FM announces container manufacturing scheme with Rs 10,000 cr outlayFinance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman announced ambitious plans to boost India's logistics and infrastructure. A Rs 10,000 crore scheme will ...
02 Feb, 2026, 02.15 PM IST
Budget 2026 puts India on a new course with Rs 10,000 crore for containers & waterwaysIndia plans to launch 20 inland waterways and boost local container manufacturing. A new scheme will support coastal cargo movement. This a...
01 Feb, 2026, 11.36 PM IST
Dedicated Freight Corridor records 48% surge in train operations in 2024-25: Railway Board CEODedicated Freight Corridor Corporation of India Limited (DFCCIL) reported a significant 48% increase in freight train operations for FY 202...
01 Nov, 2025, 03.37 PM IST
Centre notifies incentives for inland waterway transportIndia’s Shipping Ministry has launched a Rs 100 crore scheme to boost inland waterways transport by providing a 35% incentive for cargo mov...
03 Dec, 2024, 06.55 PM IST
Shift from roads to rail picks up pace, thanks to dedicated freight corridorAs per the report, container cargo transported through railways (rail volumes) rose by a healthy 17.63 per cent year-on-year to 74.38 milli...
28 Oct, 2022, 07.24 PM IST
After NLP launch, ICICI Direct bullish on logistics space, lists 4 top picksSo, as the NLP looks to reduce logistics cost from the current 13-14% to sub 10% and there are seen multiple benefits unfolding from the re...
22 Sep, 2022, 02.37 PM IST
Road, shipping, rail ministry arms sign agreement to develop Multi Modal Logistics ParksNational Highways Logistics Management Limited (NHLML), Inland Waterways Authority of India (IWAI), and Rail Vikas Nigam Limited (RVNL) wil...
24 Aug, 2022, 06.52 PM IST
JNPT conducts trial operation at newly-constructed berth for coastal shippingThe coastal berth, which will provide better infrastructure for coastal shipping and decongest rail and road networks ensuring cost-competi...
09 Jul, 2021, 10.42 PM IST
PM to greet India's first container vessel on inland waterways in VaranasiIn a first for the country's inland water transport, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on November 12 will receive a container vessel in Varanas...
04 Nov, 2018, 04.02 PM IST
India’s first container movement on inland waterways with PepsiCo on-board“It will be country’s first container movement on Inland Vessel post-independence scheduled on Tuesday,” the shipping ministry said in a st...
29 Oct, 2018, 03.37 PM IST
Coastal transportation to propel growth, create jobs: Nitin GadkariThe consignment of 2.3 lakh tonnes of steel cargo was flagged off via video conferencing by the minister from the Vizag port to Ahmedabad, ...
01 Nov, 2017, 09.30 PM IST
Top companies can shift 40 per cent steel movement to coastal shipping: GovernmentNearly every major plant has a potential to shift nearly 30-40 per cent of their inter-state rail movements to coastal shipping, said the l...
20 Nov, 2016, 09.24 PM IST
Inter-ministerial panel seeks short-term cabotage relaxationIMC directed that case for short-term cabotage relaxation may be considered by the Ministry of Shipping keeping in view of expected benefit...
20 Nov, 2016, 07.16 PM IST
Coastal shipping of commodities to save Rs 40,000 crore/year: GovernmentCiting an example, it said up to 100-150 MT of coal can be moved from the east coast to coastal power plants in Andhra Pradesh, Tamil Nadu ...
26 Jun, 2016, 12.30 PM IST
Government looks to make water transportation competitiveThe outcome of the workshop would pave way for finalising the operationalisation of certain initiatives already taken by the government, it...
19 Jun, 2016, 08.04 PM IST
APM terminals Pipavav receives first domestic Roll-on/Roll-off callAPM Terminals Pipavav received its first domestic Ro-Ro shipment of 800 Hyundai cars from Chennai port, a development likely to boost coast...
16 Feb, 2016, 03.13 PM IST
Government exempts customs and excise duty on use of bunker fuelsOne of the issues hindering the growth of coastal shipping has been the levy of customs and central excise duty on bunker fuels, said an of...
07 Oct, 2015, 02.35 PM IST