MSC enhances connection between India and West Africa
GENEVA: To enhance our services to customers shipping goods between India and Africa, MSC has announced a new Direct Service from India to West Africa, the MSC India
Kolkata Port Trust creates three new anchorage points
A Kolkata Port Trust trade circular has intimated that three new anchorage points have been created to handle large vessels with no requirements for pilotage. The three points
Antwerp Port announces New Intermodal connections January 2021
ANTWERP : Swissterminal is offering a new barge connection between Basel and Birsfelden and the port of Antwerp from December 2020. In addition, the existing rail connection from
India could become world leader in zero-emission ferries
India’s march towards sustainable and ecofriendly inland water transport network has received a major boost. Nearly two dozen modern electric ferries are under construction at the Cochin Shipyard
Syama Prasad Mookerjee Port Chairman Vinit Kumar takes Additional Charge as Chairman of Paradip Port
PARADIP : Syama Prasad Mookerjee Port, Kolkata (erstwhile Kolkata Port Trust) Chairman Shri Vinit Kumar, an IRSEE Officer of 1993 batch assumed the additional charge of Chairman of
More ferry services may set sail, EOIs invited for 13 routes
The union shipping ministry has invited expressions of interest (EOI) from private players to set in motion the ambitious project to connect various coastal destinations with Ro-Ro, Ro-Pax
P&O Ferrymasters and DP World begin rolling-out integrated maritime and logistics services
DUBAI: P&O Ferrymasters and its parent company DP World announce the completion of their first common carrier agreement, to integrate their global maritime and logistics services into a
Liberia maintains position as top-performing ship registry of 2020
Liberia has ended 2020 as the world’s fastest growing Flag State for the second year in a row. In late 2018 Liberia became the second largest Flag State
India announces sweeping ports sector reform
India’s maritime sector is set to go through sweeping reforms. The Minister of State for Ports, Shipping and Waterways, Mansukh Mandaviya, hoped these changes will bring more investments.
Collaborative technologies for maritime transport at economies of scale
Mikael Lind and Almir Zerem from the Research Institutes of Sweden (RISE) are joined by Adam Roark and Michele Sancricca from AWS Transportation & Logistics, Amazon, along with Hanane Becha from UN/CEFACT, Erminio