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New Delhi: Port Wings News Network: Reacting to a high double-digit decline in monthly exports during May, 2020 by 36.47 percent at USD 19.05 billion, FIEO President, Mr Sharad Kumar Saraf said that though the decline again has been towards the higher side, but there is drastic arrest in fall …

Chennai: Port Wings News Network: The Baltic Exchange’s Expert Witness Association is ready to establish itself as the centre of the maritime expert witness world. Born from the previous Baltic Exchange Expert Witness Panel, the Baltic Expert Witness Association (BEWA) boasts an array of expertise comprising shipbrokers, shipowners and operators, …

Chennai: Port Wings News Network: One Network Enterprises (ONE), a leader in solutions for autonomous supply chain management, and PSA Cargo Solutions, a unit of leading global port group PSA International (PSA), on 15 June announced a strategic partnership to expand services for Global Terminal Operations and Logistics. Through this …

Chennai: Port Wings News Network: In order to offer the best possible service in the field of animal transport, Brussels Airport has invested in a brand-new ultramodern Animal Care & Inspection Center. There, animals can be housed and checked in the most comfortable surroundings before they continue their journey. With …

Chennai: Port Wings News Network: After having announced their three month biofuel trial, leading short sea shipowner UECC and the GoodShipping Program have now partnered with premium car manufacturer BMW Group to continue to test marine Bio Fuel-Oil (BFO) on UECC’s ‘roll on, roll off’ (ro-ro) car carrying vessels. BMW …

Chennai: Port Wings News Network: The Covid-19 pandemic has had a shattering impact in many sectors throughout the world, including the automotive industry. Although vehicle handling at the Port of Gothenburg has been largely affected, there are already signs of a recovery. Logent Ports and Terminals, which mainly handles transocean …

Chennai: Port Wings News Network: The Chennai Port has achieved another record in handling highest parcel size of 49,977 Tonnes of Steel on 06 June 2020 through MV Intrepid surpassing the previous record of 41,648 Tonnes handled by MV  Sea Champion on 16 December 2017. Shri. P. Raveendran, Chairman, Chennai …

Chennai: Port Wings News Network: Dubai-based provider of worldwide smart end-to-end supply chain logistics, DP World, with a global network of 123 business units in 54 countries, has announced the completion of its acquisition of a 51% stake in TIS Container Terminal in the Port of Yuzhny, Ukraine. This follows …

Port Wings, 10 June 2020: The “economic aspect should not be higher than health of people,” the Supreme Court said in its observation over the response of the Reserve Bank of India’s (RBI) affidavit filed earlier on the levy of interest on instalments during the moratorium period. Solicitor General Tushar …

Tuticorin: Port Wings News Network: As part of the ongoing ‘Samudra Setu’ mission by the Government of India to evacuate Indians stranded in different parts of the world by sea, on 07 June 2020, Indian Navy Ship ‘Jalashwa’ repatriated 700 Indian nationals from Maldives. INS ‘Jalashwa’ had departed from ‘Port …

Mumbai: Port Wings News Network: Keeping in view of the spread of novel Coronavirus in India, Jawaharlal Nehru Port Trust (JNPT) has taken various preventive measures to join the fight against COVID-19. Earlier this week, JNPort has converted its Multi Skill Training Centre at Bokadvira into a COVID CARE Hospital …

Chennai: Port Wings News Network: RZD International (a subsidiary of Russian Railways) has finished the Cortanovci tunnel excavation works on the Stara Pazova-Novi Sad section of the Belgrade-Budapest railway line. The facility is now 91% competed. The Cortanovci tunnel consists of two parallel single-track tunnels with a total length of …

Chennai: Port Wings News Network: DNV GL, the world’s leading classification society, and technology leader ABB have signed a new Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) to accelerate digitalization in the maritime industry. The agreement was signed remotely by DNV GL – Maritime CEO Knut Ørbeck-Nilssen and ABB Marine & Ports Managing …

Chennai: Port Wings News Network: Virgin Atlantic will increase its cargo-only flights by 35% to nearly 600 in June with the launch of new routes including Beijing and Brussels following the success of its May programme. June will see a total of 601 flights – 597 cargo-only services and 4 …