord Willingdon' was completed in 1925. It arrived at Kochi in May 1926. It was estimated that the dredger had to be put to use for at least 20 hours a day for the next two years. The dredged sand was used to create a new island to house Cochin Port and other trade-related establishments. Around 3.2 km² of land was reclaimed in the dredging. The strong determination of Sir Bristow and his team was successful when the large steamship SS Padma, sailed into the newly constructed inner harbour of Kochi. Speaking to the BBC on that day, Bristow proudly proclaimed his achievements with the following words: "I live on a large Island made from the bottom of the sea. It is called Willingdon Island, after the present Viceroy of India. From the upper floor of my house, I look down on the finest harbour in the East." The Willingdon Island was artificially created with the mud sledged out for the harbour construction.

In 1932, the Maritime Board of British India declared the Port of Cochin as a major port. The port was opened to all vessels up to 30 feet draught. During the World War II, the port was taken over by the Royal Navy to accommodate military cruisers and war ships. It was returned to civil authorities on 19 May 1945. After Independence, the port was taken over by the government of India. In 1964, the administration of the port got vested in a Board of Trustees under the Major Port Trusts Act. The port was listed as one of the 12 major ports of India. The strategic importance of Cochin during the World Wars was an immediate reason for the construction of the harbour. This has helped especially to resist the Japanese threat during the Second World War. The harbour building during the inter-War period was crucial in the shaping of Cochin as a modern urban space that reorganised the local caste and labour relations. According to a recent study, "the 20-year long project appropriated, modified, or undermined existing social institutions of labour recruitment, work processes, skills and local technologies. The large-scale appropriation and modification of local skills and labour recruitment and work process in this colonial project produced a space of disparity by reinforcing the pre-capitalist caste-based corecive labour relations. The project also involved a massive destruction and appropriation of the social spaces of the urban poor."

ORGANIZATIONAL STRUCTURE

Cochin Port Trust is an autonomous body under the government of India and is managed by Board of Trustees constituted by the government. The board is headed by the chairman who acts as the chief executive officer. The government may from time to time nominate the trustees in the Board representing various interests. The chairman is assisted by the deputy chairman who in turn is assisted by department heads and officials of the following port departments:

General Administration

Traffic

Accounts

Marine

Civil Engineering

Mechanical Engineering

Medical

NAVIGATIONAL CHANNL

The entrance to the Port of Cochin is through the Cochin Gut between the peninsular headland Vypeen and Fort Kochi. The port limits extend up to the entire backwaters and the connecting creeks and channels. The approach channel to the Cochin Gut is about 1000-metre long with a designed width of 200 meters and maintained dredged depth of 13.8 meters (now dredging for 18 meters for ICTT).

From the gut, the channel divides into Mattancherry and Ernakulam channels, leading west and east of Willingdon Island respectively. Berthing facilities for ships have been provided in the form of wharves, berths, jetties and stream moorings alongside these channels.

INFRASTRUCTURE FACILITIES

A draft of 38 ft is maintained in the Ernakulam channel along with berthing facilities, which enables the port to bring in larger vessels. In the Mattancherry channel a draft of 30 ft is maintained. The port provides round-the-clock pilotage to ships subject to certain restrictions on the size and draft. There is an efficient network of railways, roads, waterways and airways, connecting the Cochin Port with the hinterland centers spread over the states of Kerala, Tamil Nadu and Karnataka. Facilities for supply of water and bunkering to vessels are available.

NEW INITIATIVES

The CPT launched E-Thuramukham, a comprehensive enterprise resource planning implementation programme, becoming the first Indian port to do so. The project is based on SAP platform and will be customized by Tata Consultancy Services.

Maritime Heritage Museum-The Cochin Port Trust has set up a Maritime Heritage Museum in Willingdon Island where a good collection of unique and rare navigational equipments and photographs connected with the saga of construction of Cochin Port during 1920-40 period are on display. The exhibits reveal the hardships faced by Sir Robert Bristow and his workforce, who developed the port amidst financial constraints and without technology support.

WIKIPEDIA

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On the eve of NUSU elections 2007-08 .

