Visakhapatnam Port to become green port with green tugs, shore to ship projects

Tugs, used to pull and push big cargo ships, and guide them into and out of a port, are operated by bunker oil but the port plans to introduce electricity operated green tugboats. Tugboats are also used as standby vessels for safety and emergency requirements.

Adani Group Chairman Gautam Adani held a meeting with visiting Sri Lankan President Ranil Wickremesinghe to discuss multiple projects in the island nation. The discussions included the development of the Colombo Port West Container Terminal (WCT), the industrialist said.

Myanmar is hoping its India-built Sittwe Port will be a game changer in regional connectivity and boost its trade with India. The port, which is part of Kaladan multi-modal transit transport project, was opened on May 9. The project seeks to provide an alternative route for connectivity from India’s eastern coast to the north-eastern states […]

According to a report by CareEdge Ratings, the Indian domestic shipping industry is expected to sustain its performance in the current fiscal year, although there may be some moderation in operating margins. The mid-size tanker and dry bulk segments that dominate the Indian shipping fleet are anticipated to fare well.

The order was challenged by the Container Corporation of India Ltd (CONCOR) before the appellate tribunal, which passed an order on July 14 to stay the NCLT’s decision.

The International Maritime Organisation (IMO) has committed to achieving net-zero emissions by 2050. The goal was agreed upon by all 178 countries who are members of the IMO, with indicative targets of a 20-30% reduction in emissions from 2008 levels by 2030, and a 70-80% reduction by 2040. However, environmental groups have criticised the plan […]

Sarbananda Sonowal said that the vision of making India a developed and self-dependent country by 2047 is a priority which Prime Minister Narendra Modi has emphasised. If large projects such as Bharatmala and Sagarmala were not visualised, India would not have progressed at the pace it did. Kartavya Kal, the next 25 years till 2047, […]

Earlier, the first ODC for Numaligarh was received by Union Minister Sarbananda Sonowal at Numaligarh Refinery jetty. NRL entered an MoU with Inland Waterways Authority of India (IWAI) to ferry ODC/OWC for the expansion project of NRL. capacity from 3 MMT to 9 MMT.

“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.

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 […]