The Container Corporation of India flagged off the maiden coastal voyage of a vessel, SSL Mumbai, from Deendayal port on January 10, 2018. The vessel will be sailing from Deendayal port to V.O. Chidambaranar port […]
The Ministry of Shipping (MoS) has provisionally agreed to provide some relaxations regarding the online port service filings under the port community system, PCS1x. The development comes in light of the problems faced by user […]
During the first nine months (April-December) of fiscal year 2018-19, Indian major ports handled 518.64 mt of traffic, compared to 499.78 mt in the corresponding period of 2017-18, registering an increase of 3.77 per cent. […]
DMICDC Logistics Data Services Limited has implemented its container tracking services at Deendayal port. The initiative is aimed at streamlining container logistics operations at the port. The resolution professional has asked JNPT, Adani Ports and […]
Four major port trusts – the Visakhapatnam Port Trust (VPT), JNPT, the Deendayal Port Trust (DPT) and the Paradip Port Trust (PPT) – have signed an MoU among themselves to acquire a 73.44 per cent […]
The inaugural call of the maiden container mainline vessel, M.V. Wan Hai 510, was flagged off from the Dakshin Bharat Gateway Container Terminal at V.O. Chidambaranar port. The vessel, which has a 4,333 twenty-foot equivalent […]
The Andhra Pradesh government has laid the foundation stone for the greenfield commercial port at Kakinada. Following this, the state government signed an MoU with Haldia Petrochemicals Limited for a refinery/petrochemicals project in the Kakinada […]
The Indian Register of Shipping – IRClass – has received authorisation as a recognised organisation from Jordan and Bahrain’s Port and Maritime Authority. The development is expected to open up more opportunities for shipping companies. […]
A total of six firms have signed agreements for the operations and maintenance (O&M) of floating terminals under the Haldia-Allahabad inland water transport (IWT) project (National Waterway-1). The six firms are Royal Network for terminals […]
The Central Electricity Regulatory Commission (CERC) has notified the draft CERC (Terms and Conditions of Tariff) Regulations, 2019, for the control period 2019-24. The CERC has proposed several changes in the draft regulations to align […]
The CERC has issued a discussion paper on “Market-Based Economic Dispatch of Electricity: Re-designing of Day-Ahead Market in India”. The commission has proposed a market-based economic dispatch model which entails the functioning of the electricity […]
Under Saubhagya, 25 states have achieved 100 per cent household electrification as of December 31, 2018 – the deadline set under the scheme. Over 1 million households are yet to be electrified in four states […]
The central government is considering a Rs 180 billion subsidy scheme to provide imported gas at subsidised rates to stranded power projects. A high-level empowered committee has suggested that the power and the oil ministries […]
The Ministry of Power (MoP) has notified the guidelines and standards for the development of electric vehicle charging infrastructure in the country. As per the guidelines, discoms will facilitate the setting up of private charging […]
The MoP has announced plans to convert all existing and new meters into smart and prepaid meters within three years starting April 1, 2019. This step will result in the reduction of aggregate technical and […]
The central government has relaxed the cross-border power trading norms. The earlier cross-border trading power guidelines issued by the MoP in 2016 allowed cross-border trade only through the term-ahead market and did not allow the […]
Tata Power has written to the governments of Punjab, Haryana and other states seeking an amendment in the power purchase agreement for the 4,000 MW Mundra ultra mega power project based on the recommendations of […]
The central government has inaugurated the 4.94 km long Bogibeel bridge in Assam. The central government has inaugurated the Bogibeel bridge in Dibrugarh district of Assam. It is the first fully welded steel bridge and […]
The Ministry of Railways (MoR) has approved a 234.12 km railway line from Jammu to Poonch, to be constructed at an estimated cost of Rs 23.7 billion. The line is expected to be constructed within […]
A new railway line of 17.2 km length will be constructed between Rameshwaram and Dhanushkodi at an estimated cost of Rs 2.08 billion. The earlier railway line on this route was destroyed in a cyclone […]
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