Union Commerce and Industry Minister Piyush Goyal highlighted India's potential in ship-building and maritime trade during a virtual confer...

The cabotage rules are considered one of the biggest hindrance preventing Indian ports to act as transshipment hubs, where a mother ship di...

The move would facilitate transportation of cargo between different ports along the country's coastline.

Maersk Line, the world's biggest container shipper, controls an 18.9% market share in India. The company shipped 1.7 million TEU (twenty fo...

The Prime Minister's office will likely give a final nod to total relaxation of cabotage rules, a move that will make way for global shippe...

When asked about the status of the textile industry, Gangwar, said that technical textile, which has so far remained untapped in India, was...

Maersk Line is part of AP Moller-Maersk Group, a Danish business conglomerate, which is keen to invest in port infrastructure.

Cabotage refers to the transport of goods or passengers between two points in one country by a ship or aircraft registered in another count...

Exporting cotton to China still works out cheaper than shipping goods to Tamil Nadu, the state with the highest demand for cotton.

India levies 25-30% customs duty on bunker, or marine fuel. Removing the tax, the ministry feels, would draw big container ships to Indian ...

These companies say that they are losing out on massive cargo volumes and port revenues because of the stringent coastal shipping rule.

High fuel prices and the lower revenue due to a dent in getting charters will also hurt operating margins of shipping firms.

LOTS Shipping Ltd, India’s premier inland water transport company, is entering coastal shipping with M V Beypore Sultan, the first indigeno...

The relaxation of cabotage law for Vallarpadam terminal augurs well for Gateway Distriparks, which may see an improvement in CFS volumes in...

Easing the law on container transshipment in coastal waters will reduce freight rates and boost shipping

To promote trans-shipment at ports, the Centre is likely to relax the Cabotage rule so that foreign vessles may be permitted to carry cargo...

Ravi K Sheth, managing director of Greatship (India), a subsidiary of Great Eastern Shipping Company in an interview with ET talked about t...