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Tag: Union Ministry of Shipping
Suggestions invited on Port Authority Bill
The Union Ministry of Shipping has invited suggestions from all stakeholders on the draft Major Port Authorities Bill 2015 and the draft has been uploaded on the ministry website with a request to stakeholders to send in their views.
Pradeep Mohanty appointed new Dy Conservator of NMPT
The Union Ministry of Shipping has appointed
Pradeep Mohanty as Deputy Conservator of New Mangalore Port Trust (NMPT). Mohanty joined NMPT as Harbour Master on November 10 2008 and subsequently he was holding the additional charges of Deputy Conservator with effect from December 3, 2008.
Govt to promote coastal shipping for cargo
To attract manufacturers and transporters to the coastal shipping mode of transport from road and rail movement of their goods, the Union Ministry of Shipping is planning to offer them certain incentives. Currently, in India, over 60 per cent of the domestic cargo is moved by road and 30 per cent by rail, with coastal shipping accounting for only about 8 per cent.
Govt issues GO facilitating mercantile marine activity
The Union Ministry of Shipping has issued an order to facilitate trade using inland waterways and mercantile marine activity along coasts. The Directorate General of Shipping (DGS) has issued an order declaring waters inward of the baseline, as per the notification under Maritime Zone Act, as 'Inland Waters'.
River operating ships allowed in sea-waters to up trade
The Union Ministry of Shipping has issued an order to facilitate trade using inland waterways and mercantile marine activity along coasts. The Directorate General of Shipping (DGS) has issued an order declaring waters inward of the baseline, as per the notification under Maritime Zone Act, as 'Inland Waters'.
Ports should set their own tariffs, not TAMP
Regulatory and clearance delays may be necessary evils in infrastructure projects, especially those under PPP. But as N Muruganandam, Joint Secretary, Union Ministry of Shipping, elaborates the government's ambitious plans of port infrastructure development in the coming years may also be accompanied by some ironing out of those issues.
There will be visible improvement in port connectivity in 3-4 years
In his interview with Sudheer Vathiyath and Shashidhar Nanjundaiah, K Mohandas, Secretary, Union Ministry of Shipping, highlights some of the initiatives from the government in port connectivity, including ro-ro services, inland waterways on PPP, and more.
CSL mulls second shipyard
Cochin Shipyard (CSL) may have all factors going for launching a second ship-building facility in Kerala at Vizhinjam. This was alluded to by K Mohandas, Secretary, Union Ministry of Shipping, during his keynote address at the dedication ceremony of the CSL bollard pull test facility at Vizhinjam.

