DPT held Dock Safety meeting and activities in connection with”Aazadi ka Amrit Mahotsav”
GANDHIDHAM : Dock Safety Committee meeting was held today at Deendayal Port Trust (DPT) under Chairmanship of Shri Nandeesh Shukla, Dy. Chairman. Various Safety, Health & Safety aspects were discussed during meeting. HODs, members
WCO Council renews support for the Secretariat in preparation for a post-pandemic world
BELGIUM : Heads of Delegation of some 130 World Customs Organization (WCO) Member Customs administrations took part in the virtual meeting of the 138th Session of the WCO Council, held from 24 to 26 June
Shipping bodies MASSA, MUI seek dedicated seafarers” pavilion at NMHC, Gujarat
AHMEDABAD : Two of the country”s shipping bodies the Maritime Union of India (MUI) and Maritime Association of Shipowners, Shipmanagers and Agents (MASSA) have urged the ports and shipping ministry to dedicate an exclusive
Hapag-Lloyd suspends Bangladesh bookings
HAMBURG : Hapag-Lloyd has announced that bookings to Bangladesh are temporarily suspended due to the increased backlog in Singapore for cargo moving into Bangladesh. The German carrier said on 24 June that all bookings
European ports join forces to cut ship emissions at berth
The ports of Rotterdam, Antwerp, Hamburg, Bremen and Haropa (including Le Havre) have agreed to work together aiming to reduce emissions from berthed vessels. The five seaports in North-West Europe signed a Memorandum of
ABS just took One Step Closer to 3D Printed Ships
VANCOUVER : A record broke last week when naval architects at Robert Allan Ltd. and ABS completed the first fully end-to-end 3D vessel construction plans for a US commercial ship. The tugboat will be built by Signer Maritime
BOLLORÉ LOGISTICS handles 2 Charters of COVID-19 Test Kits for a large Pharma Group
PUTEAUX : Last May, Bolloré Logistics successfully managed 2 charters for a global US life sciences group, to ship one million antigen nasal Covid-19 test kits from Amsterdam to Brazil. In Brazil, the sanitary
India signs 5-year pulses import deals with Myanmar, Malawi
NEW DELHI : India has signed memoranda of understanding with Myanmar and Malawi to import tur dal and urad dal for the subsequent 5 years, a transfer seen as bid to test costs of those pulses and avert