- Time to redefine benchmarks for India’s growing marine sector
Around 95% of India’s external merchandise trade by volume and 70% by value is done through maritime transport.
- New ship acquisitions unlikely to pad up national fleet size
Most of the new additions are seen as part of reshuffling exercise by shipping companies to make their fleet younger.
- Chartering demand four times India’s fleet size
India's demand for chartering ships is nearly four times its fleet size of 860 ships.
- Shipbrokers queue up for local JVs
For many iconic shipbrokers of international repute, India is the next playground. Soon after London-based Clarksons opened shop in New Del...
- Clarksons to set up base in India
London-based Clarksons, the world's leading shipping service providers with a dynamic ship-broking heritage are in the process of setting s...
- Shipping min sinks oil PSUs bid to sail free
In a bid to enable oil PSUs to charter ships directly, the petroleum ministry has suggested setting up of internal chartering cells in oil ...
- Kaiga to begin generating power by month end
The third unit of the Kaiga nuclear plant in Karnataka is expected to begin generating energy by the end of February.
- Oil PSUs’ charter plans on a cruise
The stage is set for public sector oil companies to charter ships for direct oil imports instead of going through Transchart, an arm of Min...
- Cabinet defers IOC's decision to charter ships
The Cabinet on Monday held up a decision on allowing the country's largest refiner Indian Oil Corp (IOC) to directly charter ships for crud...