Under Ease of Doing Business (EoDB) initiative, a Mobile X-Ray Container Scanning System (MXCS) has been installed by Paradeep Port near the PICT Terminal at a cost of Rs 30 crore.
A milestone was achieved on Tuesday as Cape Vessel Panama Flag, M.V. LAKE D, reached Sagar anchorage, located about 80 miles from the Syama Prasad Mookerjee Port or SMP in Kolkata and about 25 miles from the Haldia Dock Complex or HDC.
Trouble is brewing along the Paradip Port as 14 crew members of MV APJ Kais have been diagnosed with COVID-19.
Issued in April by the Government of India, the Indian standard operating procedure of sign-on will now be applicable on foreign mariners as well as it is on Indian Mariners.
10th August may well be a historic day in the Indian maritime chapter as the Indian Prime Minister, Shri Narendra Modi, announced a $1 billion investment to develop a trans-shipment hub in the Indian Islands of Andaman and Nicobar.
The Indian Directorate General of Shipping, also known as DG Shipping, announced on Friday that seafarers of foreign nations would be allowed to sign off in Indian ports.
Minister of State for Shipping (I/C) has reviewed the development activities of Vallarpadam Terminal of Cochin Port. It is envisaged as the first trans-shipment port of India, managed by DP World.
Privately owned by the Adani business empire, the Mundra Port of Gujarat has changed the face of the shipping ports across the sub-continental nation. Know more about the shipping port inside the article.
The major ports in India have recorded a growth of 3.11% and together handled 578.86 Million Tonnes of cargo during the period April to January, 2019.