NEW DELHI : In a massive boost to India’s Shipbuilding industry, the Modi Government has accorded the coveted ‘infrastructure’ status for large ships. Finance Minister Smt. Nirmala Sitharaman announced in her speech for Budget 2025-26 on
NEW DELHI : India will set up a 250-billion-rupee ($2.9-billion) maritime development fund for the long-term financing of the country’s shipbuilding and repair industry, Finance Minister Smt. Nirmala Sitharaman said on Saturday while presenting
NEW DELHI : Indian shipbuilders are facing uncertainty as the Customs Duty exemption on the import of raw materials, machinery, and equipment used in ship construction is set to expire on March 31.“The withdrawal
NEW DELHI : A day after Finance Minister Smt. Nirmala Sitharaman, in her budget speech, announced the Centre’s push for indigenous shipbuilding, Union Minister for Ports, Shipping and Waterways Shri Sarbananda Sonowal on Wednesday
LONDON : “Since the start of the year, newbuilding prices have risen 3% to their highest level since 2008. Compared to their most recent low in late 2020 they are up 53%. During the
FRANCE : Here it comes. An unprecedented flood of new container ships is about to enter service. The pace of deliveries will pick up in earnest next month, surge much higher in the second
TAIWAN : Yang Ming will add one new 11,000TEU container vessel, named YM Trust, chartered from Shoei Kisen Kaisha, Ltd. and built by Imabari Shipbuilding Co., Ltd. The company has ordered a total of
KOLKATA : State-owned warship builder Garden Reach Shipbuilders and Engineers Ltd (GRSE), signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with French defence firm Naval Group on Thursday to collaborate on surface ships to cater to
The agreement was signed at POSCO Centre in Seoul by Hyundai Mipo Dockyard, Lloyd Register, Korean Shipbuilding & Offshore Engineeing, the Liberian Registry and POSCO. Through this MoU, POSCO will develop new steel materials and relevant
COCHIN : The sea trials of India’s First Indigenous Aircraft Carrier (IAC) Vikrant, the largest and most complex warship built in the country, began its sea trials on Wednesday. The Indian Navy described it