Great Eastern (GE) Shipping, which has a fleet size of 28 ships comprising 20 tankers and 8 dry bulk carriers, decided to buy a very large gas carrier of about 49,300 dry weight tonnage (73,800 cbm). The gas carrier, once bought, would become the 29th ship of the firm. GE Shipping Company entered into a cont
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BMTC to run fleet on CNG once GAIL project takes off
Bangalore Metropolitan Transport Corporation (BMTC) would be able to run its fleet on CNG (compressed natural gas) once GAIL India sets up filling stations in the city. GAIL India, along with Karnataka government is in the process of setting up 25 CNG filling stations across Bangalore city to supply gas to BMTC. To undertake distribution of clean natural fuel for transport and other sec
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Crude tanker segment may not perform well
Analysts expect that the crude tanker segment of the shipping industry may not perform well in the near future because of the sharp decline in the import of crude oil by one of the largest consumer of energy, the USA. The US has become self-sufficient for crude, because of its the boom in the shale oil industry in the country. US imports of crude oil declined significantly by almost 4 to 4.5 million barrels a day. That is not being mad
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Shipping sector suffers from overcapacity
Shipping companies worldwide are suffering from overcapacity or excess fleets and this depressed freight rates in the sector, reports indicate. At the end of 2012, worldwide fleet of bulk carriers rose to 679 from 393 in 2007. Further, this is expected to see growth of 10 per cent and 5 per cent in the next two years, respectively, before it tapers to 2 per cent in 2015, reports indicate
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SCI takes delivery of Kamsarmax carrier
A Chinese ship builder has reportedly delivered the second of the four Kamsarmax Bulk carrier ordered by Shipping Corporation of India (SCI) to replace its existing Daewoo series Handymax bulk carriers. Daewoo series Handymax bulk carriers of SCI were built in 1986 and 1987. It may be noted that SCI has so far been operating the small-sized Handymax and Handysize bulk carriers and now it wants to use Kamsarmax bulk carri
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CPT plans dedicated terminal for coastal shipping
Paul Antony, Chairman of the Cochin Port Trust (CPT) informed that the port would allot a dedicated terminal for berthing coastal shipping vessels bringing domestic cargo. The terminal is dedicated to bulk and break bulk cargo and it would come up in the Mattancherry Wharf area where the draft is less than six metre. This follows the demand from firms operating coastal ships for a dedicated berthing area for their vessels in all majo
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Kerala govt to give more sops for coastal shipping
Kerala Chief Minister Oommen Chandy informed that the state would be willing to make further changes to make the financial incentive scheme more useful for the players in the coastal shipping sector. It may be noted that the state government is the first to introduce financial incentives for water transport, by giving a subsidy of Rs 1 per tonne for cargo mov
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Industry seeks steps to promote coastal shipping
The participants of a one-day summit on the Coastal Shipping and IWT (inland water transport) in Kerala demanded the government to take steps to promote the sector. Specifically, the participants want the government to grant infrastructure status to coastal shipping on the lines of inland water transport
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House panel asks SCI to review fleet plan
The Parliamentary Standing Committee on Transport, Tourism and Culture asked the state-run Shipping Corporation of India (SCI) to review its fleet acquisition orders already placed. SCI decided to acquire 62 vessels based on the resources available for such a huge procurement rather than based on need, the committee said. The committee feels that SCI's fleet acquisition order may lead the firm into financial trouble like Air India. While the company intended to buy 62 vessels during the
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Air India’s 10% fleet lying idle for want of spares
For want of spares and engines, more than 10 per cent of Air IndiaÂ’s (AI) fleet is lying idle, with 13 of its 106 planes grounded. Such high number of grounded aircraft indicate highly mismanaged affairs at the ailing carrier, feel industry sources. Such a situation should not
have arisen at all as the government has pumped in more than Rs 6,500 crore into the airline in this fiscal year alone, an official said
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