Ports & Shipping

Portall, a logistics management application developed by the JM Baxi Group, has partnered with Return Trucks (RT), a digital platform that connects transport operators (trailers and truckers) for smooth cargo shipment. The RT service can […]

Mormugao port has decided to waive working anchorage charges, wharfage applicable at stream, and transhipper/floating crane charges for lighterage operations at west-of-breakwater (WOB) to vessels lightering at WOB, bringing the lightered cargo to public-private partnership […]

Tata Consultancy Services (TCS) has deployed its terminal operating system (ToS), TCS DynaPORT, at Adani Ports and Special Economic Zone Limited’s Mundra T4 terminal. DynaPORT is a one-stop solution for order-to-invoice processes and supports multimodal […]

The Central Board of Indirect Taxes and Customs (CBIC) has introduced IT functionalities for supporting contactless customs under its flagship programme, Turant Customs. It has also introduced modern testing equipment in the Central Revenues Control […]

As of May 31, 2020, the Indian shipping industry had a fleet of 1,435 vessels of 12.75 million gross tonnage (GT) and 19.37 million dead weight tonnage (DWT). Of these vessels, 976 were coastal vessels […]

CBIC has introduced a secure QR-coded shipping bill that would be sent to exporters electronically after the customs allows exports. The development comes in light of CBIC’s efforts to ensure faceless, paperless and contactless customs […]

The maiden containerised movement from Haldia to Pangaon, Dhaka, Bangladesh, through National Waterway-1 and the Indo-Bangladesh protocol route commenced from the Haldia international container terminal on June 30, 2020. The vessel, M.V. Pruthvi, operated by […]

A new regular shipping service has started between the Kolkata Dock System (KDS) and Chattogram port, Bangladesh, through the Indo-Bangladesh Protocol Route with effect from July 3, 2020. The service is operated by Zim Integrated […]

The governments of India and Bangladesh signed the second addendum to the Protocol on Inland Water Transit and Trade on May 20, 2020. During the earlier discussions in October 2018 and December 2019, key decisions […]

As of April 30, 2020, the Indian shipping industry had a fleet of 1,432 vessels of 12.7 million GT and 19.2 million deadweight tonnage (DWT). Of the total vessels, 975 were coastal vessels with a […]

The Central Board of Indirect Taxes and Customs (CBIC) has extended the 27×7 customs clearance facility at all seaports till June 30, 2020. The development comes in light of the CBIC’s efforts to facilitate faster […]

Container Corporation of India Limited (CONCOR) has shut 15 underperforming inland cargo terminals and has handed over the land on which they were operating to Indian Railways (IR). One of the terminals that has been […]

  V.O. Chidambaranar port has reduced pilotage and berth hire charges by 10 per cent for vessels of up to 20,000 gross tonnage (GT). The new rates are effective retrospectively from January 1, 2020.

The Deendayal Port Trust (DPT) has revised the procedure for the levy of penal berth hire charges. For cargo handled on mechanised bulk berths, penal berth hire charges will be levied on shipping/vessel agents for […]

The JNCH has issued a circular stating the withdrawal of public notice nos. 24/2020 and 33/2020 regarding the facility for waiver of late fees for delayed filing of the bill of entry (BoE) via public […]

The Jawaharlal Nehru Custom House (JNCH) has issued a circular for the provisional assessment of consignments originating from China under the claim of duty exemption on the basis of country of origin certificate issued under […]

During the first two months (April-May) of the ongoing fiscal year 2020-21, Indian major ports handled 92.82 mt of traffic, as compared to 119.24 mt in the corresponding period of 2019-20, registering a decline of […]

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 […]