Ports & Shipping

The Mumbai Port Trust has commenced roll-on, roll-off passenger (ro-pax) ferry operations between Mumbai (Bhaucha Dhakka/Ferry Wharf) and Mandwa through its vessel, RoPax M2M1. The vessel which combines the features of a cruise vessel and […]

The central government has inaugurated five projects at the Jawaharlal Nehru Port Trust (JNPT) – a mobile X-ray container scanner facility at the Jawaharlal Nehru Port Container Terminal (JNPCT), a 220/333 kV mobile unit substation […]

The Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs (CCEA) has given its approval for the introduction of the Scheme for Remission of Duties and Taxes on Exported Products. The scheme has been introduced to give a boost […]

The Jawaharlal Nehru Custom House (JNCH) has issued a circular prescribing the procedure to be followed for the scanning of containers selected for scanning, via public notice no. 40/2020. As per public notice no. 12/2019, […]

The Directorate General of Shipping has issued instructions to all the major and minor ports for dealing with the COVID-19 pandemic. While travel advisories have been issued by many jurisdictions, shipping services are required to […]

During 2019-20, the Indian major ports handled 704.82 million tonnes (mt) of traffic, as compared to 699.1 mt during 2018-19, registering an increase of 0.82 per cent. Deendayal port handled the maximum traffic at 122.5 […]

Master Marine Services Private Limited has added another two features to its integrated digital portal, Master Marine Digitech 3. The two additional services – E-Shipping Bill and E-Forwarding Note – will allow the trade to […]

The Indian Register of Shipping (IRClass) has classed its maiden vessel, Jouriand, under the Lebanese flag. The vessel was converted from a vehicle carrier to a livestock carrier under the survey of IRClass. The project […]

The Visakhapatnam Port Trust (VPT) has stated that Panamax vessels with a 14 metre draught can be navigated during a tide of 0.5 metres in the inner harbour, East Quay (EQ) side, West Quay side, […]

The Jawaharlal Nehru Port Trust (JNPT) and the Port of Antwerp have signed an MoU to set up the JNPT-Antwerp Port Training and Consultancy Foundation as the Port and Logistics Training Centre of Excellence. The […]

During April-December 2019-20, the Indian major ports handled 524.03 million tonnes (mt) of traffic, compared to 518.94 mt in the corresponding period of 2018-19, registering an increase of 0.98 per cent. Deendayal port (erstwhile Kandla […]

DMICDC Logistics Data Services Limited has implemented its digital container tracking solution, Logistics Data Bank (LDB), at the Paradip International Cargo Terminal, Mormugao port and Kamarajar port. Currently, LDB handles 96 per cent of the […]

Chennai International Terminal Private Limited has extended the free time for storage of direct port delivery (DPD) and direct port entry (DPE) containers. The free storage time for DPD containers (imports) has been increased from […]

The government has again extended the deadline for five major ports for the installation of monitors and container scanners from December 31, 2019 to March 31, 2020. The five major ports are the Jawaharlal Nehru […]

The Public Private Partnership Appraisal Committee (PPPAC) has rejected the plan submitted by the Ministry of Shipping (MoS) to develop cargo berths at the western dock of Paradip port as a captive facility. While the […]

The governments of India, Afghanistan and Iran have decided to include the ports of Mormugao and New Mangalore as part of the designated route under the Chabahar port agreement. The development came as part of […]

In a significant development, the Recycling of Ships Bill, 2019, for safe and environmentally sound recycling of ships became an act after receiving the President of India’s consent. In addition, the government has decided to […]

As of November 30, 2019, the Indian shipping industry had a fleet of 1,425 vessels of 12.71 million gross tonnage (GT) and 19.32 million (DWT). Of the total vessels, 972 were coastal vessels with a […]

Hindustan Petroleum Corporation Limited (HPCL) has launched International Maritime Organisation-compliant very low sulphur fuel oil (VLSFO) for the shipping industry. The first batch of VLSFO has already been produced in HPCL’s Visakhapatnam refinery in early […]