Russian Ambassador visits Steel Plant
Holds discussions with VSP officials

VSP celebrates RINL Formation Day
VSP CMD speaks on ambitious growth plan

VSP bags Award in National conference on e-Governance
Union Minister presents award

Steel Plant registers Rs.1,062 crore sales turnover
Largest turnover since inception of the plant

RINL ties up with SAIL
MoU for acquisition of high-grade limestone

Visakhapatnam Steel Plant bags sustainability award for 2006-07
Director (Operations) PK Mishra receives the award

Visakhapatnam Steel Plant CMD awarded Gold Medal
Prime Minister, Manmohan Singh handed over at 95th ISC

Roof of a madapam under construction caved in
Laborers dies, 16 others injured

RINL and NTPC bags CII awards
Visakhapatnam Industries continues to gain national attention

Commercial Taxes Department issues order to freeze the VSP bank accounts
Claims VSP is due to pay Rs.500 crores

VSP employees to get Rs.14,000 as bonus
Agreement reached at a tripartite meeting

VSP bags four Vishwakarma Rashtriya Puraskars
Awards meant in innovative suggestions in steel-related techniques

VSP signs MoU with BHEL for power expansion
Order worth over Rs. 394 crores

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Visakhapatnam, March 12, 2007

The VSP Chairman and Managing Director, Y. Siva Sagar Rao and Visakhapatnam Port Trust Chairman K. Ratna Kishore flagged off the first consignment of 1000 tonnes of steel long products manufactured by Visakhpatnam Steel Plant (VSP) jointly on Monday.

This is the first time that such steel products are being sent by sea by any operator by containers. The multi model operation includes picking up of steel cargoes from VSP, stuffing into containers, transporting the same by ships and finally delivering the cargo at VSP's stockyard at Kolkata.

Speaking on the occasion, the CMD of VSP said the launching of coastal shipping by containers from the city as a milestone. He said coastal shipping was cost effective and environment friendly. He further added that VSP had adopted a long tem plan to produce 60 million tonnes by 2020 by investing Rs. 25,000 crores. Ratna Kishore said Seaways Shipping limited had made a beginning with the launching of coastal shipping from the container terminal.

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