The IWAI has signed an MoU with IOCL for jointly developing infrastructure for fuels, lubricating oil, liquefied petroleum gas (LPG), natural gas and other related fuels and gas for meeting the requirement of NWs. The […]
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 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 government has released preliminary “customs facilitating” rules for transshipment services at domestic ports for third-country export cargo from Bangladesh. The rules have been released under a renewed bilateral trade framework between India and Bangladesh. […]
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