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Tuticorin: Port Wings News Network: On 29 August 2021, V.O. Chidambaranar Port created a new record for handling a vessel with highest parcel size. The Singapore flagged vessel ‘M V Ince Ankara’, arrived from the Port of Mina Saqr, UAE, with 93,719 Tonnes of Limestone, consigned for M/s. Chettinad cements, …

New Delhi: Port Wings News Network: Union Minister of State for Commerce and Industry Ms. Anupriya Patel today inaugurated the “India-ASEAN Engineering Partnership Summit” organised by Engineering Exports Promotion Council (EEPC) with the support from Ministry of External Affairs and Department of Commerce.The focus of today’s summit is on collaborations …

Chennai, 25 August: From Shanghai to Hong Kong to Xiamen, ships are in long queues to unload – and the diversions from Ningbo will be making this worse. The US west coast is also seeing bad congestion, with many ships anchored in California’s San Pedro Bay, awaiting access to the …

New Delhi: Port Wings News Network: Government of India has relaxed the rules for import of crushed and de-oiled GM soya cake (Non-livingq organism only). This is going to benefit the farmers, poultry farmers and fishermen in a big way. Application of provision as in Condition 6(b) of General Notes …

Mumbai: Port Wings News Network: ECU Worldwide, a global multi-modal logistics major and the world’s leading player in Less-than Container Load (LCL) ocean freight consolidation, on 23 August announced the appointment of Clas Thorell as the Global Head for LCL Product & Yield Management. Clas will focus on digitizing partner …

Chennai: Port Wings News Network: The Seafarers International Relief Fund (SIRF) has reached its goal of raising US$1 million to provide vital relief for seafarers and their families affected by COVID. The target was reached thanks to a substantial donation from NYK Line, plus many other personal and corporate donors, …

Chennai: Port Wings News Network: Freight volumes continued to rise at the Port of Gothenburg during the first six months of the year, reaching their highest during the second quarter. This was despite major disruptions in global freight flows in the wake of the Covid-19 pandemic and the subsequent impact …

Mumbai: Port Wings News Network: Subscription models have been in vogue across industries in the past few years. Be it software subscription or food & grocery delivery subscription, the pandemic has dramatically shifted consumer behavior. LogiNext, a global delivery management technology firm that works with some of the largest F&B …

Chennai: Port Wings News Network: CEO and Chairman of the Board of Russian Railways Oleg Belozerov and Chairman of the Board of JSC NC KTZ  Nurlan Sauranbayev recently signed a memorandum of cooperation in organizing of transporting agricultural products by rail in Nur-Sultan (Kazakhstan). Prime Ministers of Russia and Kazakhstan …

Chennai: Port Wings News Network: Dr L Murugan, Minister of State for Information & Broadcasting and Fisheries, Animal Husbandry & Dairying, Government of India, on 21 August said that Government of India under the leadership of Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi will provide all possible support to the sea food …

New Delhi: Port Wings News Network: “The Remission of Duties and Taxes on Exported Products (RoDTEP) scheme announced today by the Government w.e.f. January 1, 2021 will boost export growth in leather and footwear sector “ said Sanjay Leekha, Chairman, Council for Leather Exports. Shri Leekha said “We thank the …

New Delhi: Port Wings News Network: Welcoming the announcement of the Remission of Duties and Taxes on Exported Products (RoDTEP) rates for the merchandise sector, Dr A Sakthivel, President, FIEO said that the much-awaited rates will help in easing the liquidity of the exporters, ensuring predictability and stability thus helping …

Chennai, 18 Aug 2021: Increasing shipping container supply is tricky while the factories that manufacture them – and their suppliers– are affected by widespread lockdowns. Shipping companies are anyway reluctant to order more containers, given that that the problem isn’t so much with supply — it’s more that the world’s …