Ports & Shipping

The Rajya Sabha passed the Admiralty (Jurisdiction and Settlement of Maritime Claims) Bill, 2017, on July 24, 2017. The bill aims to establish a legal framework to consolidate the existing laws relating to admiralty jurisdiction […]

The Union cabinet has approved the revalidation of the permission to raise extr budgetary resources of Rs 6.6 billion as Government of India bonds by the Inland Waterways Authority of India (IWAI) in 2017-18. The […]

The Inland Waterways Authority of India signed a contract with ITD Cementation India Limited for constructing a multimodal terminal at Haldia, on June 30, 2017. The contract value is Rs 5.17 billion. The terminal is […]

The MoEFCC has granted environmental clearance to the ship repair facility project in Willingdon Island (Cochin Shipyard Limited). The project involves the setting up of an international ship repair facility at an investment of Rs […]

As of June 30, 2017, the Indian shipping industry had a fleet of 1,338 vessels of 12.04 million gross tonnage (GT) and 18.13 million deadweight tonnage (DWT). Of the total vessels, 919 were coastal vessels […]

The Ministry of Shipping (MoS) along with the Ministry of Tourism has announced reforms to the regulatory process governing the cruise tourism industry. The key recommendations include a single-window system for all pre-cruise requirements for […]

During the first three months (April-June) of the current fiscal year (2017-18), Indian major ports handled 167.29 mt of traffic, as compared to 159.26 mt in the corresponding period of 2015-16, registering an increase of […]

The Jawaharlal Nehru Customs House (JNCH) will accord priority to direct port delivery (DPD) status holders with regard to the assessment of the bill of entry. JNCH has decided that any request received from the […]

The Kandla Port Trust has awarded the dredging contract for the approach channel for the next three years to Van Oord India Private Limited. Dredging activities at the port are expected to commence by end-July […]

Krishnapatnam port has implemented e-Xpressway for its container operations. A cloud-based electronic platform, e-Xpressway, provides online access to vessel operators, container operators, terminal operators, freight forwarders and all the other stakeholders for generating and processing […]

Kamarajar port has commenced construction work on the three coal berths. Kamarajar Port Limited (KPL) is expected to invest Rs 10 billion for the construction of two new coal berths and the conversion of the […]

DMICDC Logistics Data Services Limited has launched the logistics data bank project across the port terminals of Mundra and Hazira. The container terminals being covered are the Mundra International Container Terminal, Adani Mundra Container Terminal […]

The New Mangalore Port Trust has awarded the contract for maintenance dredging at the port to Mercator Limited. The value of the contract is Rs 980 million. The scope of work involves carrying out maintenance […]

The Tamil Nadu government has issued a no-objection certificate for the revised alignment of the Chennai port-Maduravoyal elevated road project. The project will now be taken up to the edge of the Cooum river only […]

The central government has inaugurated projects worth Rs 14.92 billion at Kamarajar port. The projects include the development of a container terminal and a multi-cargo terminal, railway connectivity to the container and multi-cargo terminals and […]

The central government has laid the foundation stone for eight connectivity projects worth Rs 11.17 billion at the Jawaharlal Nehru Port Trust (JNPT). The projects comprise an integrated common rail yard facility at JNPT (Rs […]

The  central government has laid the foundation stone for the development of general cargo berth nos. 14 and 16 at Kandla port. The project involves the development of multi-purpose cargo berth nos. 14 and 16 […]

The Union cabinet has approved the proposal for the amendment of the Central Road Fund Act, 2000, to allocate 2.5 per cent of the proceeds of the Central Road Fund (CRF) for the development and […]

The V.O. Chidambaranar Port Trust has signed an MoU with Tamil Nadu Generation and Distribution Corporation Limited to upgrade coal jetties I and II. The upgradation of these jetties is estimated to cost Rs 8 […]

The Kerala government has inaugurated the construction of the first berth of the international transshipment project at Vizhinjam. The project involves the development of the state’s first deep-water container transshipment port with a draught of […]