Earlier this week, the Secretary-General of the World Customs Organization (WCO), Dr Kunio Mikuriya, announced that this year’s International Customs Day (ICD), which is marked annually on January 26, will be celebrated under the
COPENHAGEN: On the 21st of December 2020, the first refrigerated containers heading from Mersin, Turkey, were dispatched from the port of Novorossiysk enroute to terminal Selyatino in Moscow on a train operated by Ruscon
The rapid increase in demand for imports from Asia in recent months has led to a massive shortage of empty containers in Asian ports, so that importing companies are faced with long waiting times
NEW DELHI: Commerce and Industry Minister Piyush Goyal, has asked Indian Council of Agricultural Research (ICAR) to coordinate with Commerce Ministry to examine data of imported agri produce and explore possibilities of growing these
Indian Railways was able to complete long-pending infrastructure work since the covid-19 induced lockdown that resulted in doubling the speed of freight trains as compared to last year, railway minister Piyush Goyal said on Thursday. “I am
DUBAI /NEW YORK: DP World and UNICEF have announced a wide-ranging partnership to support the global distribution of COVID-19 vaccines and related immunization supplies in low- and lower-middle-income countries. The new partnership – with
Egypt confirmed its plans during the visit of Rodolphe Saadé, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of the CMA CGM Group. As informed, the partnership will also include the development of logistics solutions, digitalization, the
MUMBAI: Maritime Association of Nationwide Shipping Agencies (MANSA) has drawn the attention of the Directorate General of Shipping along with other port and government authorities to give due priority besides seafarers to all staff
Jawaharlal Nehru Port Trust (JNPT), India’s premier container port, is engaged in developing multiproduct Special Economic Zone (SEZ), an initiative under the ‘Sagarmala’ program of the Ministry of Shipping and is built on JNPT
NEW DELHI: India has sought permission to start using the two Bangladesh seaports at Chittagong and Mongla for regular transit of cargoes destined for its North-Eastern States, officials say. The neighbouring country is seeking
