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Paradip: Port Wings News Network: Paradip Port’s much awaited event – “Port Users’ Meet 2019” was held on 27 November 2019 at the Officers’ Club of PPT. Gracing the occasion as chief guest, Shri Rinkesh Roy, Chairman, PPT, said that the entire efforts of port users and the entire ecosystem …

Paradip: Port Wings News Network: The curtain came down on the 68th Senior Inter District Volleyball Championship-2019 being held at Gopabandhu Stadium, Paradip by the Sports Council of Paradip Port Trust under the auspices of Odisha Volleyball Association from 23 to 26 November 2019. ECOR emerged winner in the men …

Port Wings, 27 Nov 2019: While the government is maintaining that all is well and fiscal target achievable, former Reserve Bank governor C. Rangarajan opined that at the current growth rate, reaching the $5-trillion GDP target by 2025 is “simply out of question,” as Indian economy is in bad shape. …

Chennai: Port Wings News Network: Delhi Customs Brokers’ Association (DCBA) has elected its new managing committee for the ensuing two years at the 36th Annual General Meeting held on 24 November in Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium, New Delhi. The office bearers who have been elected are: Mr S Ramakrishna (President), Mr …

Chennai: Port Wings News Network: International Container Terminal Services, Inc. (ICTSI), through its Papua New Guinea (PNG) unit, ICTSI South Pacific Ltd., and its corporate citizenship arm, the ICTSI Foundation Inc., recently inaugurated a new police station in the Omili suburb in Lae. The PGK505,000 (US$149,000) facility, the second to …

Chennai: Port Wings News Network: DP World Sokhna has celebrated its 10th anniversary by announcing it is near completion of a major expansion project that will bring DP World’s total investment in Egypt to $1.6 billion. Basin 2 will be operational by the second quarter of 2020 and nearly double …

Chennai: Port Wings News Network: As part of its ongoing #WomenInSAR initiative and supporting the International Maritime Organization’s (IMO) theme of empowering women, the International Maritime Rescue Federation (IMRF) has held its first all-women maritime Search and Rescue (SAR) training in Morocco. The training was supported by the IMO and …

New Delhi: Port Wings News Network: Minister of Railways and Commerce & Industry, Shri Piyush Goyal, Minister of State of Railways, Shri Suresh C. Angadi and Chairman, Railway Board, Shri Vinod Kumar Yadav along with other Members of Railway Board and senior Railway officials held a high-level review meeting with …

Paradip: Port Wings News Network: The Sports Council of Paradip Port Trust is organising the 68th Senior Inter District Volleyball (Men & Women) Championship-2019 under the auspices of Odisha Volleyball Association at Gopabandhu Stadium, Paradip from 23 to 26 November -2019. About 50 teams (Men & Women) of different district …

Chennai: Port Wings News Network: Safmarine, an international container carrier focused on trade to and from emerging markets in Africa and West Central Asia, on 22 November issued an advisory for customers moving cargo to East Malaysia. Below is the reproduction of the advisory: Dear Valued Customer, As a step …

Chennai: Port Wings News Network: PSA’s Bharat Mumbai Container Terminals (PSA Mumbai) and Gateway Rail Freight Limited (GRFL) held a trade meet in Gurugram, Haryana on 18 November 2019 to launch a weekly train service operated by GRFL between PSA Mumbai and GRFL’s Inland Container Depots (ICDs) in North India. …

Chennai: Port Wings News Network: Adriatic Gate Container Terminal (AGCT), the Croatian subsidiary of International Container Terminal Services, Inc. (ICTSI) at the Port of Rijeka, recently welcomed the new Rijeka Land Sea Express, a weekly vessel and intermodal service linking Rijeka to Central European countries. Led by COSCO Shipping and …

Chennai: Port Wings News Network: Ocean Network Express (ONE) initiated a Global Marine Safety and Quality Campaign during the months of September and October 2019, to reiterate marine navigation safety practices. A month prior to the campaign, ONE’s CEO – Jeremy Nixon, chaired a ‘Marine Safety and Quality Management Conference’ …