Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday said that the Maldives-India Cargo Ferry Service would boost the economies and  strengthen the friendship between the two countries. Prime Minister Modi said this while replying to a tweet from the Maldivian President Ibrahim Mohamed Solih. “Our thanks to Prime Minister @narendramodi and Government of India as the Maldives-India.

Against the backdrop of the COVID-19 pandemic leaving around four lakh global seafarers, including thousands of Indians, stranded on ships, India’s oldest union of merchant navy officers MUI has collaborated with the United Nations to assist these sailors. The Seafarers Crisis Action Team (SCAT) has been established by the International Maritime Organisation (IMO), a specialised.

The first ever Indian cargo vessel (MCP Linz) operated by the Shipping Corporation of India (SCI) reached northern Maldivian town of Kulhudhufushi on Saturday launching a new phase in connectivity in the Southern Indian Ocean Region. Despite a lockdown imposed at Kulhudhufushi, the vessel was received with fanfare and the virtual event – attended by.

India’s exports are gaining momentum and showing signs of a V-shaped recovery, while imports remain subdued with an expectation of L-shaped recovery, Maersk, the world’s number one container line, said on Thursday. The shipping giant said that during Q22020 (April to June), the Indian containerised trade contracted by almost 30% as compared to the same.

After averting a major environmental disaster, a salvage team is now searching for a rescue port to transfer oil from an Indian Oil Corp (IOC) chartered supertanker that had caught fire in the Sri Lankan water, the company”s Chairman Shrikant Madhav Vaidhya said on Wednesday. The MT New Diamond, a 20-year-old very large crude carrier.

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A day after India and Maldives jointly launched a Cargo Ferry Service between the two nations,a cargo ship M V MCP Linz made its maiden call here on Tuesday. The inaugural India-Maldives service was accorded a formal reception at Cochin Port, a Port Trust spokesman said. In a brief felicitation ceremony, Port Trust Chairman M.

Shipping Corporation of India (SCI) on Tuesday said its Chairperson and Managing Director H K Joshi will continue to hold additional charge as director – finance of the company. Joshi joined SCI on February 5, 2015 as director (finance) and was also appointed as CFO with effect from the same date till February 4, 2020..

A first-of-its-kind digital naming ceremony was held today for the 23,000 TEU CMA CGM Jacques Saade, the largest LNG-powered containership in the world. The ceremony was attended by Hudong–Zhonghua Shipyard representatives in Shanghai, China, and CMA CGM’s management in Marseille, France. Blessed by father Francis Fang, the vessel was then officially named by its Godmother,.

The Vizag police commissioner, who is the competent authority for issuance of no-objection certificates, has cancelled the NOCs issued to Sravan Shipping company that handles ammonium nitrate at Vizag port. The order of cancellation of the NOCs was issued to the company on September 18 after the company failed to give a proper reply to.