The central government has inaugurated Phase III of the Kochi integrated refinery expansion project and laid the foundation stone for the polyol, propylene glycol and monoethylene glycol petrochemical project at the Kochi refinery on January […]
The Gujarat government has signed MoUs for three terminal projects in Gujarat. The projects are the Dahej liquefied natural gas (LNG) terminal expansion (Phase II) project, the Mandvi crude oil terminal project and the Hazira […]
An MoU has been signed between the Adani Group and BASF for a Rs 160 billion petrochemicals production hub at Mundra in Gujarat. The firms will form a JV, in which BASF is expected to […]
The Gujarat government signed an MoU with Foresight Group International on January 18, 2019 for setting up a compressed natural gas (CNG) terminal on the Gujarat coast. The project involves development of CNG receiving infrastructure […]
The central government has committed an investment of about Rs 1 trillion over the next five years for the development of various projects at Paradip port. These projects are either at different stages of planning […]
The Committee of Creditors has approved the resolution plan submitted by the Jawaharlal Nehru Port Trust (JNPT) to buy Dighi Port Limited (DPL) under the Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code, 2016. JNPT has quoted an upfront […]
During the first 10 months (April-January) of fiscal 2018-19, the major ports handled 578.86 million tonnes (mt) of traffic, compared to 561.39 mt in the corresponding period of 2017-18, an increase of 3.11 per cent. […]
The foundation stone for Phase I of the Machilipatnam port project was laid on February 7, 2019. The project’s contractor – Navayuga Engineering Company Limited – has commenced construction work on the project. The scope […]
As of December 31, 2018, the Indian shipping industry had a fleet of 1,401 vessels of 12.68 million gross tonnage (GT) and 19.17 million deadweight tonnage (DWT). Of the total vessels, 945 were coastal vessels […]
India Gateway Terminal Private Limited (IGTPL) has received the maiden call of Container Corporation of India Limited’s new coastal service. The maiden call was marked by the berthing of the vessel, M.V. SSL Mumbai. The […]
The Indian Register of Shipping (IRClass) and the Assam government have signed an MoU to further enhance the state’s inland water transport (IWT) system. The MoU follows the funding agreement signed between the Assam government […]
In a maiden move, the Maersk Group moved 16 containers on the Ganga river (National Waterway [NW]-1) from Varanasi to Kolkata. Earlier, similar movement of containers was undertaken by PepsiCo, Indian Farmers Fertiliser Cooperative Limited, […]
The central government has inaugurated Phase II of the river information system on NW-1, on the Farakka-Patna stretch (410 km). Under Phase II, five base stations at Manihari, Bhagalpur, Munger, Barh and Hatidah, and one […]
The Ministry of Power (MoP) has issued guidelines for minimum local content in equipment for new thermal, hydro and transmission projects in line with the Public Procurement (Preference to Make in India) Order, 2017, issued […]
The MoP has introduced the Pilot Scheme-II to facilitate procurement of 2,500 MW of power for three years from gencos that have coal-based power plants which are already commissioned but lack a power purchase agreement […]
The MoP has issued a notice directing all pithead generating stations to maximise electricity production owing to the increase in power demand expected in the next few months till the monsoons. Consequently, coal and rake […]
The Ministry of Coal (MoC) and the MoP have agreed to the proposals submitted by the cabinet secretary P.K. Sinha-led panel. Accordingly, the MoC is likely to float a cabinet note soon to amend SHAKTI […]
The Central Electricity Regulatory Commission (CERC) has issued a suo moto order on security constrained economic despatch (SCED) of inter-state generating stations on a pan-India basis. Power System Operation Corporation Limited (POSOCO) has been directed […]
The central government inaugurated the 18 km Chikjajur-Mayakonda section of the Chikjajur-Harihar-Hubbali doubling project on February 10, 2019. The doubling of this section has been undertaken at a cost of Rs 1.1 billion. The entire […]
The central government inaugurated the 23.32 km Garjee-Belonia section of the Agartala-Sabroom new line project in Tripura on February 9, 2019. It entailed an investment of Rs 4 billion. The entire project involves laying of […]
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