Mooring operations resume at Haldia port.

Normalcy has been restored at the Haldia port with mooring workers agreeing to resume work immediately. Some 60-odd mooring crew had struck work on Monday after Kolkata Port Trust (KoPT) officials issued notices to some absentee workers. A day's stoppage of work saw half a dozen ships being stuck at the Haldia docks, located 130 km from the city. This apart, some vessels were stranded at the Sandheads, an anchorage 25 nautical miles off the port. Most of the vessels are said to carry dry bulk cargo that include coal from Australia and manganese ore from South Africa. There were some container vessels carrying coastal cargo...