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The death toll could rise as some of the injured are in a critical condition, said Chittagong civil surgeon Mohammed Elias Hossain.
Surge in traffic marks the uptick in Indian steel sector, a major contributor to India's manufacturing output
The company had clocked a net profit of Rs 225.66 crore in the corresponding quarter a year ago
These are: online facility for scheduling examination of import cargo, scanner for non-intrusive examination of unaccompanied baggage, and customs clearance work on Sunday and public holidays
A person aware of the matter said that the decision was taken in a meeting on 'export logistics Issues and their resolution'
Compared to 2020-21, when cargo volumes were at 11,92,165 twenty-foot equivalent units (TEUs), during April-July, the rise was around 50.8 per cent
Container cargo traffic at Jawaharlal Nehru Port Trust (JNPT) recorded a 65.38 per cent growth in May at 4,54,385 TEUs (twenty-foot equivalent units) over 2,74,755 TEUs in the same month last year
The shortage of containers has been eased with 58 per cent additional exports being managed in March year-on-year
Company that owns vessel says the crew is still on board the ship, which is now in Great Bitter Lake, about halfway along the canal.
UK P&I Club has said that it was the protection and indemnity insurer for the Ever Given
This is an unusual imbalance caused by the lag in the revival of domestic demand following the Covid-19 lockdown
India, the world's second-largest sugar producer, exported only 70,000 metric tons in January, less than a fifth of the volume shipped a year earlier
The core issue is that China, which recovered faster from Covid, revved up export economy and is paying premiums for containers, making it more profitable to send them back empty than to refill them
The company plans to manufacture containers at a price point lower than the landed cost of imported boxes
Fall in imports from China leads to shortage of containers hurting shipping lines, importers and exporters
Global trade is being roiled by a shortage of containers because dire predictions of a collapse this year that prompted carriers to cancel sailings have proved too pessimistic
In terms of tonnage, the container cargo declined 22.45 per cent to 49.26 million tonnes (MT) during the period
In terms of tonnage, the container cargo declined 30.11 per cent to 26.34 million tonnes in the quarter
It roughly needs around $5 million to convert a Boeing 737 and around $1.5 to convert a Q400 from a passenger aircraft to a cargo aircraft
The highest sailing cancellation since the Covid-19 outbreak was in February, registering a spike of 105 cancellations across Trans-Pacific, Asia-Europe, and the Mediterranean trades.