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| | MUMBAI: Union Minister of Ports, Shipping and Waterways Shri Sarbananda Sonowal has announced two specialised credit risk insurance products to support India’s shipbuilding industry under the National Shipbuilding Mission. Addressing the 21st Maritime State Development Council (MSDC) meeting held recently in Mumbai, Shri Sonowal said the Shipbuilding Project Credit Risk Insurance Policy will cover export projects, while the Business Credit Shield Policy-Shipbuilders will protect domestic projects. |
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| | NSB–Deloitte Talks Focus on Shipbuilding, Indian Tonnage and Port Modernisation NEW DELHI: The National Shipping Board (NSB), under the chairpersonship of Shri Sameer Kumar Khare, IAS (Retd.), held a constructive meeting with a Deloitte delegation on October 15, 2026, at the NSB office in New Delhi to deliberate on strategic initiatives for advancing India’s maritime ambitions under the Maritime Amrit Kaal Vision 2047. |
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| | NEW DELHI: Adani Ports and Special Economic Zone Ltd. (APSEZ) has received the prestigious Blue Planet Award at Oil Spill India (OSI) 2026, recognising its contribution to advancing maritime risk management and supporting the energy transition. |
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| | PARADIP: In a significant infrastructure development aimed at strengthening connectivity to one of India’s major maritime gateways, Paradip Port Authority (PPA) has constructed the new Atharabanki Bridge at a project cost of ₹24.89 crore. The 500-metre-long, three-lane bridge is expected to improve traffic movement, facilitate smoother transportation and enhance accessibility around Paradip Port. |
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| | NEW DELHI : Union Minister of Commerce and Industry, Shri Piyush Goyal, launched the National Strategic Trade Command Centre (NSTCC) at Vanijya Bhawan, New Delhi, in the presence of Commerce Secretary, Shri Rajesh Agrawal, and Director General, Director General of Foreign Trade (DGFT), Shri Lav Agarwal. |
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| | NEW DELHI : India’s Merchandise Exports registered a strong growth of 23.04 per cent in September 2026, rising to USD 44.40 billion from USD 36.08 billion in the corresponding month last year, according to data released by the Ministry of Commerce and Industry on Thursday. |
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| | NEW DELHI : India’s Merchandise Exports surged 23 per cent year-on-year to US$ 44.40 billion in September 2026, lifting exports for the first half of 2026–27 by 18.51 per cent to US$ 259.89 billion. The strong performance came as imports rose by a comparatively modest 8 per cent to US$ 74.61 billion, narrowing the merchandise trade deficit to US$ 30.21 billion and underscoring the resilience of Indian exporters amid tariff uncertainties, geopolitical tensions and logistics challenges. |
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| | KOLKATA : Garden Reach Shipbuilders & Engineers Ltd. (GRSE), a Navratna Defence Public Sector Undertaking under the Ministry of Defence, Government of India, has signed a contract with Oil and Natural Gas Corporation Limited (ONGC) for the construction of four Hybrid Platform Supply Vessels (PSVs), marking a significant step forward in the shipyard’s foray into specialised offshore support vessels. The contract follows the Notification of Award received by GRSE on 30 July 2026. |
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| | SINGAPORE: Samudera Shipping has introduced its new CIX 8 container service, strengthening maritime connectivity between India, China and Sri Lanka. The service will connect Nhava Sheva (NSA) and Mundra (MUN) on India’s western coast with Qingdao (TAO), a major port in northern China. It will also extend connectivity between Qingdao and the wider Indian Subcontinent through Colombo (CMB), Sri Lanka. |
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| | NEW DELHI: Indian Railways registered a 6.14 per cent year-on-year growth in freight loading in September, ferrying 135.35 million tonnes of goods compared to 127.52 million tonnes in the corresponding month last year. Freight revenue increased by Rs 1,266 crore over September 2025, registering growth of 9.3 per cent. |
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| | KOCHI: Two logistics facilities will come up at Angamaly and Karukutty railway stations under the Thiruvananthapuram division as the Southern Railway (SR) looks to scale up freight movement. At a time when the Kochi airport is seeing an increase in cargo movement, especially in the Fast-Moving Consumer Goods (FMCG) category, the railway too wants to make the most of it. |
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| | ALEXANDRIA: Egypt and Tanzania are preparing to strengthen transport and logistics cooperation through a proposed multipurpose terminal at Dar es Salaam Port, a new maritime shipping route and logistics zones in both countries. The projects are part of a planned strategic partnership aimed at improving trade connectivity between Egypt, East Africa and landlocked countries in Central Africa. |
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| | The Hive is a new £13m facility jointly funded by DP World and Thames Freeport that will support more than 1,100 trainees per year LONDON: DP World and Thames Freeport have completed The Hive, a new £13 million skills, amenity and innovation hub at London Gateway, designed to support the growth of one of the UK’s leading logistics centres while creating new opportunities for local communities. |
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| | New guidance highlights the practical challenges shipowners face as they retrofit existing vessels for alternative fuels and energy-saving technologies to meet evolving environmental regulations. LONDON: Lloyd’s Register (LR) has published new Guidance Notes for Retrofit of Alternative Fuels and Energy Saving Devices highlighting the growing complexity of ship retrofit projects. |
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| | New UCL report reveals major renewable electricity infrastructure projects can find bankable demand from shipping driven by the IMO’s NZF LONDON: Using the Grand Inga hydropower project in the Democratic Republic of Congo as a case study, the report shows that adoption of the IMO GHG policy, the Net Zero Framework, could help to provide a strong demand and investment justification for renewable electricity projects in developing countries that have so far struggled to move forwards into implementation. |
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