Logistics

New Delhi: Port Wings News Network: Shri Piyush Goyal, Minister of Railways and Commerce & Industry and Shri Vinod Kumar Yadav, Chairman, Railway Board along with senior Railway officials held a high level review meeting with all General Managers(GMs)/Divisional Railway Managers (DRMs) of Zonal Railways/Production Units through Video Conferencing in …

Chennai: Port Wings News Network: Effective skill development is the critical area that would make huge difference in logistics operation and the growth of this highly potential sector, Mr Samir Shah, Immediate Past Chairman, FFFAI and Partner JBS Group of Companies, has said. Mr Shah pointed out these aspects pertaining …

New Delhi: Port Wings News Network: Shri Nitin Gadkari, Minister of Road Transport & Highways and MSME launched the new website of his Ministry in New Delhi on 21 August 2019. The new website has a dashboard that gives data about highways construction, land acquisition, FASTags etc. It also gives …

Mumbai: Port Wings News Network: CBRE South Asia Pvt. Ltd., India’s leading real estate consulting firm, announced the findings of ‘India Industrial and Logistics Market View, H1 2019’on 12 August 2019. As per the report, logistics leasing in the country recorded a growth of 31% on a yearly basis, crossing …

New Delhi: Port Wings News Network: Federation of Freight Forwarders’ Associations in India (FFFAI) has urged the Nepal Freight Forwarders Association (NEFFA) for greater collaboration between them for mutual benefits and enhancement of bilateral trade. Mr S Ramakrishna, Chairman, FFFAI, made this appeal while speaking at the Silver Jubilee Celebration …

Chennai: Port Wings News Network: The International Air Transport Association (IATA) released data for global air freight markets showing that demand, measured in freight tonne kilometers (FTKs), decreased by 4.8% in June 2019, compared to the same period in 2018. This marks the eighth consecutive month of year-on-year decline in …

New Delhi: Port Wings News Network: National Highways Authority of India organised a road show for the third phase of Toll-Operate-Transfer project for prospective bidders in New Delhi on 2 August 2019. The TOT bundle 3 comprises of nine stretches traversing a total length of approx. 566 kms in UP, …

New Delhi: Port Wings News Network: Kanpur Customs Brokers Association (KCBA), member association of the Federation of Freight Forwarders’ Associations in India (FFFAI), organised a workshop on E-SACHIT and new Customs Procedures on 27 July 2019 at ICD Juhi Rail Yard. The workshop was attended by a large number of …

Chennai: Port Wings News Network: While participating in a road show organized by ports in Chennai on PCS system recently, Mr Y Leeladharan, Chairman, the Chennai and Ennore Ports Steamer Agents’ Association (CHENSAA), recorded their concerns about the system. Speaking about payment through PCS, Mr Leeladharan stated: “No issues with …

Chennai: Port Wings News Network: Worldwide Flight Services (WFS) is future-proofing its cargo handling operations at Copenhagen Airport with the lease of a further facility to support the growing volumes of its airline and freight forwarding customers. On 1 September, the world’s largest air cargo handler, will commence operations in …

New Delhi: Port Wings News Network: Speaking at the International conference cum awards on civil aviation and cargo, held in New Delhi on 20 July 2019, Shri Hardeep Singh Puri, Minister of State(I/c)  for Civil Aviation, Housing & Urban Development said that his Ministry would not tolerate any compromise on …

Chennai: Port Wings News Network: Shri. Raja M Shanmugham, President, Tirupur Exporters Association (TEA) said four of their members export goods transported through lorries to the Tuticorin port were stopped at the location called Pandalkudi, near Virudhunagar town and a notorious gang was opening and taking away the pieces randomly …

New Delhi: Port Wings News Network: Minister of State for Shipping (I/C) and Chemical & Fertilizers Shri Mansukh Mandaviya on 15 July 2019 informed the Parliament that the completion date of the Multi-Modal Terminal (MMT) being constructed at Sahibganj in Jharkhand on River Ganga (NW-1) under the Jal Marg Vikas …

Chennai: Port Wings News Network: Pakistan International Container Terminal (PICT), a subsidiary of International Container Terminal Services, Inc. (ICTSI), in cooperation with the state-owned Pakistan Railways, recently successfully launched a dedicated rail cargo service connecting the cities of Karachi and Lahore. The cargo rail service hopes to move goods faster …

New Delhi: Port Wings News Network: According to Mr S Ramakrishna, Chairman, Federation of Freight Forwarders’ Associations in India (FFFAI) the Budget 2019-20 announced by Finance Minister Ms Nirmala Sitaraman on July 5 can be seen as an on-going task reiterating the commitments that the NDA Government has set in …