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...
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...
India Post looks to onboard ONDC platform; inks MoU with CAIT, Tripta TechnologiesIndia Post signed an MoU with the Confederation of All India Traders (CAIT) and Tripta Technologies in the presence of Minister of State fo...
SII's free supply of Covishield to Centre: First lot of 80 lakh doses set for dispatchAccording to an official source, Prakash Kumar Singh, Director - Government and Regulatory Affairs at Serum Institute of India, had written...
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...
Serum Institute, Bharat Biotech may skip tenders for vaccines floated by statesThese tenders were floated to attract global vaccine companies such as Pfizer, Moderna, J&J, among others, to participate in the vaccinatio...
Finance Ministry to levy 1% late payment interest on government e-marketplace“It is decided that whenever a Consignee Receipt and Acceptance Certificate (CRAC) is auto-generated or issued by a buyer and payment is no...
GMR Hyderabad Airport Cargo launches 'HC3 Hyderabad Cargo Charter Circle'Hyderabad International Airport has witnessed an encouraging demand for cargo charters in the segments like pharmaceuticals, engineering go...
Railways show 'decreasing trend' in number of complaints about non-delivery of parcels, Rajya Sabha informedReplying to a query in the Rajya Sabha, Minister of State for Railways Rajen Gohain said the railways received 4,344 complaints during 2017...
Logistics startups crusade for adoption of e-POD to release blocked credit in the Indian freight industryThe transporter pays close to 90-100% of the total cost of the trip upfront to the truck driver before the trip begins, and the remaining i...
US slaps sanctions on seven Pakistani entities associated with the country's missile programmeThe placement on the list imposes a licence requirement for all items subject to the EAR and a licence review policy of presumption of deni...
Logistics data bank set up at Jawaharlal Nehru Port Trust in MumbaiLogistics data bank service would bring efficiency in the current Logistics & Supply Chain environment through use of information technolog...
Gujarat-based start-up Laggagedeals optimises space for cheaper courier serviceLaggagedeals.com provides courier services only from city to city, and both the consignor and the consignee have to drop and collect the pa...
- Proper strategy should be devised to tackle overloading of vehicles
According to Ministry of Road Transport and Highways, fatalities on national highways during 2011 hit a high of 52924 cases.
- HDFC Bank levies charges on inoperative account, cash deposits
If you are an account holder of HDFC Bank, then be prepared to pay Rs 50 per quarter for a non-operational account of over a year.
- Banks like, HDFC, ICICI, Axis slap new levies to protect margins
Even as banking transactions get cheaper and faster, banks are inventing new fees and charges to protect their margins as they cope with st...
- ‘Dismantling of conferences likely to bring more levies’
With dismantling of conference system of shipping lines shortly on trades to and from Europe, a side effect of this could see Asia-based sh...