Parliament passes The Carriage of Goods by Sea Bill, 2025India's Parliament has passed the Carriage of Goods by Sea Bill, 2024, replacing the outdated 1925 Act. This modernizes maritime regulation...
06 Aug, 2025, 03.41 PM IST
Parliament passes Bill to update, simplify legal framework for shipping documentsParliament has approved The Bills of Lading Bill, 2025. The goal is to modernize the legal rules for shipping papers. Sarbananda Sonowal pr...
21 Jul, 2025, 04.31 PM IST
Steel quality rules deferred by a month"The mandatory adherence requirement of input steel for imports of steel products with bill of lading having shipped on board date on or be...
12 Jul, 2025, 12.26 AM IST
Budget Session: Immigration and Foreigners Bill 2025 to be introduced in Lok SabhaThe Immigration and Foreigners Bill 2025, set to be introduced in Lok Sabha, aims to modernize India's immigration laws. Union Home Ministe...
11 Mar, 2025, 09.02 AM IST
Bill to update 169-year-old shipping law gets approvalThe Lok Sabha has passed the Bills of Lading Bill, 2025, modernising shipping laws from 1856. This new legislation simplifies language, reo...
10 Mar, 2025, 11.56 PM IST
India, S Korea start sharing bill of lading electronically to promote trade: DGFTIndia and South Korea have initiated electronic transfer of the bill of lading between their customs, enhancing ease of doing business. Thi...
19 Sep, 2024, 07.57 PM IST
Government introduces Carriage of Goods by Sea Bill, Bills of Lading Bill in Lok SabhaThe Carriage of Goods by Sea Bill, 2024, and the Bills of Lading Bill, 2024, were introduced in the Lok Sabha to modernize maritime cargo l...
09 Aug, 2024, 08.55 PM IST
Sarbananda Sonowal introduces two shipping-related bills in LSSaugata Roy (TMC) opposed the introduction of the bill saying that the Indian Carriage of Goods by Sea Act, 1925, has been serving its purp...
09 Aug, 2024, 03.05 PM IST
India extends free import of yellow peas till OctoberIndia extends duty-free yellow peas import until October 2024. In April-February FY24, the import of yellow peas was $235.92 million as aga...
08 May, 2024, 11.46 PM IST
India extends free import of yellow peas till October 2024In December last year, the government allowed duty-free imports of yellow peas until March 2024 which was extended till April and then June.
08 May, 2024, 10.04 PM IST
India allows onion export to Bahrain, Mauritius, BhutanThe Indian government has allowed exports of onions to Bahrain, Mauritius, and Bhutan through National Cooperative Exports Limited, followi...
06 Mar, 2024, 08.23 PM IST
Import of yellow peas allowed after registration under monitoring system: DGFTA commerce ministry notification has said that he import of yellow peas is now permitted after registration under the import monitoring sys...
26 Feb, 2024, 04.45 PM IST
The 4 billion pieces of paper keeping global trade afloatLess than 2% of trade happening globally is done digitally. But it is on the verge of change as world’s top 10 container shipping lines hav...
04 Oct, 2023, 09.46 AM IST
DBS partners with Maptrasco to complete the first eBL transaction between India and SingaporeDBS and commodities trader Maptrasco have completed the first live transaction of electronic Bills of Lading (eBL) for shipments between Si...
25 Aug, 2023, 04.54 PM IST
How to issue bill of lading and why it is important in exportsA BOL contains information such as details of the shipping line, the pick-up date, name of the vessel used for transport, details of the go...
08 Dec, 2021, 12.27 PM IST
Ease of Doing Business: Only 3 documents needed for imports, exportsAs part of efforts to improve its ranking on 'Ease of Doing Business', India today reduced the number of mandatory documents required for i...
12 Mar, 2015, 10.03 PM IST
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Despite these difficult times, when world shipping is passing through doldrums, numerous research reports and studies keep coming up from t...
25 Oct, 2010, 12.49 AM IST