The Union Minister of Communications, Electronics & Information Technology and Law & Justice, Ravi Shankar Prasad launched the maritime communication services at Mumbai on September 13.

Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi will dedicate to the nation India’s second riverine multi-modal terminal built at Sahibganj in Jharkhand on September 12. Modi will inaugurate the state-of-the-art terminal through a two -way digital communication system at an event in Ranchi, Jharkhand.

JSW Infrastructure, India’s leading private port operator, successfully handled its maiden urea import and largest sugar export shipments at its Jaigarh Port in Maharashtra.

The year 2018 has been a significant one for the logistic and shipping sector in India.

In an exclusive interview, Kailash Agarwal, Joint Secretary, Ministry of Shipping, reveals that a roadmap has been created for increasing the Indian port capacity to 3,500+ MMTPA to more than cater to the projected traffic of 2,500 MMTPA by 2025.

HDC's key priorities are installation of one container handling crane (RMQC), mechanisation of Berth No 3 in PPP mode, and creation of liquid cargo handling facilities at Shalukali through PPP, and a goal to handle 65 MMTPA of cargo by 2021-22.

JNPT continued to upscale its growth trajectory and closed the financial year ending Mar 2019 handling 5.13 million TEUs, which is a 6.20 per cent growth as compared to the last financial year.

Driven by strong growth in medium and heavy commercial vehicle (M&HCV) along with an increase in the wholesale price index (WPI), toll collections are likely to witness significant growth in FY2020.

Even as the country's aviation industry is projected to be among the global top three by the next decade, there is a need to address certain pressing issues to ensure that the growth momentum is maintained in the long-term.