In a meeting called by the Ministry of Commerce & Industry this week, EEPC India chairman Arun Kumar Garodia discussed various recommendations in the strategy paper to boost India’s engineering exports. Pursuing new free trade agreements (FTAs) with emerging countries in Latin America and Africa, a scheme to support MSMEs in research and innovation, setting […]
EEPC suggests methods to boost India’s engineering exports
The Directorate General of Trade Remedies (DGTR) has initiated a Safeguard duty (Quantitative Restrictions) investigation concerning imports of low ash metallurgical coke (Met Coke) into India. Met coke is used as a primary fuel in furnaces of steel, chemical, Ferro alloy, and pig iron plants. DGTR will be investigating imports of the commodity from April […]
India can also put trade barriers in retaliation to restrictions imposed by some countries, Union Minister R K Singh said on Wednesday. The minister for power, new and renewable energy made the remarks at the first International Conference on Green Hydrogen 2023.
“Under the green tug transition programme, the Jawaharlal Nehru Port, Paradip Port, VOC Port and the Deendayal Port will be buying two green tugs each. In addition, hydrogen hubs will be set up at VOC and Deendayal ports to catalyse the transition towards green fuel,” a senior official aware of the development told ET.
India begins anti-dumping probe into import of Chinese aluminium frames for solar panels
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The DGTR in a notification said the applicant has alleged that the product is exported by China into India at dumped prices in significant quantities for a prolonged period and that is impacting the industry.
Shipping industry body to meet Shripad Naik on issue of shore leave permission for seafarers at Mumbai port
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The central government grants such permission to seafarers working aboard ships that visit Jawaharlal Nehru Port. However, sailors aboard ships docked at the Mumbai Port do not get shore leave. “A delegation comprising senior MASSA members will soon meet the Union Minister of State for Shipping Shripad Naik in Mumbai to discuss the issues related […]
Assam: Tourist-cum-cargo IWT Terminal worth Rs 46.6 crore to be developed at Bogibeel by February, 2024
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The Union Minister of Ports, Shipping & Waterways Sarbananda Sonowal laid the foundation stone of Inland Waterways Transport (IWT) terminal to be developed at Bogibeel in Dibrugarh, by the bank of the River Brahmaputra (National Waterways 2).
Cargo traffic at the country’s major ports declined 1.96 per cent year-on-year to 64.63 million tonnes (MT) in June, with seven ports posting a negative growth while five such facilities saw a surge in traffic, an official release said on Tuesday. There are 12 major ports spanning across India under the administrative control of the […]
The Adani-run Vizhinjam Port, being built at a cost of Rs 7,700 crore, will be commissioned in May 2024, according to the Kerala Minister for Ports Ahammed Devarkovil. He said 90 per cent of the port construction work has been completed, and the first ship from China, carrying cranes for use in premises, will be […]
Reliance Industries has resumed vessel operations at the port of Sikka in Jamnagar, Gujarat, after Cyclone Biparjoy hit India’s coastline. The company had restricted entry of vessels due to anchorage position unavailability but is now allowing any vessel calling at Sikka Ports & Terminals Ltd to enter the Gulf of Kutch. About 13-21 tankers were […]