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VOC Port Plans Rs 15,000 Crore Investment In Outer Harbour Project To Handle Mega Container Ships
6+ hour, 58+ min ago (292+ words) Mar 01, 2026 | Updated 01:22 PM GMT+5:30 V O Chidambaranar Port in Tuticorin, Tamil Nadu, plans to invest Rs 15,000 crore in its Outer Harbour project to significantly increase cargo handling capacity. The ambitious development aims to establish Tamil Nadu as a major transhipment…...
Government Approves Rs 797 Crore Jetty At Paradip Port To Handle Green Hydrogen, Ammonia And Liquid Cargo
2+ day, 8+ hour ago (298+ words) Feb 27, 2026 | Updated 12:06 PM GMT+5:30 The Ministry of Ports, Shipping and Waterways has approved the development of a dedicated jetty for handling green hydrogen, ammonia and other liquid cargo at Paradip Port in Odisha at an estimated cost of Rs 797.17 crore....
Can Gas Tankers Help India Realise Its Shipbuilding Revolution?
1+ week, 3+ day ago (1539+ words) Feb 19, 2026 | Updated 01:26 PM GMT+5:30 India pays approximately $75 billion annually to charter foreign vessels for its trade. Nearly 95 per cent of the country's trade by volume and 70 per cent by value moves through maritime routes, yet Indian shipyards account for less…...
Mumbai Port Marina Project Back On Track, Attracts Bids From Adani, L&T And Infrastructure Majors
3+ week, 3+ day ago (368+ words) Feb 05, 2026 | Updated 02:02 PM GMT+5:30 The Mumbai Port Authority (MbPA) has moved forward with its Marina Project, with five leading companies responding to a global tender issued in 2025. The bidder list includes major infrastructure players such as the Adani Group, Larsen…...
Bharat Container Shipping Line MoU Signed As Centre Moves To Anchor Container Trade In Indian Hands
3+ week, 4+ day ago (343+ words) Feb 04, 2026 | Updated 12:26 PM GMT+5:30 The Union government is now set to build a domestically anchored container shipping ecosystem with the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to establish the Bharat Container Shipping Line (BCSL). The MoU was signed in…...
Breaking The Box: India's Uphill Battle Against China's Container Monopoly
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Sagarmala Loses Steam As Budget 2026 Slashes Funding By 29 Per Cent, New Maritime Schemes Get Priority
1+ mon, 3+ hour ago (431+ words) Feb 01, 2026 | Updated 05:15 PM GMT+5:30 The government's ambitious Sagarmala programme, designed to transform India's coastline into an economic powerhouse, has been dealt a blow in the Union Budget 2026-27. Finance Ministry has slashed the scheme's allocation by nearly 29 per cent, from Rs…...
Centre Accelerates Chennai Port Revamp With New Passenger Terminal, VTMS And Infrastructure Upgrades
1+ mon, 4+ day ago (314+ words) Jan 28, 2026 | Updated 11:45 AM GMT+5:30 Union Shipping Secretary Vijay Kumar on Tuesday (27 January) carried out a comprehensive review of operations at the Chennai Port Authority and inaugurated a clutch of infrastructure projects worth Rs 54.27 crore. As part of the visit, Kumar…...
State-Owned Ports And Shipping Firms To Launch National Container Line To Cut Foreign Dependence: Report
1+ mon, 6+ day ago (314+ words) Jan 26, 2026 | Updated 05:22 PM GMT+5:30 A group of state-owned shipping and port entities will be coming together to form a new container shipping line under the "Atmanirbhar Bharat" initiative. The Economic Times has reported that the move is aimed at cutting…...
Vizhinjam Seaport Starts New Construction Phase To Handle Nearly Six Million Containers A Year
1+ mon, 1+ week ago (413+ words) Jan 25, 2026 | Updated 10:34 AM GMT+5:30 The Union Minister for Ports, Shipping and Waterways, Sarbananda Sonowal, on Saturday (24 January) inaugurated the capacity augmentation works of the Vizhinjam International Seaport in Thiruvananthapuram. The event was attended by Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan, senior…...