Chennai, 24 Feb 2021: It is still not going to be easy for this 71-year-old Navaratna – Shipping Corporation of India – to find a new owner due to the absence of a robust shipping policy. The Union government’s plan to raise Rs 2.1 lakh crore targeted in the last …
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Chennai Air Customs Seizes Hydro Cannabis Sent From Canada in Postal Parcels
Chennai: Port Wings News Network: Based on information, Chennai Air Customs detained three postal parcels suspected to contain narcotics substances, which arrived from Toronto Canada at Foreign Post Office, Chennai. According to a media statement, the parcels were addressed to a Chennai-based person. On opening the parcels, one opaque silver …
Read More »Mumbai Port Trust Organizes Roadshow for Maritime India Summit – 2021
Mumbai: Port Wings News Network: To promote both international and domestic investment in the Ports and Maritime Sector, Ministry of Ports Shipping & Waterways is organizing ‘Maritime India Summit -2021’ on a virtual platform from 2nd March to 4th March 2021. Prime Minister of India Shri Narendra Modi will inaugurate …
Read More »TEA Welcomes Tamil Nadu Interim Budget 2021-2022
Chennai: Port Wings News Network: Tirupur Exporters’ Association (TEA) on 23 February welcomed the allocation of fund for infrastructure, particularly development of roads in highways and rural areas in the Tamil Nadu Interim Budget 2021-2022. In a media statement, Shri. Raja M Shanmugham, President, TEA, lauded the Tamil Nadu Government …
Read More »FIEO Compliments Finance Ministry for Addressing Data Mis-match Problems in IGST Refund on Exports
New Delhi: Port Wings News Network: Mr Sharad Kumar Saraf, President, Federation of Indian Export Organisations (FIEO) complimented the Central Board of Indirect Taxation & Customs (CBIC) for extending the facilities of rectification of SB005 and GSTR-3B errors. Mr Saraf said that FIEO had received representations from several exporters, which …
Read More »FIEO Unanimously Elects Dr A Sakthivel As Its New President
New Delhi: Port Wings News Network: Dr A Sakthivel has been unanimously elected as the new President of the Federation of Indian Export Organisations (FIEO). As Owner and Founder of Poppys Group of Companies of Tirupur, Dr Sakthivel is currently the Chairman of Apparel Export Promotion Council. A visionary Trade …
Read More »New Mangalore Port Trust Holds Road Show for Maritime India Summit 2021
Mangalore: Port Wings News Network: Virtual Maritime India Summit 2021 (MIS 2021) is being organized by the Ministry of Ports, Shipping and Waterways from 02nd- 04th March 2021 with the aim of promoting both domestic and international investment in the Indian maritime sector. The theme of the event is – …
Read More »Kamarajar Port Urges Stakeholders To Actively Participate in Maritime India Summit 2021
Chennai: Port Wings News Network: Kamarajar Port Limited on 22 February invited all the stakeholders to register for and actively participate in the Maritime India Summit 2021, which will provide vast investment opportunities in each of the Indian maritime states and union territories. The link for the registration is: https://registrations.ficci.com/vmains//business-registrationb.asp …
Read More »Maritime India Summit Opens Doors for Investors in Maritime Sector: ChPT Chairman Raveendran
Chennai: Port Wings News Network: Highlight the salient features of Maritime India Summit 2021 scheduled from 2-4 March, Shri P Raveendran, Chairman, Chennai Port Trust (ChPT) said that the proposed summit opens doors for investors in maritime sector. “India has nearly 7500 kilometers of coastal area having vast potential for …
Read More »Maritime India Summit 2021’ To Help Indian Ports Set International Collaboration
Mumbai: Port Wings News Network: Exploring the potential business opportunities in the Indian Maritime sector and contributing to an Aatmanirbhar Bharat, Prime Minister, Shri Narendra Modi will inaugurate the ‘Maritime India Summit 2021’ the flagship initiative of the Minister of State for Ports, Shipping & Waterways (MoPSW), Government of India. …
Read More »PM Modi Inaugurates Several Railway Projects in West Bengal
New Delhi: Port Wings News Network: Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi Prime Minister on 22 February inaugurated the extension of Metro Railway from Noapara to Dakshineswar in West Bengal and flagged off the first service on this stretch. He also inaugurated the third line between Kalaikunda and Jhargram. Shri Modi …
Read More »Paradip Port Achieves Yet Another 100 MMT Mark in Cargo Handling
Paradip: Port Wings News Network: Paradip Port, one of the leading major ports under the administrative control of the Ministry of Ports, Shipping and Waterways, Government of India, achieved the handling 100 Million Metric Tonnes (MMT) of cargo fourth year in row. Despite COVID-19 crisis, it once again repeated the …
Read More »Container Shipping Emerges Triumphant From a Disrupted 2020: BIMCO
Chennai: Port Wings News Network: In the full year of 2020, global container shipping volumes fell by 1.2% compared with 2019, much less than feared even before the pandemic was first declared, and much recovered compared with the 6.8% drop recorded in the first six months of the year, reports …
Read More »IATA’s Chief Economist Brian Pearce to Retire in July 2021
Chennai: Port Wings News Network: The International Air Transport Association (IATA) announced that its Chief Economist, Brian Pearce, will retire from the organization in July 2021. A recruitment process has been launched to find a successor in time for a smooth transition. Pearce joined IATA in 2004. Since then he …
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