The Jawaharlal Nehru Port Trust (JNPT), one of the 12 major ports in the country, plans to attract Rs 4,000 crore investments from public and private players for its special economic zone (SEZ)

Cargo traffic at 12 major ports that are under the control of the Centre dropped by 8.80 per cent to 477.75 million tonnes (MT) during April-December this fiscal

We will announce a collaboration with Inland Waterways Authority of India (IWAI) very soon. We are commencing coastal shipping operations, SCI chairman and managing director H K Joshi said

Union Minister Mansukh Mandaviya said on December 30 that Indian sailors will be brought back soon and that diplomatic talks are on with the neighbouring country

The project execution and implementation would be through Sagarmala Development Company Ltd (SDCL), which is under the administrative control of the ministry

The development follows the launch of a seaplane service between Kevadia and Sabarmati Riverfront in Ahmedabad by Prime Minister Narendra Modi on October 31, 2020

The enterprise business system (EBS) will adopt international best practices without losing its alignment to existing local needs, Ministry of Ports, Shipping and Waterways has said in a document

The programme aims to promote port-led development in the country through harnessing India's 7,500 km long coastline and potentially navigable waterways

Gadkari, who also holds the MSME portfolio, said as per Prime Minister Narendra Modi's vision focus was being laid on developing a world-class infrastructure under the NIP, which is first-of-its-kind exercise to bolster development

The Coastal Shipping Bill, 2020, which proposes to do away with the requirement of trading licence for Indian flag vessels for coastal trade has been circulated for inter-ministerial consultation

Projects to be inaugurated include Sarnath light and sound show, up-gradation of Lal Bahadur Shastri Hospital Ramnagar, sewerage related works, infrastructure facilities for protection and conservation of cows, among others

The service will reduce the 375-km road distance between Bhavnagar and Surat to 90-km by sea route, Modi said while flagging off the service via video conferencing

\"Maintaining the cold chain, having adequate syringes, and needles are the seamless challenges that need to be solved in order to distribute vaccines to the remotest part of the country,\" Guleria said

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday, November 8 renamed the Ministry of Shipping as the Ministry of Ports, Shipping, and Waterways

The global institutional investors attending the virtual round table represent key regions including the US, Europe, Canada, Korea, Japan, Middle East, Australia, and Singapore

The Bill proposes to do away with the requirement of trading licence for Indian flag vessels for coastal trade, besides creating a competitive environment to reduce transportation costs

The service will be operated by SpiceJet. Its seaplane service SpiceShuttle will operate multiple daily flights between the Sabarmati riverfront and Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel's Statue of Unity

In one of the most harshly worded attacks on China from an American official in decades, U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said on July 23 that China's military, the People's Liberation Army (PLA), was not a normal fighting force

The US is intensifying pressure on China, piling on visa bans, sanctions and other restrictions that are battering the already unsettled ties between the world's two largest economies

The EIB, in a statement, said the new metro rail system will reduce commuting hours and unlock new employment and education opportunities in Kanpur, the industrial capital of Uttar Pradesh