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Covid-19 crisis: Port cargo picking up, but still lower than last year's

The fall in cargo at 12 major ports - administered by the central government - was 10 per cent in August compared to the same month in 2019

Covid impact: Cargo handling at ports drops 17% to 245 mn tonnes in Apr-Aug

Cargo volumes at these 12 major ports under the control of the Centre declined for the fifth straight month in August 2020 and all ports barring Mormugao saw a negative growth

Cargo handling at major ports dips 18% to 193 MT in April-July due to Covid

Cargo volumes at these 12 major ports under the control of the Centre declined for the fourth straight month in July 2020 and all ports barring Mormugao saw a negative growth

Container cargo handling at major ports down over 30% in Q1 amid Covid: IPA

In terms of tonnage, the container cargo declined 30.11 per cent to 26.34 million tonnes in the quarter

Relief for pharma firms as govt starts clearing API imports from China

This comes after a week of economic disruption caused by introducing stringent scrutiny, resulting in shipments originating in China getting held up at Indian ports.

Auto companies say disruptions in Chinese imports will hurt their recovery

Over a quarter of India's auto part imports - worth $4.2 billion - came from China in 2019, according to the data from Auto Component Manufacturers' Association of India (ACMA).

Covid impact: Indian ports to see 5-8% slump in cargo volumes in FY21

Overall cargo throughput shrinks by 22% during lockdown month at major ports. Steep decline in petroleum products & liquid cargo, thermal coal and containers

Home ministry issues SOP to streamline change of crew at Indian ports

Sign-on/sign-off procedures specified for merchant shipping vessels; seafarers to intimate travel and contact history for last 28 days to ship owner or RPS agency

Iron ore shipments from ports up by 43% in FY20, 50 MT transported till Feb

Iron ore has recorded a spurt of 43 per cent in volumes, registering the highest growth among all commodities

Cabinet approves exemption of India Ports Global from DPE guidelines

The shipping ministry had requested exemptions to IPGL from the applicability of the DPE guidelines

Coal imports at 12 major ports down 15% to 75 MT in April-Jan: Report

Imports of coking and other coal recorded a rise of 1.10 per cent at 47.08 MT during the period

Cargo handled by major ports in Apr-Oct almost unchanged at 405 mt: IPA

Ports -Deendayal, Mumbai, JNPT, Mormugao, New Mangalore, Cochin, Chennai, Kamarajar, V.O. Chidambaranar, Visakhapatnam, Paradip and Kolkata-- saw only 0.44% growth in cargo handled during the period

Domestic ports turn the tide, register growth amid economic slowdown

Bulk commodities hold the fort for domestic players

Slide in iron ore traffic, flat liquid cargo drag major ports in FY19

Overall cargo growth only 2.9% in FY19; Iron ore traffic through major ports tumbles 16%

Indian ports to log 6-8% cargo growth on crude, coal volumes in FY19: Study

Sagging coal imports rebound in first half of current fiscal, trend likely to continue through the year; Containers, too, will lead cargo shipments

Undergoing major expansion, Gopalpur Port turns away luxury cruise liner

The port neither has any provision, nor is designed, for passenger movement; authorities say docking permission would have put Indian tourism in bad light

Monaco cruise liner to have stopovers at various ports in India

The 120-guest Silver Discoverer cruise ship of the Silversea Cruises in its 14 night Asia expedition voyage, will reach Chennai in January

Buoyed by coal, major ports see 5% rise in traffic volumes in Apr-Nov

POL cargo made up by crude oil, refined products, LPG and LNG witnessed a tepid growth of 2.98 per cent

12 major Indian ports record 3.64% growth in cargo traffic during Apr-Dec

ndia has 12 major ports which handle approximately 61 per cent of the country's total cargo traffic

Container segment to drive growth at Indian ports

Container segment is expected to fuel the next stage of growth at Indian ports. Major ports in the country are already ramping up container handling capacity despite sluggish global container and freight movement in the past two years.A report by Care Ratings has pegged the cargo container handling of ports in the country to reach 25 million TEUs (Twenty Tonne equivalent units) by 2020-21 from the current 13 million TEUs. Non-major ports are set to add higher capacities in this segment."We expect the same (global container movement) to recover globally over the next 2-3 years. We also expect a pick-up in containerization of wider variety of cargo in India, since handling and transportation becomes faster and easier", the report stated.With the Sagarmala programme aiming to increase the depth of major ports so as to cut time on trans shipping of goods, the ports would be able to handle new generation mega vessels over the next two to three years. Presently, ...