Significantly lower port turnaround time will attract global shipping lines: Sarbananda Sonowal, minister for ports, shipping, and waterways

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 […]

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 […]