US plans $3bn investment in green port infrastructure
NEW YORK : Some $3bn in funding has been earmarked for the US Environmental Protection Agency’s Clean Ports Program with a focus on electrification. Recent US legislation, notably
Sarbananda Sonowal receives the First Indian Cargo Ship at the Sittwe Port
NEW DELHI : Union Minister for Ports, Shipping and Waterways and AYUSH Shri Sarbananda Sonowal and Deputy Prime Minister and Union Minister for Transport & Communications Admiral Tin
Rathendra Raman appointed new Chairman of SMP, Kolkata
KOLKATA : Rathendra Raman, a 1995 batch Indian Railway Traffic Service (IRTS) officer, on Tuesday took over as the new Chairman of the Syama Prasad Mookerjee Port (SMP), Kolkata.
Madhaiyan Angamuthu takes charge as Chairperson of Visakhapatnam Port Authority
VISAKHAPATNAM : Madhaiyan Angamuthu, an Indian Administrative Service (IAS) Officer of the Assam–Meghalaya Cadre (2002), assumed charge as the Chairperson of Visakhapatnam Port Authority (VPA) here on Tuesday.
India sets sights on green tugs in all major ports by 2025
NEW DELHI : India aims to become a global hub for green shipbuilding by 2030 and is launching a Green Tug Transition Programme as part of the strategy.
Adani Ports to pay off $130 million in debt early to boost investor confidence
AHMEDABAD : Adani Ports and Special Economic Zone (APSEZ), a group company of the Adani Group said on Tuesday that it would pay $130 million of its debt
Vadhvan Port project back to square one as Centre seeks fresh studies
MUMBAI : The Union ministry of environment, forests and climate change (MoEFCC) has imposed stricter environmental and social checks on the proposed Vadhvan Port in the Dahanu eco-sensitive
DP World and CMA CGM form joint venture to operate Chile Container Depot
SAN ANTONIO : DP World and CMA CGM have created a new company Chile Inland Services (CIS), a joint venture to operate a container depot and bonded storage
Evergreen’s new terminal in Kaohsiung to boost container volumes
KAOHSIUNG : Taiwan International Ports Corporation (TIPC) Chairman Lee Hsien-yi stated on 5 May that the newly built No. 7 terminal in Taiwan’s Kaohisung port is the country’s
Upsized 14,000 TEU container ship arrives at Port of Halifax
HALIFAX : The 14,000 TEU container ship ONE Stork is the first upsized EC5 vessel that has arrived at the Port of Halifax in Canada. The boxship with