Cochin: Port Wings News Network: Cochin Port Day 2018 was celebrated on 25 May 2018 at Samudrika Hall, Willingdon Island. Shri. Justice (Retd.) P. Sathasivam, Governor of Kerala was Chief Guest on the occasion. Shri P. Nageswara Rao, IRS, Chief Commissioner of Central Tax, Central Excise & Customs delivered key …
Read More »Cabinet Approves Waiver on Government Loans Advanced to Paradip, Vizag Ports
New Delhi: Port Wings News Network: The Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs, chaired by the Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi has given its approval for waiving of Penal Interest on Government Loans to Paradip Port Trust (PPT) and Visakhapatnam Port Trust as per following: Paradip Port Trust Waiver of penal …
Read More »Cochin Port Trust To Honour Best Performers
Cochin: Port Wings News Network: Best Performing Port Users and Outstanding employees of the Port will be awarded on the occasion of the ‘Cochin Port Day’ on 25 May 2018 at Samudrika Hall, Willingdon Island. Shri. Justice (Retd.) P. Sathasivam, Governor of Kerala will be the Chief Guest …
Read More »Cochin Port To Commemorate Arrival of First Ship
Cochin: Port Wings News Network: ‘Cochin Port Day’ will be celebrated on 25th May 2018 in commemoration of entry of first ship into Cochin Harbour. The construction of the inner harbour from the year 1921 is deemed as the transformation of Cochin as a modern and safe Port. The first …
Read More »DP World Chairman Meets Kazakhstan President, Discuss Future of Trade
Chennai: Port Wings News Network: Infrastructure is a bedrock of trade and economies, leading to prosperity for people, according to global trade enabler DP World Group Chairman and CEO Sultan Ahmed Bin Sulayem, who sat with President of Kazakhstan, Nursultan Nazarbayev, for a roundtable discussion in Baku this week as …
Read More »Chennai Port Surpasses Previous Record Handling of Project Cargo
Chennai: Port Wings News Network: The Chennai Port has recorded another landmark performance by handling Project cargo of 4257 Tonnes, in a single day on 13.05.2018, imported from the vessel m.v. Lady Celine at SQ I. The above noteworthy achievement surpasses the previous record of 3531 Tonnes imported from the …
Read More »Chidambaranar Port Donates Sports Cycle to Budding Cyclist
Tuticorin: Port Wings News Network: Shri I. Jeyakumar, Chairman, V.O. Chidambaranar Port Trust on 11 May handed over a Sports Cycle to a budding Cyclist Miss J.Srimathi, studying 8th Standard in St. Peters Higher Secondary School, Keelamudimun. In order to train using professional equipment and achieve greater heights, V.O. Chidambaranar …
Read More »Digitization Saves More Than Just Time at APM Terminals Pipavav
Mumbai: Port Wings News Network: APM Terminals Pipavav have developed an online version of Form 13 (gate-in permits issued by terminals) required for each import/export container. Known as e-form 13, it will save close to 3 million kilometres of road trips and their associated carbon emissions each year. For customer …
Read More »DP World Chairman Sultan Ahmed Bin Sulayem Meets President of Azerbaijan Ilham Aliyev
Chennai: Port Wings News Network: DP World Group Chairman and CEO Sultan Ahmed Bin Sulayem met with the President of Azerbaijan, Ilham Aliyev in Baku on 9 May to explore future opportunities for economic cooperation and existing arrangements to develop logistics infrastructure in the country. Mr. Bin Sulayem highlighted the …
Read More »Port of Gothenburg Presents Q1 Freight Figures
Chennai: Port Wings News Network: Container volumes rose by three per cent during the first quarter of the year, up from 184,000 to 188,000 TEU. The number of cars shipped rose by 20 per cent, whilst intra-European ro-ro units and energy products increased by five and three per cent respectively. …
Read More »Curtains Come Down On Cruise Tourism Season in Goa State
Chennai: Port Wings News Network: With the arrival of the last luxury cruise liner MV SEVEN SEAS VOYAGER to Mormugao Port on 5 May 2018, the luxury cruise liner season officially came to a close. The cruise ship which arrived at Mormugao Port with 600 guests and 450 crew members …
Read More »DP World, Egypt Government, Suez Canal Authority Partner To Develop Trade Infrastructure
Chennai: Port Wings News Network: A Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) agreed by DP World, Egypt’s Holding Company for Maritime and Land Transport and the Suez Canal Authority is aiming to develop a new Inland Container Depot (ICD) in Egypt’s 6th of October City, a satellite town in the Giza Governorate …
Read More »Nhava Sheva International Container Terminal Strengthens Connectivity To China, Singapore
Mumbai: Port Wings News Network: Global trade enabler DP World operated Nhava Sheva International Container Terminal (NSICT) hosted the maiden call of APL’s new weekly service – Asia Subcontinent Express 3 (AS3).The first vessel to call under AS3 service was APL Japan. This service strengthens India’s connectivity to …
Read More »Secretary Shipping Visits Paradip Port
Paradip: Port Wings News Network: As a part of regular review, Shri Gopal Krishna, IAS, Secretary, Ministry of Shipping, Government of India, has made a one day visit to Paradip Port Trust on 03 May 2018. According to a media statement from the authorities, Shri Rinkesh Roy, Chairman, …
Read More »DP World Nhava Sheva, Jawaharlal Nehru Customs House Join Hands To Improve Ease of Doing Business
Mumbai: Port Wings News Network: Global trade enabler DP World operated NhavaSheva International Container Terminal(NSICT), in collaboration with Jawaharlal Nehru Customs House(JNCH) becomes India’s first terminal to introduce ‘on wheel examination and sampling’ for Full Container Load (FCL) shipments under the Direct port Delivery(DPD) scheme. This initiative aims to reduce …
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