J 1110'2007 \\'e arc f:JCL'·to-l"ncc '' ith )L'I nnntha JNUSU elcl:tion. Pnmphkts, posters. door-to-door campaigns, class campaigns, rumor mongering. poliu~-.~tl ;uwl) "'s nl the 0/whus. personal slanders. h::tc!..-st::tbbings, slogan wars, <H.ln:naline rush etc. The same ., i'iion~ ft·om , isionat) · orgam~ations an in drrul~tion -SSS vision, SIS vision, SLL&CS vision, Jllamu's {)fwha vision cit'. ll' ems that thl'~l· ,wg,ulitntl,,ll" .Ill' :-.omc all-seeing. all-knowing beings lh~tt knuw nbsolutcly how to transform JNU (including Mao/It\ Dhaha) intu utupi.1. ..\nd \H' all t!O to cost our \'Oics knowing fully well th~ t not even hnlf of these 'visionary' pnm1i es will he fulfil led. :'\ot ""I~ thai. For the "hole year 10 come, student:, nill never have the opportunity to a~k the organizatious (nprcscnt:tti' cs from which gets clcncd to .JNUSU) thnf what happened to ~II fhcir promises. Again, \viii come lhe SchorJ\ GB~b wht:lt.' (\HI\ ~th.:r's Reports will be re:.~d c.md then ago in I he 01 ganitations wi ll ma"c n huge hallc1 so as to suppress the studen~' ~rittl:al \ \1t('t:-.. Further, the two dominant hegemonic left organizations ''ill keep slandel'ing about 'important' issue (lil,c .

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In un..kr t ~l hutl<.l th~ll culturc ''c must reclnim the dctnocr:nic spacl.!s 111 the t.:amp11s. which th<..: hegemonic students' ~1rgrtntzat1ons hn'..; attemptl·d tu nwnnrlllltl.! amf swxcedcd c~1nsillcrably. Political rreedom is not onl) abl}Ul choostng JNUSU rcpres~ntativcs hut mor~ important(~'" ..tholll prn..t~ti,~ly participating in the political nr,)Ct:ss of deciding upon JNUSLJ's chnrter-of-dcmand. Organiz.ations Jrt.. not :,umc o.,up~m11· <~lltlwrllii.!S. ''hicll C~\1\ t~ll the students what tlwy \\anr and <.:an alsn provid~ ·visionary' solution~. Studcnl-:. knO\\ 'cr~ "ell \\ h,l t the~ w;lllt "hnt lh~) n~c:lrugglcs fought b) JNl ISl I i'> dut> to tht' fa~t thnt it i::. tmpO::.">iblc tu cn~urc ma::.s-parlltrug~lc l<.1r sonH.: list or ,lgcndas unle~s thm Illass m tmoh cd, rh~:lr p.trti(tpation is ensur~J .md upltdJ. 111 the 1\mnulnti<m 111 th.tt '..:r~ list of agcnd:1. \\'c h:n c to rise agaiu~t thb monopoli1alio11 of the demotratit space h~ thl''e hc~emonic s tudcnls' or~anit:ll ions and ti!!,ht for making the JNUSll politil·al prOl'CSS a dcmo<.Tatic :lnd participntory one .

