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Mumbai: Port Wings News Network: Jawaharlal Nehru Port Trust (JNPT), handled a noteworthy 3,80,384 TEUs in September 2020, which is 95% of cargo handled in September 2019 (400,365 TEUs). According to a media statement, there has been increase of 7.8 % in throughput as compared to August 2020 (352,735 TEUs), …

Chennai: Port Wings News Network: Union Minister of Commerce and Industry & Railways Shri Piyush Goyal on 3 October virtually addressed  74th annual session of Hindustan Chamber of Commerce. He commented that this Annual Session called by the Hindustan Chamber of Commerce is focusing on the role of Chambers of …

New Delhi: Port Wings News Network: Union Minister of State for Shipping (I/C) and Chemical & Fertilizers Shri Mansukh Mandaviya on 2 October 2020 virtually launched diamond jubilee celebration of Shipping Corporation of India, on the occasion of its foundation day. Shri Mansukh Mandaviya unveiled the logo of diamond jubilee …

Bengaluru: Port Wings News Network: Sattva Logistics Group, a pioneer and a major player in the field of 3PL Logistics in India, launched its seventh facility to the trade, an Inland container Depot at Vemgal, near Bengaluru on 1 October 2020. Mr. Srinivas, I.R.S, Chief Commissioner of Customs, Bengaluru Zone, …

New Delhi: Port Wings News Network: Reacting to September 2020 export figures, FIEO President, Mr Sharad Kumar Saraf said that the monthly exports have grown by 5.27 to USD 27.40 billion first time during the financial year 2020-21 showing signs of revival as gradual lifting of lockdown have further improved …

Chennai: Port Wings News Network: Union Minister of State for Shipping (I/C) and Chemical and fertilizers Shri Mansukh Mandaviya bid adieu to Ex-INS Viraat in a ceremony at Alang in Gujarat on 30 September 2020. INS Viraat which was decommissioned from the Indian Navy after 30 years of glorious service, …

Port Wings, 30 Sept 2020: Ironically, the COVID-19 that originated from China and caused severe economic damage to the world in general and the U.S. in particular is not a jolt to China’s economy, but a bolt from the blue, triggering an increase in American business purchases from China, to …

Chennai: Port Wings News Network: Cochin Shipyard Ltd delivered two Roll on Roll Off (RO-RO) vessels for Inland Waterways Authority of India which is a part of the order for a series of total 10 vessels comprising of eight nos Ro Pax vessels for operation and NW1 and NW2 and …

Chennai: Port Wings News Network: The International Air Transport Association (IATA) released data for global air freight markets in August showing that improvement remains slow amid insufficient capacity. Demand moved slightly in a positive direction month-on-month; however, levels remain depressed compared to 2019. Improvement continues at a slower pace than …

Chennai: Port Wings News Network: Trains started running on the new railway bridge across the Kola River at the 1436-km marker of the Kola-Vyhodnoy stretch in Murmansk region on 28 September 2020. The bridge-opening ceremony was attended by CEO and Chairman of the Board of Russian Railways Oleg Belozerov, Deputy …

Chennai: Port Wings News Network: When a LNG tank weighing 1,300 tonnes was hoisted into the “Sajir” by a floating crane recently, it marked another milestone in the conversion of the 15,000 TEU Hapag-Lloyd ship. Over the previous three weeks, the ship’s hold had been prepared for the installation. The …

Mumbai: Port Wings News Network: Transports Internationaux Routiers (International Road Transport –TIR) will facilitate intermodal transport and act as enabling document to cross multiple international borders without any additional checks, Mr Sunil K Mall, Commissioner of Customs, Nhava Sheva, Mumbai, has said. Address a webinar on ‘ATA & UN Carnet …

Chennai: Port Wings News Network: Abu Dhabi Ports, part of ADQ – one of the region’s largest holding companies with a broad portfolio of major enterprises spanning key sectors of Abu Dhabi’s diversified economy, on 27 September 2020 announced another step in its drive to enhance the emirate’s rank as …

Chennai: Port Wings News Network: Building on recent momentum in the Gulf region, Virgin Hyperloop, the category leader in hyperloop technology, on 27 September 2020 signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Bangalore International Airport Limited (BIAL), operator of the award-winning Kempegowda International Airport, Bengaluru (KIAB/ BLR Airport). The MoU …