Dredging Corporation of India eyes over Rs 1,300-crore turnover in FY24: CEO S DivakarDredging Corporation of India Ltd (DCI) is targeting a 12 per cent growth to hit the turnover of more than Rs 1,300 crore in the ongoing fi...
30 May, 2023, 10.23 AM IST
MV Ram Prasad Bismil: Longest vessel ever to sail on Brahmaputra riverThe 90 meters long flotilla is 26 meters wide, loaded with a draft of 2.1 meters. With this, it successfully completed the aspiring pilot r...
16 Mar, 2022, 05.23 PM IST
IWAI to run fixed schedule sailing between National waterways 1 and 2The Chief Minister of Assam, Himanta Biswa Sarma joined to welcome self propelled vessel MV Lal Bahadur Shastri carrying a total of 200 MT ...
07 Mar, 2022, 01.36 AM IST
Congress targets Kerala CM on fishing contract with US firm, CM dismisses allegationsKerala CM Pinarayi Vijayan refuted the allegation and said there is a conspiracy to target the Chief Minister's office in the matter.
25 Mar, 2021, 07.28 PM IST
Congress holds 'satyagraha' demanding removal of Kerala MinisterBy launching the day-long stir, Leader of Opposition in the state assembly Ramesh Chennithala also wanted the government to carry out a jud...
25 Feb, 2021, 03.51 PM IST
I admire what you do: Rahul Gandhi tells fishermen of Kerala; sails with them"I understand and respect what you do. I admire what you are doing. Many times, we eat the fish but we will not understand the hard work be...
25 Feb, 2021, 11.03 AM IST
Congress demands judicial probe into EMCC dealVijayan on Monday directed the officials concerned to cancel the EMCC-KSINC deal and probe the circumstances under which such an MoU was si...
23 Feb, 2021, 04.05 PM IST
Shipping Ministry renamed Ministry of Ports, Shipping & WaterwaysVarious autonomous bodies like the Port Trusts in Mumbai, Kolkata and others, the Inland Waterways Authority of India and the Shipping Corp...
11 Nov, 2020, 01.04 PM IST
Dredging Corp drops 5% as government may shelve selloff planThis is after the shipping ministry made a case against privatisation of the company.
11 Jan, 2018, 10.35 AM IST
Shipping ministry builds case against Dredging Corporation selloffThe ministry has proposed that the company be merged with a government port or any other public sector unit under its administrative contro...
10 Jan, 2018, 11.51 PM IST
Shipping ministry opposes stake sale in SCI, Kamarajar PortThe government currently holds 63.75% stake in Shipping Corporation and 66.67% in Kamarajar Port. The company reported an operating profit ...
03 Jul, 2017, 02.02 AM IST
Government nod to dissolution of Central Inland Water Transport CorporationA number of assets would be taken up by Inland Waterways Authority of India to provide services on Brahmputra River (NW-4), it said.
31 Aug, 2016, 02.55 PM IST
Government gears up to start LNG barges on Ganga by 2018-endPetronet LNG Limited will design, construct and operate LNG unloading, storage, bunkering and reloading facilities on the National Waterway...
13 Jun, 2016, 09.39 PM IST
Cabinet clears buffer stock of pulses, infrastructure status for shipbuilding; 106 more national waterwaysThe Union cabinet on Wednesday took a string of decisions, including creating a buffer stock of pulses and granting infrastructure status t...
10 Dec, 2015, 04.58 AM IST
Inland waterways: How Nitin Gadkari is steering some of modern India's biggest infrastructure projectsThe Road Transport, Highways & Shipping Minister may not be the man about town, but he has envisioned some of India’s biggest infra project...
08 Feb, 2015, 06.32 AM IST
Can India channelize its water transportation into fuelling power generation?Government announced its intention to give incentives to operators for transporting cargo by waterways, while it helps shipbuilding through...
26 Nov, 2012, 10.58 AM IST
- Inland Waterways invites corporates to boost cargo movement
The Inland Waterways Authority of India (IWAI), a government body engaged in waterways development, has invited corporates to help increase...
29 Mar, 2009, 12.42 PM IST