\\\: 1\l!~d to ln-:,lll' lh~ bulning ISSU\.!!:i orcampus \.\'ithin the hroaJcr <;;OCill-politicalll~tl:'ltnics or our time Thc nnkl'J p.!r.ldlng of , j Dalll womJn in a lhl(-,u-r~mutl' 'illngc i.s not !:lociall) unconnected to tht: anll-rcs~.·nattonln:nl..y in our ll\\rt campus. 1 he CiuJ.II~It c.un.1gc i.s nut l111C(Ii111~o:ll\.:d tu !Ill' inudcnt t':..ual har.l~"llll'llt .tnJ \ iolen~c in uur ..:ampu~ .1rc ..,,, lf'l'J dt:fint:d ~nll pruJuc~.·c.l b~ th~! ...a me patriurchal lorces that makt: Dclhi thc lll\'l.st uusJfe 1.'ll) 1\.lt "umcn All th~sc "")('tal l:\ ~Ill' emerge frum the 'l·r: <.;;mH~ rL'grt.: .,~ i'..: <,ocial structures of ca~Lc, communal and patrion:h: th.tt underltc our soc1t:t). Without attacking rhcsc I'OO t ~trucfurcS illld Jl i 'OCC.\~CS, the C\'CIIlS C<lll 0111)' be tamed hut nul :\bolishcd. rht: llt?ll-liberal l'l'1.Hlllll1IC .lg~nJ:l Of prt\:l\ll,\tl\1!1 ofl'OUL'clll~'> ll.'llll'l-:. IS llOt \11\COilllt.:t.:ll!d (()the buii "itlt 2-h 7 IH.:alth t;1~ility. I hcv come ti·om the s.llnl1111ludtlil''-~utd let thlhl.!. \\IW ~:lllll >t :Jf!()rd. perish.\\ hell '"l' t~lk ,>l'nt:<l-ltb~:r;\lcLOnt)lllll" Jk)fic: 1..'r thl' re~tt:~SI\e Svl.t.\1 ~lntcturc~ <'r ~..·:htl'. l<ltlllllllllali<.,m :tnd patrian.:h). the) nrc nul :-.~lllH:tll1ng lt) he t.tll-.~d alhlllt tn lh\..'1..\r~ ;lnd f~ntgiH .1g.lin"t thrnugh pa111phlt:l\. ·1 he.' ;lrc the forcl''i that shape our very own campus life. The) dcridt how ~ccuretdi~nitied the liw' of Dl th~lll should \.:(liH.:rctcly rdkct the IIIIi!) ur t>ur tlleor~tkni-H.k~'l\lgic,d undcr!>l.IIH.hng gelltllg tt.lrl'll.ll~d 11110 cont:rl'!l.: ac1wn . l 'lllcv.; \\C do that. our '\'iSilinary' strugglt:c; agJinst LIS itnp~.:ri.tlt'-lll 11r right-\\illg lutltklmt:nt.tllslll \\Ill rclll.ll tl rt:~ll ictt.:d \\ ltftill th l.' O(JliiHI.Irie~ or thl' pamphlct::. and rhetorical ~(1l'I.'Chc.... .

\\e;: aspirc to dt.:t:l 'll\l'l~ dck~ll Lilt.: cast~.:ist Yl'l::. COilllllllll I hi-; fight fannot hl' fought s) ruholic:tll) agnin-.1 tht.' ntl'n' .

manifestation~ of thci.-politics of haired aud viulcnn: hut mu~ t be fought t.;Ub'llan ti:tll~ at the iuppos~dl) liglltill!;! .lgain"t thl·st: right-\\ ing forct.::.. lltmc\ cr hu\\'" .

how s~1nhul iL· the p<irll:lllh.'lll<.try lh.:getlltlllH.: lt:l't org ha~ been. l'hc: ~~~pons1htltt~ "upon .

us Ill tl''oi '>t .111d .1boli~ll '>llt.h t:H:-.!I:i... t. ~OillllllttHtl Ulhtnllts.tl :.truggk::. on th e sttcet~ as wdl ·"' .11 tilt.· .

rJculogt(:tlfc,t:l I hl\\L'\l'l. in ordc1 In d\..'~i._,i,dy ddi.!.tt the rigllt-,,i,,g llln.:l.!~ llll tilt: t.:ampu~ tit~: ht:g~:nHlll} ~>rtl\lls~ kit ~~tg;lllit;lltt'l\s .

mu.st abn be ~:h:tll1iti)':·.1~111.111\. .

rcdu~tion ufpulitt~'-itllu -.ut.:i:lli;ati<llllm:-. prmitk<.l place: for growth ~1f'right-wing rnr..:~s in thl.' ~~mpus \\'e aspire to build :t 'ihn1 n1 .

left opposition, to tlcnHJl'ratilc .JNllSll, lo politicize lhc ('H IIIJHI~ and ro rcvolutioni·lc the politks. lntluihlh 'l.indahad! .

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Reclaim the di..!Jlll.)l;ratic-progrcssiv~ e th os and the t:ulturt: nr re -;is ta i1 CI: in tiH: campus! .

S 111 ash t hc r ~.:gr ... ..,') i ' l' soc i:.11 h t r u <.: t u r 1.! s o r cas 1e. p a 1 rt u r c h) a 11 J c t) 111111 u n .tl i s Ill ! .

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Avinash Pandey (Samar) for General Secretary Gaurav Sharma fnr SIS Co uncillor Sumandro Chattapadhyay for SSS Councillor .

