NEW DELHI: The Post Budget Webinar 2026 highlighted the Government of India’s strategic push to transform the country’s inland water transport (IWT) sector, with an ambitious plan to operationalise 20 new National Waterways over
MUMBAI: Mumbai’s Jawaharlal Nehru Port Trust is facing the heat of the ongoing war in the Middle East region. As tensions between the Arab countries, Israel, Iran, and the US grow, disruptions of maritime
NEW DELHI: About 400,000 metric tons of Indian basmati rice are stuck in transit as the Iran conflict disrupts shipping routes across the Middle East and sends freight costs soaring, Reuters reported on Tuesday,
TEHRAN: Iran has said it will allow only Chinese vessels to pass through the Strait of Hormuz as an expression of gratitude for Beijing’s stand towards Tehran since the war in the Middle East
DHAHRAN: Saudi Aramco is exploring the option of delivering more cargoes to Yanbu, a port on the Red Sea that’s situated outside the Persian Gulf, where dozens of ships are hunkered down as the
LONDON: INTERTANKO (the International Association of Independent Tanker Owners) and Oil Companies International Marine Forum (OCIMF) have issued the following joint statement: “As we monitor the evolving situation across the Middle East and its
BRUSSELS: The European Commission published two ocean-focused EU strategies: The European Ports Strategy and the EU Industrial Maritime Strategy. Both strategies are presented under the 2025 Ocean Pact which aims to align European Union’s
DUBAI/LONDON: Maritime companies face rising sanctions and compliance complexity as regulators increasingly expect risks to be detected before violations occur, according to a new report published by Marcura. The report “The Fragmentation Problem in
NEW DELHI: The Department of Commerce, Ministry of Commerce & Industry, held a stakeholder consultation with all stakeholder ministries, key logistics and trade facilitation partners to review the emerging geo-political situation and its potential
GANDHIDHAM: In a landmark achievement for India’s maritime sector, Kandla International Container Terminal (KICT) has scripted history by handling 10 Million Metric Tonnes (MMT) of cargo in a single financial year for the very