New shipyard to come up at Ponnani port in Kerala
Kiyaan Singh
Ponnani Port is set to get a 29-acre shipyard on the western side of the Ponnani Fishing Harbour, the second shipyard after Kochi, under a public-private partnership model. The shipyard…
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