Transport and Shipping

News: Shipping Minister Nitin Gadkari has decided to allow consolidation of pension in respect of retired Group ‘C’ and ‘D’ employees of major Port Trusts. This decision will now be implemented by the respective major ports from their own resources and is a step toward sharing the prosperity of the Major ...

News: The central government wants to build capacity of local contractors, engineers and other stakeholders for participation in construction of highways and infrastructure in the North-East. The involvement of local stakeholders would result in inclusive development of the region through creation of jobs and opening up of avenues. The Centre has decided to award contractors ...

News:  In pursuit of India’s ‘Look East’ and ‘Act East’ policy, the Indian Navy’s Eastern Fleet ships under the command of Rear Admiral Ajendra Bahadur Singh, VSM, Flag Officer Commanding Eastern Fleet (FOCEF), are on a two month long operational deployment to South East Asia and Southern Indian Ocean. As ...

News: In what is being seen as a furtherance to India’s ‘Act East’ policy and more specifically, a strategically operational deployment in the crucial South China Sea, Indian Navy warships have  reached Malaysia. The Navy’s Eastern Fleet includes INS Ranvir, a guided missile destroyer, INS Satpura, the indigenously built guided missile stealth ...

The Union minister had assured that the construction of the Expressway between Delhi and Jaipur will be over by next three months. In the same respect he added that the seaplane facility in the lakes of Rajasthan on the lines of Goa and Mumbai will be initiated soon. This will ...

News: India’s long-pending request for transit rights have been met through several transport agreements and framework arrangements signed between PM Narendra Modi and Bangladeshi counterpart Sheikh Hasina. Agreement: The erstwhile Khaleda Zia regime had strong reservations against granting such rights to Delhi and as a result, access to landlocked Northeast ...

News: India’s 13th major port will come up at Dahanu, on fully reclaimed land and the project envisaging an investment of upto Rs 6,000 crore is likely to be completed over in net three years. Key Features: The port would be located 4.5 nautical miles off the Dahanu coast in northern ...

The minister of Road Transport & Highways and Shipping, Shri Nitin Gadkari said that the Inland Waterways is economically most viable sector, in his inaugural address at the ‘National Conference on Inland Waterways: Issues, Options and Strategies’. He added that development of inland waterways would lower the logistics cost of production and, ...

In a move to reduce the freight charges between India and Bangladesh, the Union Cabinet has approved the agreement on Coastal Shipping to carry out movement of goods between the two countries. Exim trade between the two nations would be benefited and also the utilization of port capacities of Indian ports ...

News Union Minister for Road Transport and Highways Nitin Gadkari today announced that the state will get roads worth Rs 50,000 crore and the work will be started this year itself. The Union Minister also said that a water-port will be constructed along the Ganga in Patna to connect it ...