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Chennai: Port Wings News Network: Indian Register of Shipping (IRClass) has secured a contract for the provision of classification services for 4 large survey vessels for the Indian Navy. These 110 metre vessels, which will be constructed by the Garden Reach Shipbuilders and Engineers Ltd., Kolkata, are the largest hydrographic …

Chennai: Port Wings News Network: North P&I Club has further strengthened its Loss Prevention team in the Asia Pacific region with the addition of Andrew Glen, who has relocated to Singapore from North’s UK based head office. Andrew, a Master Mariner, joined North in 2006 and spent seven years in …

Chennai: Port Wings News Network: The Navy along with the Coast Guard successfully conducted the  Coastal Defense  Exercise ‘Sea Vigil’ in close coordination with all maritime stakeholders, including the fishing and coastal communities from 22 to 23 Jan 19. The mega exercise undertaken along the entire 7516.6 km coastline and …

New Delhi: Port Wings News Network: Union Minister of State for Shipping, Road Transport & Highways and Chemicals and Fertilizers Shri Mansukh Mandaviya on 25 January 2019 stated that the Ministry of Shipping has strived to improve employment generation in the Shipping sector during the last four years. The number …

Mumbai: Port Wings News Network: Ministry of Shipping (MoS) along with Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Gas (MoPNG) will be organizing an international event Maritime Conclave 2019 which will be held on 14th – 15th February 2019 at East Coast Railway Stadium, Bhubaneswar, Odisha. In the context, Ministry of Shipping …

Chennai: Port Wings News Network: The container fire that broke out on board the “Yantian Express” on 3 January was largely contained and brought under control after one week by immediately launched fire-fighting efforts. Since then, the remaining salvage operations have made considerable progress. According to a media statement from …

Chennai: Port Wings News Network: SEA\LNG has released an independent study revealing a strong investment case for LNG as a marine fuel in the container shipping market on 23 January 2019. Peter Keller, Chairman, SEA\LNG, stated: “We commissioned this study from independent simulation and analytics expert Opsiana to support shipowners …

Mumbai: Port Wings News Network: On 15 January, 2019, Mumbai Port created a record in shipment of sugar in bulk by loading 7004 MT in a single day. According to a media statement issues by Shri S.G. Shenoy, Chief PRO, Mumbai Port Trust, this was made possible due to the …

Chennai: Port Wings News Network: The road show for the 2nd Edition ‘Maritime Conclave 2019’ to be held at Bhubaneswar (Odisha) on 14th & 15th February, 2019 was conducted at Chennai Port on 25 January 2019. The Road show was attended by key stakeholders in Southern India such as Port …

Chennai: Port Wings News Network: Systematic reforms have been taken courageously by the Centre under the leadership of Prime Minister Shri. Narendra Modi and one such measure is the GST which is the India’s biggest economic reform said Union Defence Minister Nirmala Sitharaman while addressing the inaugural session of the …

New Delhi: Port Wings News Network: The Jawaharlal Nehru Port Trust (JNPT), India’s premiere container port got listed amongst the top 30 container ports globally, as per the latest Lloyds Report. JNPT notched up five spots, to be 28th on the list, compared to its previous ranking. This is a …

Port Wings, 23 Jan 2019: It’s been two years now since the Shipping Ministry first came out with a new plan to remove archaic laws followed in managing Union Government-run Major Ports in the country with more dynamism, but the process of corporatization is still on. And in February 2018, …

New Delhi: Port Wings News Network: Department of Commerce, Ministry of Commerce & Industry had constituted a Group consisting of SEZ stakeholders under the chairmanship of Shri Baba Kalyani, Chairman & MD, M/s. Bharat Forge Ltd. in June-2018 to study the SEZ policy of India. The Group, after deliberations, has …

  Chennai: Port Wings News Network: AirBridgeCargo Airlines (ABC) is promising freight forwarders and their pharmaceutical customers more specialist cool chain solutions in 2019 after demand for its ‘abc pharma’ product rose 60% year-on-year in 2018. The growth across ABC’s international network significantly outpaced the market average increase for pharma …