Ports & Shipping

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. […]

The central government inaugurated Phase IA of the Varanasi multimodal inland water transport terminal project on November 12, 2018. This was marked by the receipt of the first intra-country container vessel carrying PepsiCo’s consignment through […]

Pacific International Lines has upgraded its Pakistan-Mundra Express Service, with effect from November 2018. The upgradation will provide an enhanced direct service between Central/South China and Pakistan/ Mundra, while calling at two terminals of Karachi […]

The Nhava Sheva (India) Gateway Terminal (NSIGT) has won a consortium call under the India-Middle East-East Mediterranean shipping service. As per the vessel-sharing agreement with CMA CGM and Cosco Shipping Lines, the Mediterranean Shipping Company […]

The Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs (CCEA) has given in-principle approval for the strategic disinvestment of 100 per cent shares of the central government in the Dredging Corporation of India (DCI) to a consortium of […]

The Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs (CCEA) has given in-principle approval for the strategic disinvestment of 100 per cent shares of the central government in the Dredging Corporation of India (DCI) to a consortium of […]

DMICDC Logistics Data Services Limited has implemented its digital container tracking solution at Cochin port. The initiative is aimed at streamlining the port’s container logistics operations. Meanwhile, the logistics data bank system has also been […]

The Ministry of Commerce has extended the deadline for the installation of radiation monitors and container scanners at 14 ports till March 31, 2019. The ports are Chennai, Cochin, Kamarajar, JNPT, Deendayal, Mormugao, Mumbai, New […]

During the first eight months (April-November) of the current fiscal year 2018-19, Indian major ports handled 461.22 mt of traffic, as compared to 439.96 mt in the corresponding period of 2017-18, registering an increase of […]

The Ministry of Shipping (MoS) has initiated the process of revising the rate regime that governs the country’s first batch of 16 PPP cargo terminals at the major ports. Meanwhile, the validity of the 2005 […]

The foundation stone for the development of a dry dock at Cochin Shipyard Limited (CSL) was laid on October 30, 2018. The new dry dock is being designed to handle both shipbuilding and ship repairs, […]

The government has inaugurated a modernised cruise terminal facility at West Quay-IV at Chennai port. The cruise terminal is spread over an area of 2,880 square metres, with 2,040 square metres on the first floor, […]

Hindustan Infralog Private Limited, a joint venture (JV) of DP World and National Investment and Infrastructure Fund Limited, has secured a contract of Rs 5.67 billion ($78 million) for the development and operations of a […]

As of September 30, 2018, the Indian shipping industry had a fleet of 1,393 vessels of 12.75 million gross tonnage (GT) and 19.29 million deadweight tonnage (DWT). Of the total vessels, 938 were coastal vessels […]

An MoU has been signed between India and Myanmar for the appointment of a private port operator for operations and maintenance (O&M) of Sittwe port, the Paletwa inland water terminal and associated facilities. The port […]

The governments of India and Bangladesh have agreed to consider the inclusion of the Rupnarayan river (National Waterway [NW]-86) from Geonkhali to Kolaghat in the Indo-Bangladesh protocol route. The two governments have also agreed to […]