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International Conference on Travel Technology, Kerala India. A 2 day conference on Travel and Technology

Graduation No.1 RS Course 4000/48

On 7th May 2009 LAC Andrew Moore-Vale, 26, a training Information and Communication Technologies Technician (ICTT) at the Defence College of Aeronautical Engineering (DCAE) Cosford, Wolverhampton, was awarded the Silver Salver an award that is presented to the ICTT who has displayed outstanding determination, contribution and personal achievement. This individual?s positive attitude, willingness to learn and excellent team working skills are evident from when he commenced training and have been highlighted by this airman. A pivotal member of the course Andrew displayed a very mature attitude during his training and has earned the respect of his peers and superiors alike.

With a good disciplinary record, Andrew?s enthusiasm has received recognition from Instructors, Trainee Development Co-ordinaters and Flight Commanders.

When asked what part of training he most enjoyed whilst based at DCAE Cosford, Andrew said ?I enjoyed the camaraderie that was a part of this course and the lifelong friends I have made throughout my time at DCAE Cosford.?. Andrew who hails from Cambridge, London, is due to serve at RAF Boulmer. Andrew is most looking forward to involving himself in the various sporting activities that RAF Boulmer has to offer and is relishing the chance to serve on operations in Afghanistan and having the chance to top up his tan.

Image taken 2009 by SAC Matthews

seen between the huge cranes of ICTT Vallarpadom

DCI DREDGE VI

Type: Trailing Suction Hopper Dredge

Gross Tonnage: 3802

DeadWeight: 5528

Length x Breadth: 104m x 15.7m

Year Built: 1975

Flag: India

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On the back are the big cranes of the Vallarpadam International Container Transshipment Terminal (ICTT)

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Birth Anniversary of Baba Saheb Dr. Bhim Rao Ambedbar: Friends, A legacy Worth living and Dviiag :"'\}f .

Dr. Ambedkar was the architect of our constitution and one of the most daring social revolutionaries and a nationalist to the core who .

con~istently and indefatigably waged a two pronged battle -one agamst the British imperialism and the other an equally august struggle for social equality and dignity for the oppressed sections of our· country. It was the resilience and determination of Baba Saheb which saw him rise to the forefront of resistance against the oppressive caste set-up. A Lrue intellectual and a visionary, he went on record saying, " Given the time and circumstances, nothing under the sun shall stop this country from .

becoming a super power" . .

Alasr His dream of a cohesive and seamless Indian society has not yet been fully realized, thanks to our political classes which thrive on thee divisive politics and segregated conslituencies. The ideals of Baba Saheb lead us to an altogether new world -a world free of the scourges that .

continue to afflict our society even today. The ideas of economic equa lity and social justice continue to remain haloed ideas without their taking a concrete shape of reality. Political and economic rights for dalits continue to elude them and the political elite of our country have time and again co-opted them and used them as mere mascots to grab votes. .

It is surprising to note that the so-called progressive organizations of our campus who breast beat of dalit rights have failed them time .

and again and pushed them into naxal terrorism (taking advantage of their gullible nature, thanks to lack of education among them) while they themselves remain ensconced in all comfort and luxury. This kind of political opportunism to serve their ulterior political en.ds jeopardizes the lives of these poor by instilling in them destructive .

ideological venom. .

At 2 time when the communist on the .

campus are hell bent on ranging people against .

one another and provoking one -upmanship of .

caste, regional and religious lines, the relevance of .

the ideals of the Bharat Ratna Dr.Ambedkar get .

firmly entrenched. The August ideals of Baba .

Saheb are eternal ones and they will continue to .

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resonate and reverberate for all times to come and his revolutionary ideas will continue to exhort the people of our nation and of the world for an equitable social order. The ideals of Baba Saheb cannot be confined to time and space and the ritualistic celebration of Saba Saheb's birthday is not an end in itself. The only meaningful tribute that w e can pay to the great reformer is by treading the path shown by him and in the pro.cess usher in an INDIA .

f or which he lived and died -a glorious and a .

self reliant INDIA devoid of all malaise and .

scourges that afflict our society. .

