Chennai: Port Wings News Network: The Port of Melbourne (PoM) on 25 June 2020 welcomed CMA CGM Ural, the largest container ship by maximum capacity to call at the port. The 299-metre long vessel is one of six currently deployed on the South-East Asia – Australia trade route called the …
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Chennai: Port Wings News Network: The shipping industry has made a strong commitment to reduce its global carbon emissions towards 2050. A group of leading industry players are taking the next step to develop new fuel types and technologies by launching the Mærsk Mc-Kinney Møller Center for Zero Carbon Shipping. …
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New Delhi: Port Wings News Network: Minister of State for Shipping (I/C) Shri Mansukh Mandaviya on 24 June chaired a video conference, for recycling of dredging material with officials of Ministry of Shipping, Dredging Corporation of India, Indian Port Association, Inland Waterways Authority of India, Chairpersons of Major Port Trusts …
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Port Wings, 24 June 2020: After the COVID-19 pandemic induced travel restrictions made crew changes impossible, drawing the attention of the globe on a workforce that has remained largely hidden from limelight despite being responsible for moving some 90 per cent of the world trade, there is no choice for …
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Chennai: Port Wings News Network: Chennai Port has set another landmark achievement by handling 1,14,000 Tonnes of Crude Oil on a single day on 21 June 2020, from the vessel M.T. MOUNT FUJI (sailing under the flag Liberia) carrying 1,32,007 Tonnes through the 42” diameter pipeline from Bharathi Dock (BD-III) …
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New Delhi: Port Wings News Network: The Union Minister of Commerce and Industry Shri Piyush Goyal on 23 June 2020 held a meeting, through video-conferencing, with office bearers of the Services Export Promotion Council (SEPC), and stakeholders representing various Services sector. The stakeholders made several suggestions and demands during the …
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New Delhi: Port Wings News Network: Shri Ajit Kumar, Chairman, Central Board of Indirect Taxes and Customs (CBIC) on 22 June unveiled a Secure QR coded Shipping Bill that would be electronically sent to exporters after the Customs allows export in New Delhi. This eliminates in one stroke the requirement …
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New Delhi: Port Wings News Network: Shri Mansukh Mandaviya, Minister of State for Shipping (I/C), on 23 June 2020 reviewed the seaplane projects on Indian water bodies in the ‘Chai pe Charcha’ meeting, a unique and innovative brainstorming meeting platform of the ministry officials to bring about the change in …
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Mumbai: Port Wings News Network: On behalf of the Indian seafarers, National Union of Seafarers of India (NUSI) has reached out to the Prime Minister Narendra Modi by putting forward proposals of four welfare initiatives. Abdulgani Y. Serang, General Secretary -cum-Treasurer, NUSI, sent the memorandum to the PM’s office few …
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Chennai: Port Wings News Network: Bureau Veritas Marine Singapore (BV), in collaboration with PSA Marine (Pte) Ltd (PSA Marine), has successfully completed a remote marine survey for ‘PSA Aspen’, an LNG dual fuel PSA Marine harbour tug. Supported by the Maritime and Port Authority of Singapore (MPA), the project marks …
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Tuticorin: Port Wings News Network: On 19 June 2020, the V.O.Chidambaranar Port notched a back to back record by unloading 55,785 Tonnes of Coal in 24 hours at Berth No.9 from the vessel ‘M.V. Myrsini’, surpassing the earlier record of 55,363 tonnes of Coalhandled at Berth No.9 from the vessel …
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By M. A. Bhaskarachar, Former CMD, Kamarajar Port Limited, Arbitrator and Conciliator Major Ports like many other sectors is embroiled in many disputes with contractors. Conventional dispute resolution mechanisms entail significant time and cost due to time involved in travel to the place of arbitration by the Parties, arbitrators and their …
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Chennai: Port Wings News Network: Khalifa Industrial Zone Abu Dhabi (KIZAD), a subsidiary of Abu Dhabi Ports, on 17 June 2020 announced breaking ground for its new products for supporting the increasing demand for pre-built facilities in KIZAD. The range of small-to-medium light-industrial warehousing units comprise the fourth, fifth, sixth …
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Chennai: Port Wings News Network: BW LPG, the Isle of Man Ship Registry, Wärtsilä Gas Solutions, MAN Energy Solutions, and DNV GL, the world’s leading classification society, celebrated the first flag acceptance of a conversion to LPG as fuel for a VLGC. With the successful acceptance BW LPG will begin …
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