Ports & Shipping

The Covid-19 pandemic brought to the fore unprecedented challenges for the maritime sector. It struck at a time when the sector was already experiencing a downturn due to poor domestic performance and international trade disruptions. […]

 The coastal shipping segment has made significant headway over the past few years, receiving attention from various quarters. The government has taken several initiatives to increase the share of coastal traffic in the overall cargo handled […]

With a view to leveraging information and communication technology (ICT) and bringing efficiency to the supply chain, DMICDC Logistics Data Services Limited has implemented its logistics data bank (LDB) services across a number of ports […]

Ports provide an interface between ocean and land-based transport. They play an important role in the economic development of the country, with commodities such as coal, iron ore and fertilisers being imported and exported primarily […]

A continuous increase in cargo and heavy congestion at major ports has prompted the government to undertake the development of greenfield ports in the country. Further, over the last few years, the competition between major […]

The development of inland waterways has attracted a lot of attention in the past few years, with its modal share increasing to 2 per cent after stagnating and hovering around 1 per cent for several […]

The Jawaharlal Nehru Port Trust (JNPT) is the largest container handling major port in the country. Of the total traffic handled at the port, 90 per cent accounts for container traffic. It handles about 13,000 […]

Mazagon Dock Shipbuilders Limited (MDSL) recently created quite a buzz in the shipbuilding market. It has been in the news for its initial public offering (IPO) which received an exceptional response. The issue was oversubscribed […]

The outbreak of Covid-19 has presented unparalleled challenges to the maritime sector. The pandemic struck at a time when maritime trade was already experiencing a downturn due to disruptions in international trade (China-US trade war) […]

The Covid-19 outbreak has severely affected the maritime sector. Disruptions in the supply chain have had serious implications for cargo traffic at ports. The major ports have been registering contractions in cargo volumes since the […]

Covid-19 struck at a time when the maritime sector was already experiencing low activity levels due to disruptions in international trade and poor domestic performance. Despite being allowed to operate, the port sector experienced severe […]