News: Trade

Sarbananda Sonowal chairs review meeting for India Maritime Week 2025

October 4, 2025

NEW DELHI : Union Minister of Ports, Shipping and Waterways, Shri Sarbananda Sonowal, chaired a high-level review meeting with senior officials of the Ministry...

JNPA signs MoU with ICPP, Ashoka University to develop Logistics Cost Index

October 4, 2025

MUMBAI: Jawaharlal Nehru Port Authority (JNPA) signed an MoU with the Isaac Centre for Public Policy (ICPP), Ashoka University, Delhi, in the august presence...

Piyush Goyal undertakes official visit to Singapore to strengthen Strategic and Economic Partnership

October 4, 2025

SINGAPORE : Union Minister of Commerce & Industry Shri Piyush Goyal, undertook a three-day official visit to Singapore to further strengthen bilateral economic and...

Ashwini Vaishnaw and Japanese Minister H.E. Hiromasa Nakano visit Surat and Mumbai sites of Mumbai–Ahmedabad High-Speed Rail Project

October 4, 2025

MUMBAI/SURAT : Union Minister for Railways, Information & Broadcasting, and Electronics & Information Technology Shri Ashwini Vaishnaw, along with Japan’s Minister of Land, Infrastructure,...

MoPSW highlights ₹24,736 Crore boost for Shipbuilding and Recycling Ecosystem

October 4, 2025

NEW DELHI : The Union Cabinet chaired by Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi has recently approved a ₹24,736 crore package for FY 2026–36 under...

DP World and PayPal to collaborate on Cross-Border digital trade payments

October 4, 2025

DUBAI : DP World has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with global commerce platform PayPal to collaborate on a first-of-its-kind digital payments initiative...

Hutchison Ports Sohar welcomes the maiden call of the MSC’s NIM East service

October 4, 2025

SOHAR : Hutchison Ports Sohar welcomed the maiden call of the MSC’s North India Middle East service (NIM), covering major ports in Indian and...

China prepares legal grounds for shipping countermeasures against US port fees

October 4, 2025

BEIJING: China has amended a key maritime law to establish legal grounds for future countermeasures against what Beijing considers unfair treatment of Chinese ships...

Drewry: Intra-Asia Container Index Plummeted 9%

October 4, 2025

LONDON: Drewry’s Intra-Asia Container Index (IACI), a weighted average of regional spot container freight rates, decreased 9% in the fortnight to 30 Sep 25...