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' ( i· imm~~yun~erttand t~~ ~~J.ofthe leaderShip ofthe:Natio~ Congr~ md coun.terposed its Right to iu Left Wing as though ta~ latter was I progrC'!'Sive one. Therdore, it called upon the masse~ to .

raUy round Nehru and assist him to get rid of Patel. AU this s&ows tl:;~ .

ilhfiiOns about the unity ofnational intettstS and. the influe~e of t~.e I.

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Omgaess were stillstxong1not only am~the backward peas1ntry end people · .

c the petty bowgeois masses, butalso among a certain section offlte work· _f4 India, The .

ins class and that the Right opportunist mistakes had notbeen overc(l·. iiliid for frienchhlp aud eo-operation with the SJUt Chinese people. . .I Tbe Nehru Gove(TUD.ent on the other hand follows the dictates ofthe . .within the Communist Patty. Aii~ln-America.1 imperialiSts, who wish to bUild India a! a bastion of ; ...

·cit was only in Deanaber 19-: .., that the Commu.. \st Parry! of lnclu rc2C::on against uuna. The Angto:Amencan l.DlperiatiSts carry on t.heir I gave a conect estlmate ofthe Mountbatten Plan as · new irhpcrillist .

nuanous conspll'ttacs in Nepal and Tibet under the cover offered by .

manoeuvre and chsractaised the Nehru Government as a whole a\ a . the Nehru u cYernment. Thm the Nehru Government is directly government ofthe Indim big bourgeoisie; which had entered into m .

agrc meat with British impcrialim and formed an aJli:mce jwith the ldvancing the gnme ofthe'enemies ofthe Chinese ~pie. !.

:...... :.·....: 'I wish to assure you and through you the peopl 1of ChinA that the .

Indian princes and landlords.' e antlCommunist P .o n t hatch under e ctates of the.

· that the Nehru Government · y.

Olaracteristic ofthis openho~tility towards the Indian 9nvcrn~ lAmerican unperia 'sts ~n e~e to defeat'th~. · . .

' ·- . ment displayed by the countries of the Soviet bloc were he mt-s· .

·.:.. .... I uni~t . · ''I be central COmmittee of our PirtY Jl8i asked me to convey .thet.r .

sages ,that passed between .M.ao Tse-tung and the Co ~~tribute and gnltings to Comrade Chu Teb and the membcn of .

p. ·st plans by .

· 1~of.India. On 12th October I B. T.Ranadive, th Par.r's QUnese Libartioh Army who ba.ve u~t all im eetin s to the mc1r quick miliwy victories. The great military skill o Comrade Chu GeteralJScaetary, sent the followin aificing sFt·· Tch and his pssociates'and ~e~our,coU.rage, and self. .~encan.

victonq\IS Chmese communist chief:! .. ' the members of the Ltberaoon Army confounded the .

edvisers.of K~omin~g and shattaed all ho~?f prole gcd·~lStance .

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. India, I send you and through you to the people of China, ou warm~t Pa:.rty of China and 1ts leader Mao Tse-tung on the occaston of tt:s .

~ (,: pectings on the occasions ofthe fonnation ofthe People'~? ~rnmcot historic and world-sbllk.ing victory. The v1aory. &cored ~~ the Com-.

of China, The formation of the People's Government ~agn ses the munist Party of Clili).a is the victory of ~m-~1msm, of the.

~· ~ final vic!ory ofthe Chinese people against the enemies and en lavers of Salinist Line. The c!ommunist Party of Cl:Una ~d .lts .great leader, .

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forci'naetiona:rles. This great·md historic victory seals the doom Marxism-Leninism. ,.

Auld finally allow me, Comrade 1.1.ao Tse-:tung, to congratula~e youimperialism and its natioti.al agents on the continent r.f Asia, a d opcr..s f vour election as the President of the People s Re-. .

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I ~i''l! .' In hberating themselves the people of China have tn R.ictt:J Long Live the Communist ~arty of~I .

t:. 'Long Live the Fighting Uruty of the Chinese ll.Dd Indian People:! ~ifdefeat on the common tnemy of the peoples of the world -. menan I.

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Team Samrat Singh With Philip Calvert is an award-winning social networking entrepreneur, professional speaker on Social Media sales strategy, LinkedIn expert and author.

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Selina Power is a Social Media specialist and social media commentator for one of the Top 25 Business Blogs in Australia

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