Ports & Shipping

The Supreme Court has set aside the National Green Tribunal’s (NGT) order which revoked the environmental clearance granted to Adani Hazira Port Private Limited (AHPPL). With this, the environmental clearance granted to AHPPL in May […]

The Bombay High Court has dismissed a petition by South West Port Limited (SWPL) seeking to direct the Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change (MoEFCC) to consider the grant of environmental clearance for the […]

The board of the Deendayal Port Trust (DPT) has granted approval for the appointment of MECON Limited as the consultant for pipeline network modernisation at the oil jetty area. The scope of work for the […]

The Visakhapatnam Port Trust (VPT) has granted an extension to Visakha Container Terminal Private Limited till June 2018 for the completion of financial closure for the container terminal expansion project. The proposed facility is expected […]

The Jawaharlal Nehru Customs House (JNCH) has allowed the shifting of direct port delivery (DPD) containers not cleared within 48 hours of landing at the JNPT terminals to any of the 33 container freight stations […]

The JNCH has extended the DPD facility to its top 1,083 importers. These importers have been asked to approach the Jawaharlal Nehru Port Container Terminal for getting their unique DPD code. Further, the importers are […]

As of April 30, 2018, the Indian shipping industry had a fleet of 1,379 vessels of 12.58 million gross tonnage (GT) and 19.08 million deadweight tonnage (DWT). Of the total vessels, 932 were coastal vessels […]

Cochin Shipyard Limited (CSL) has issued a letter of acceptance to Larsen & Toubro (L&T) for the engineering, procurement and construction (EPC) works of the dry dock project. The EPC contract value is Rs 17.99 […]

The central government has finalised the standards for vessels to ply on waterbodies in the country. The standards have been finalised in consultation with a German firm for 13 categories of vessels including bulk carriers, […]

The Dredging Corporation of India (DCI) has won the contract for maintenance dredging of naval sites at Mumbai port for 2018-19. The contract value is Rs 307.6 million. The dredging works will be carried out […]

The Inland Waterways Authority of India has engaged a consultant to prepare feasibility studies for the development of ferry services and the identification of locations at Varanasi, Patna, Munger, Bhagalpur, Kolkata and Haldia. The ferry […]

The central government has flagged off the inland ferry service from Baina to Panaji in Goa. The ferry service is expected to reduce the travel time from one hour by road to 20 minutes.

The Chennai Customs Zone has permitted 24×7 direct port entry (DPE)/direct port delivery (DPD) at the Container Corporation of India’s (CONCOR) Tondiarpet facility. CONCOR has requested traders to avail the 24×7 DPE/DPD facility at Tondiarpet […]

India Ports Global Private Limited (IPGPL) has ordered 14 rubber-tyred gantry cranes (RTGCs) worth $18 million from Finnish crane maker Cargotec OYJ, to be deployed at Chabahar port in Iran. Earlier, IPGPL had signed a […]

A joint venture (JV) of BPCL and HPCL has won the rights to develop and operate a liquid terminal of 3 mt capacity at Kamarajar port. The JV was awarded the project worth Rs 3.93 […]

As of March 31, 2018, the Indian shipping industry had a fleet of 1,382 vessels of 12.57 million gross tonnage (GT) and 19.08 million deadweight tonnage (DWT). Of the total vessels, 934 were coastal vessels […]

The Visakhapatnam Port Trust (VPT) has terminated the concession agreement with Adani Ports and Special Economic Zone Limited (APSEZL) for the Eastern Quay (EQ)-1 berth development project. Reportedly, the agreement has been cancelled due to […]

Construction work on the multi-user liquid terminal (MULT) jetty for unloading liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) at Cochin port has been completed. The jetty, which was developed at a cost of Rs 2.25 billion, is expected […]

The Shipping Corporation of India (SCI) has given physical delivery of its passenger vessel, M.V. Harshavardhana, to its buyer. Earlier this year, SCI sold its vessel, M.T. AK Azad, for further trading on an “as […]

Great Eastern Shipping Company Limited (GE Shipping) has signed a contract for the purchase of a 36,567 cubic metre vessel. The 1996-built vessel is expected to be added to GE Shipping’s fleet by the first […]