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“Coastal Shipping Bill, 2025 aims to boost coastal cargo upto 230 million metric tonnes by 2030” : Sarbananda Sonowal

August 8, 2025 Maritime, Coastal Shipping, Economy, Global Trade, Shipping, Trade, Trending News

NEW DELHI : In a historic moment towards boosting the Coastal Economy of the country, the Coastal Shipping Bill, 2025 was passed by the Rajya Sabha on Thursday. This historic act is set to

DG Shipping’s 2022 order for Certification of Accommodation Barges inapplicable to non-Indian vessels : Bombay HC

April 23, 2024 Shipping, Maritime, Ports, Trending News

MUMBAI : The Bombay High Court held that the order passed by the Director General of Shipping in 2022 for the Certification of Accommodation Barges is inapplicable to vessels which are not Indian Ships

Long pending reforms to boost shipping industry, promises BJP manifesto

April 15, 2024 Maritime, Coastal Shipping, Inland Waterways, Shipping, Trade, Trending News

NEW DELHI : Ahead of the Lok Sabha elections, the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) has promised to encourage the growth of the Indian maritime sector through legislative changes, according to its election manifesto

India is reworking its Merchant Shipping Act

February 13, 2024 International Shipping, Logistics, Maritime, Shipping, Shipping Line, Trade, Trending News

NEW DELHI : India is looking at reworking its merchant shipping laws as it replaces the existing eponymous Act of 1958. The new provisions will look to include up-to-date international maritime conventions to which