Tag: India

April 7, 2020

The world’s biggest lockdown has brought transportation of goods in India to a near halt, even though the federal government has exempted the sector from restrictions to halt the spread of coronavirus. Daily movement of trucks has collapsed to less […]

December 24, 2019

Specifically, the President of India Ram Nath Kovind approved the country’s Recycling of Ships Bill, 2019 making it an Act. The move comes on the back of the country’s accession to the Hong Kong International Convention for Safe and Environmentally […]

October 30, 2017

Indian Minister of Shipping has called upon all automobile manufactures to use coastal shipping mode for transporting their vehicles. Shri Nitin Gadkari, the country’s Minister of Shipping, Road Transport & Highways and Water Resources, River Development and Ganga Rejuvenation, informed […]

September 8, 2017

A number of berths were closed to vessel traffic at India’s Visakhapatnam Port after a general cargo ship started to list badly, according to GAC India. The 10,959 dwt vessel HAI DUONG 09 was being loaded with steel billets when […]

July 19, 2016

India and the United States are to deepen the scope of cooperation in the maritime sector, with the American ports expressing interest in port-led development on the sub-continent, especially in the Sagarmala program aimed at modernizing the country’s ports, India’s […]