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Mansukh Mandaviya reviews seaplane operation projects

Mansukh Mandaviya reviews seaplane operation projects

Shri Mansukh Mandaviya, Minister of State for Shipping (I/C), reviewed the seaplane projects on Indian water bodies in the ‘Chai...
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Lockdown Feat: TCS deploys Digital Solution remotely to help Adani Ports transform Mundra operations

Lockdown Feat: TCS deploys Digital Solution remotely to help Adani Ports transform Mundra operations

Tata Consultancy Services (TCS), a leading global IT services, consulting and business solutions organization, announced that it has successfully deployed...
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Baltic index hits over 7-month high on increasing vessel activity

Baltic index hits over 7-month high on increasing vessel activity

The Baltic Exchange’s main sea freight index touched its highest level in more than seven months on Tuesday, as rates...
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Milaha partners with Major Indian NGOs in their fight against COVID-19

Milaha partners with Major Indian NGOs in their fight against COVID-19

As part of its social commitment towards Qatar’s strategic trade partners, Milaha – Qatar’s oldest and diversified maritime & logistics...
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DG Shipping extends validity of seafarers’ certificates till December 2021

DG Shipping extends validity of seafarers’ certificates till December 2021

The Directorate General of Shipping (DG Shipping) has extended the validity of seafarers’ certificates that are expiring on or before...
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New threat faces global trade: Exhausted crews want off cargo ships

New threat faces global trade: Exhausted crews want off cargo ships

Global trade is facing another coronavirus crisis just as economies begin to reopen: 200,000 seafarers stranded for months by port...
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First Remote Marine Survey Conducted For Harbour Tug In Singapore

First Remote Marine Survey Conducted For Harbour Tug In Singapore

Bureau Veritas Marine Singapore (“BV”), in collaboration with PSA Marine (Pte) Ltd (“PSA Marine”), has successfully completed a remote marine...
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Cargo movement on National Waterways poised to grow further, says IWAI

Cargo movement on National Waterways poised to grow further, says IWAI

Cargo movement on National Waterways (NW) has reached 73.64 million metric tonnes (mmt) in 2019-20 and is poised to grow...
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Singapore launches ‘Playbook’ to accelerate maritime’s digital transformation

Singapore launches ‘Playbook’ to accelerate maritime’s digital transformation

Going digital has become a part of Singapore’s plan to reboot its economy and enter a new normal post-COVID-19. “The...
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Stuck at sea: How to save the world’s seafarers and the supply systems they support

Stuck at sea: How to save the world’s seafarers and the supply systems they support

Clapping for essential workers on suburban streets cannot be heard at sea, where hundreds of thousands of crew members are...
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Tanker Market Could Suffer During the Second Half of 2020

Tanker Market Could Suffer During the Second Half of 2020

With floating storage having peaked and more tonnage being gradually released, supply is on the rise in the tanker market....
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Viking Line gets DNV GL verification for COVID-19 management

Viking Line gets DNV GL verification for COVID-19 management

Finland-based ferry company Viking Line became the first shipping company in the world to get DNV GL’s verification in accordance...
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The world’s first crewless ship trial run: Working toward the development of a “route planning system” that uses AI to recommend the optimum sea route

The world’s first crewless ship trial run: Working toward the development of a “route planning system” that uses AI to recommend the optimum sea route

Weathernews Inc. has been selected as a member of the “Designing the Future of Full Autonomous Ship Project” (hereafter, DFFAS...
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Railways offers discounts if customers book ‘round-trip’ freight haulage

Railways offers discounts if customers book ‘round-trip’ freight haulage

To boost its falling earnings and compete with road transport, the Indian Railways has decided to offer discounts to customers...
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Wärtsilä to design and equip two zero-emissions battery powered ferries

Wärtsilä to design and equip two zero-emissions battery powered ferries

The technology group Wärtsilä’s experience and leading position in the development of battery and hybrid propulsion vessel solutions has been...
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Baltic index sees best day ever as capesize vessel rates surge

Baltic index sees best day ever as capesize vessel rates surge

The Baltic Exchange’s main sea freight index marked its largest single-day percentage rise on Thursday, as capesize vessel segment rates...
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Mumbai Port achieves a rare feat of simultaneous Sign-off & Sign- On of over 900 Seafarers

Mumbai Port achieves a rare feat of simultaneous Sign-off & Sign- On of over 900 Seafarers

Continuing record performance of providing safe & secure homeward passage for Indian seafarers through Mumbai Port, MBPT achieved rare feet...
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Cargo volumes in Panamanian ports grew by 15.9% during January-May 2020, in spite of the country fighting against the spread of the Coronavirus.

Cargo volumes in Panamanian ports grew by 15.9% during January-May 2020, in spite of the country fighting against the spread of the Coronavirus.

According to the Panama Maritime Authority statistics, cargo volumes for the first five months of this year reached 3.26m teu...
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BIMCO launches information page focusing on seafarers’ mental health

BIMCO launches information page focusing on seafarers’ mental health

To assist seafarers and their mental wellbeing in coping with the challenges imposed by COVID-19 pandemic, BIMCO compiles a list...
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Centre’s Plan For Major Port At Vadhavan Clears A Big Hurdle

Centre’s Plan For Major Port At Vadhavan Clears A Big Hurdle

The Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change has said that ports as an industry are allowed in the ecologically...
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