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New Delhi: Port Wings News Network: Union Minister of State for Shipping (I/C) Shri Mansukh Mandaviya on 16 July 2020 flagged off the first trial container ship from Kolkata to Agartala through Chattogram Port of Bangladesh, in a virtual ceremony. This has been done under the Agreement on use of …

New Delhi: Port Wings News Network: Responding to June export figures, FIEO President Mr Sharad Kumar Saraf said that monthly figures have yet again shown drastic arrest in decline of exports on the back of the opening of business activities across the major economies of the globe. Though the monthly …

Chennai: Port Wings News Network: Violent attacks against ships and their crews have risen in 2020, with 77 seafarers taken hostage or kidnapped for ransom since January, reveals the ICC International Maritime Bureau’s (IMB) latest piracy report. The Gulf of Guinea off West Africa is increasingly dangerous for commercial shipping, …

New Delhi: Port Wings News Network: Minister of State for Shipping (I/C) Shri Mansukh Mandaviya has reviewed the development activities of Vallarpadam Terminal of Cochin Port. It is envisaged as first trans-shipment port of India, managed by DP World. Shri Mandaviya directed officials to chalk out the strategy to tackle …

Kochi: Port Wings News Network: Cochin Shipyard Limited (CSL), Kochi signed contracts for construction and supply of Two Autonomous Electric Ferry for ASKO Maritime AS, Norway with an option to build two more identical vessels. CSL is the largest commercial shipbuilder in India. The company clinched this prestigious export order …

Port Wings, 15 July 2020: The Covid-19 pandemic is turning into a jobs crisis far worse than the 2008 crisis. Women, young people and workers on low incomes are being hit hardest, according to a new OECD report and unemployment statistics. The OECD unemployment rate edged down to 8.4% in …

New Delhi: Port Wings News Network: Union Commerce and Industry Minister, Shri Piyush Goyal has said that his ministry was looking at identifying select electronic items that could be manufactured in India in large scale like television sets, Closed Circuit TVs, Air Conditioners etc, and exported in large quantities. Interacting …

New Delhi: Port Wings News Network: As part of a new economic corridor worth about Rs 20,000 Crores, Union Minister for Road Transport, Highways and MSMEs Shri Nitin Gadkari on 14 July 2020 inaugurated and laid the foundation stones of various Highway projects in Haryana through webcast. The function was …

New Delhi: Port Wings News Network: Union Minister of State (I/C) for Shipping Shri Mansukh Mandaviya has approved Rs. 107 Crore for augmentation of firefighting facilities on five jetties of Haldia Dock Complex, Syama Prasad Mookerjee Port. The modern firefighting facility will enable the Haldia Dock Complex in safe handling …

Chennai: Port Wings NEWs Network: ABB wins contract from Damen Shipyards Group to deliver an advanced power system for the world’s first custom-built diamond recovery vessel. ABB will supply an integrated power system package that will ensure the world’s largest and most technologically advanced diamond recovery vessel meets exceptional safety, …

Chennai: Port Wings News Network: C.H. Robinson and Microsoft Corp. on 14 July announced they are joining forces to digitally transform supply chains of the future by combining the power of C.H. Robinson’s Navisphere®, Microsoft Azure and Azure IoT to meet the changing demands of evolving global supply chains. Through …

Chennai: Port Wings News Network: Singapore retained its position as the world’s most important shipping hub on the Xinhua-Baltic International Shipping Centre Development (ISCD) Index, reports The Straits Times. This is the seventh consecutive year Singapore is ranked first on the index, thanks to its advantages of geographical location, shipping …

Chennai: Port Wings News Network: The Transported Asset Protection Association (TAPA) has entered into a strategic partnership with the supply chain services and solutions division at BSI to support the digital transformation of its supply chain Security Standards audit processes and to increase its members’ access to new levels of …

Mumbai: Port Wings News Network: The intensity of COVID19 related major propensity in Italy, Iran ironically in the “I” countries and in the American world gives us the insight how much China has been thrusting in each of the country economy. Said Mr Vijay Kalantri, President All India Association of …