Ports & Shipping

The Kolkata Port Trust (KoPT) has signed a concession agreement with Hooghly Oil and Gas Terminal Private Limited for setting up a liquid jetty at Shalukkali at the Haldia Dock Complex II. Hooghly Oil and […]

An MoU has been signed between Konkan Railway Corporation Limited and Vizhinjam International Seaport Limited for the implementation of the Vizhinjam-Balaramapuram port-rail connectivity project. The project involves the development of a 12 km railway line […]

As of February 28, 2018, the Indian shipping industry had a fleet of 1,382 vessels of 12.43 million gross tonnage (GT) and 18.89 million dead-weight tonnage (DWT). Of the vessels, 936 were coastal vessels with […]

The Inland Waterways Authority of India (IWAI) has appointed KPMG to study and devise a framework for the operationalisation and maintenance of assets being built on National Waterway (NW)-1. The framework will include various institutional […]

An inter-ministerial committee (IMC) has been constituted for augmenting coastal shipping of coal and other commodities. The Ministry of Shipping is the nodal ministry for the committee, the terms of reference for which include the […]

The Kerala government has granted in-principle approval for the development of the Parvathy-Puthanar canal as a NW under the Kerala inland water transport project (NW-3). The waterway will be developed at a cost of Rs […]

The cabinet approved the incorporation of the official amendments in the Major Port Authorities Bill, 2016, on February 7, 2018. The amendments are based on the recommendations of the parliamentary standing committee and are expected […]

During the first 10 months (April-January) of the current fiscal year (2017-18), Indian major ports handled 560.98 mt of traffic, compared to the 536.42 mt handled in the corresponding period of 2016-17, registering an increase […]

The Jawaharlal Nehru Port Trust (JNPT) has commenced operations on Phase I of the fourth container terminal – the Bharat Mumbai Container Terminal. With the formal inauguration likely to be held by end-February 2018, the […]

The Maharashtra government has given approval to JNPT to be the special planning authority (SPA) for the special economic zone (SEZ) project at the port. The SPA status will enable JNPT to take decisions on […]

V.O. Chidambaranar Port (VOC) has signed a concession agreement for the development of a shallow draught berth for handling construction materials. Tuticorin-based Indian Port Terminals Private Limited will be developing the berth on a PPP […]

Cochin Shipyard Limited (CSL) has received clearance from the National Board of Wildlife (NBWL) of the Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change to utilise the funds raised through its initial public offering (IPO) for […]

The Inland Waterways Authority of India (IWAI) has signed an agreement worth Rs 24.14 billion ($375 million) with the World Bank for the implementation of the Jal Marg Vikas Project (JMVP). Following this, the World […]

The central government laid the foundation stone for the intermodal terminal at Ghazipur in Uttar Pradesh on January 25, 2017. The terminal will be constructed under the JMVP that aims to augment capacity of NW-1. […]

The central government inaugurated the weekly cargo service on the Pandu-Dhubri/Hatsingimari stretch of NW-2 (Brahmaputra river) on December 29, 2017. Subsequently, the government flagged off two barges with a capacity of 200 tonnes each, carrying […]

The Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs approved the implementation of the Jal Marg Vikas project (for navigation capacity augmentation on NW-1) on January 3, 2018. It has been approved at a cost of Rs 53.69 […]

Parliament has passed the Central Road Fund (Amendment) Bill, 2017, to allocate 2.5 per cent of the proceeds of the Central Road Fund (CRF) for the development and maintenance of national waterways (NWs). An allocation […]

The Shipping Corporation of India’s (SCI) vessel, M.V. SCI Mumbai V386, made its maiden call at the Kandla International Container Terminal on January 5, 2018. The vessel is operated by SCI under its SMILE service.

As of December 31, 2017, the Indian shipping industry had a fleet of 1,372 vessels of 12.35 million gross tonnage (GT) and 18.79 million deadweight tonnage (DWT). Of the total vessels, 929 were coastal vessels […]