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| | GANDHIDHAM: Deendayal Port Authority, Kandla, a Mega Port on India’s western coast, has issued the Letter of Award (LoA) to M/s Essar Ports Limited on 21st October 2026 for development of the Multi-Purpose Cargo Terminal at Tuna Tekra, Kandla. The project will be implemented on a Build-Operate-Transfer (BOT) basis under the Public-Private Partnership (PPP) mode for a concession period of 30 years, marking a significant step towards strengthening India’s maritime infrastructure. |
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| | MUMBAI/GANDHIDHAM: Essar Ports Limited has received the Letter of Award (LOA) from Deendayal Port Authority (DPA) for the development of a multipurpose cargo terminal at Tuna Tekra, Kandla, Gujarat, on a Build, Operate and Transfer (BOT) basis under the Public-Private Partnership (PPP) mode. Essar Ports emerged as the highest bidder through a global competitive bidding process. |
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| | WASHINGTON D.C.: The Trade Agreement between India and the United States, which has been under negotiation for more than a year and a half now, is “pretty close” to conclusion, said US President Donald Trump, who indicated the final arrangement between the two nations would differ significantly from any earlier trade agreements signed by Washington. |
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| | SINGAPORE: Gujarat is strengthening its global startup and innovation connections ahead of the Vibrant Gujarat Global Summit 2027 (VGGS 2027), with Hon’ble Minister Shri Arjun Modhwadia holding an interaction with TiE Singapore during the summit’s Singapore Roadshow. |
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| | SINGAPORE: PSA has been recognised with three awards at the Asian Innovation Excellence Awards 2026, in its first year of participation. PSA International Pte Ltd won the Singapore Operational Innovation of the Year – Transportation for Smart Shuffling and the Singapore Technology Innovation of the Year – Transportation for Project Sentinel. In addition, PSA BDP won Singapore Risk Management Innovation of the Year – Logistics in the Asian Innovation Excellence Awards 2026 for its Risk Monitor platform. |
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| | MUMBAI: Allcargo Logistics, one of the largest integrated logistics solutions companies in India, is using Oracle Fusion Cloud Applications to support its mission of delivering customer-centric, digitally enabled, and well-governed logistics services worldwide. With Oracle Fusion Applications for finance, Allcargo Logistics has standardized core business processes on a single integrated platform, reduced manual work through automation, strengthened governance and operational visibility, and reduced month-end close time by 30 percent. |
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| | NEW DELHI : The Central Board of Indirect Taxes and Customs (CBIC), India, and the New Zealand Customs Service (NZCS) signed a Memorandum of Cooperation (MoC) concerning Electronic Origin Data Exchange of Trade in Goods. |
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| | PUNE: Union Commerce and Industry Minister Shri Piyush Goyal on Monday flagged off the first-ever JCB machine export to New Zealand from Pune, Maharashtra, ahead of the implementation of the India-New Zealand Free Trade Agreement (FTA) on October 20. |
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| | NEW DELHI : Union Minister of Commerce and Industry Shri Piyush Goyal held a productive meeting with the First Minister of Scotland, Rt Hon John Swinney, to explore new avenues for strengthening economic and trade relations between India and Scotland. |
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| | NEW DELHI : Union Minister of Commerce and Industry Shri Piyush Goyal will undertake an official visit to Germany (22–24 October 2026) and the Netherlands (24–27 October 2026) to deepen strategic economic partnerships, expand bilateral trade and advance industrial and technological collaboration. |
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| | JAMMU: The Northern Railway has invited tenders for setting up two warehouses near Anantnag and Pampore railway stations in Kashmir to boost trade, improve storage facilities and facilitate faster transportation of local produce to major markets, officials said. |
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| | HYDERABAD: GrowthCap Ventures, an early-stage Deeptech venture capital firm focused on technology-led businesses, has invested in LogiXair, a Hyderabad-based deep-tech aerospace and logistics company developing autonomous hybrid-electric Vertical Take-Off and Landing (VTOL) aircraft for cargo logistics across India and international markets along with angel investors with professional backgrounds at Honeywell Aerospace have joined the round, adding aerospace industry experience and strategic insight. |
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| | CHATTOGRAM: RSGT Bangladesh has achieved a new operational milestone at Patenga Container Terminal (PCT), recording an impressive productivity rate of 72 moves per hour during the handling of MV AMOUREUX, a vessel operated by CMA CGM, on 18 October 2026. |
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| | HAIFA: Employees of Zim Integrated Shipping Services hold a demonstration against the proposed sale of the Israeli container shipping company to Hapag-Lloyd, due to the German shipping firm’s Gulf backers. |
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| | PANAMA CITY: The Panama Canal recorded growth in both vessel transits and tonnage in Fiscal Year 2026, which ran from October 2025 through September 2026. The results underscore the waterway’s ability to meet the demand of global maritime trade while continuing to adapt to the effects of El Niño. |
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| | MALMO: The World Maritime University (WMU) brought together international experts on 15 October to mark the 20th anniversary of the Maritime Labour Convention, 2006 (MLC, 2006), and assess its achievements and ongoing challenges in protecting seafarers’ rights and working conditions. |
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| | TAMANO : Mitsubishi Heavy Industries plans to resume operations at its shipbuilding slipway in Tamano, Okayama Prefecture, in fiscal year 2027. The Japanese outlet Nikkei reported this. The company aims to expand its warship-building capacity amid rising defense spending in Japan and growing opportunities to export military equipment. In particular, the company is considering using the slipway to build a new support vessel for the Japan Ministry of Defense. |
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| | LONDON: A new analysis by Opportunity Green warns governments of the wide-ranging risks posed by Japan’s proposal at the International Maritime Organization (IMO), ahead of adoption negotiations on the Net-Zero Framework (NZF) this November and December in London. |
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| | MONTVALE ( NEW JERSEY): SeaCube Containers, a global leader in intermodal equipment solutions, will receive the NDTA Corporate Distinguished Service Award in recognition of its outstanding contributions as a corporate member of the National Defense Transportation Association (NDTA). The award will be presented during the 2026 NDTA-USTRANSCOM Fall Meeting, October 26-29 at the Gaylord Texan Resort & Convention Center in Grapevine, Texas. |
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| | HOUSTON: Speedcast, a global communications and IT services provider and Tier 1 Starlink Enterprise Account leader, and Soya IT Marine Solutions have completed the deployment of upgraded digital connectivity solutions on 41 roll-on/roll-off (RoRo) vessels for global shipping and logistics company, Wallenius Wilhelmsen. |
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