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Indian freight corridor contract bids

The dedicated Freight Corridor Corporation of India has allowed four companies to bid for electrical and signalling works on the Eastern Dedicated Freight ...
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Posted on December 17, 2013

India Shipping Strength

In April a delegation from Norway visited India to participate in a joint working group; after a day of talks 25 business representatives visited yards, ow...
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Posted on June 18, 2013

Investment in Water borne Freight

The Visakhapatnam-Rajahmundry-Vijayawada region of India is the focus of entrepreneurs who wish to re-vitalise this more efficient means of freight transp...
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Posted on June 1, 2013

More freight corridors for India

Indian Railways is planning to build five new freight corridors, in addition to the two already under implementation. Feasibility studies are being underta...
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Posted on March 1, 2013

Seafood exporters criticize freight increases

The shipping services sector pays little attention to the scale of port handling rates set by the Indian Tariff authority, and the port of Kochi has recent...
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Posted on January 13, 2013

Environmental approval for freight corridor

The dedicated rail freight corridor in India has received environmental approval for the section running through Sanjay Gandhi National Park.  The railway...
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Posted on January 12, 2013

Japan helps finance Indian freight

The Japanese government has announced that it will be making loans of USD2.26 billion for the second phase of the ambitious Delhi-Mumbai freight corridor....
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Posted on December 4, 2012

India shipping to begin recovery

India's biggest shipping firm predicts that the shipping industries will begin recovering in the middle of next year.  The mis-match of demand and supply ...
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Posted on October 10, 2012

Idle Freight Trains in India

In New Delhi, about 300 freight trains are lying idle because they have no cargo to carry, in spite of 20% growth in freight earnings in the first five mon...
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Posted on September 26, 2012

Sweden – India Route

An international logistics operator has launched two new LCL ocean freight services between India and Sweden and between India and the UK. The Swedish s...
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Posted on September 21, 2012

Deadly snake in shipping container

A saw-scaled viper, known as the world's deadliest snake, was found curled in the corner of a shipping container in Tilbury last month.  The snake, which ...
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Posted on September 8, 2012

Indian Rail Freight suffers in blackout

The three-day long power blackout in India a couple of weeks ago caused major problems for the rail freight sector, but road freight and air freight were l...
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Posted on August 13, 2012

New container freight station for India

A new container freight station in Kerala, India, is the first to serve the new International Container Transshipment terminal in Kochi.  The facility has...
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Posted on June 25, 2012

India to export wheat

India has a massive stockpile of wheat which is surplus to its requirements.  The State Trading Corporation is inviting wheat traders to buy this surplus ...
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Posted on May 15, 2012

New container offices at Chennai port

Five new offices have been opened at Chennai port zero gate in India in order to speed up the customs clearance of freight containers. The new facility wa...
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Posted on May 10, 2012

Hyderabad Freight Ambitions

Hyderabad in India is aiming to become the main air freight hub for the country. Airlines are increasing their freighter services to and from Hyderabad, im...
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Posted on April 20, 2012

Container terminal for India

Jawaharlal Nehru Port in India has revealed plans for a fifth container terminal to accommodate the increase in freight volumes which they are expecting. Â...
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Posted on September 25, 2011

New Freight Container Ports for India

The Indian Ministry of Shipping unveiled plans to triple its exports of merchandise by March 2017.  Part of the plan is to create seven new ports, as so f...
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Posted on September 5, 2011

New port terminal for Sri Lanka

A new container terminal at the port of Colombo in Sri Lanka will be built with the help of finance from China. The agreement between Sri Lanka Ports Autho...
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Posted on August 28, 2011

Port Strike in India

With container movement already being delayed due to lack of gates, the situation has now been made worse by a flash strike which started on Friday. As of...
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Posted on August 23, 2011

Record Exports from Scotland

Food exports from Scotland passed £1bn last year according to figures from HM Revenue and Customs.  Sales of salmon and potatoes were particularly strong...
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Posted on August 18, 2011

Mumbai Congestion

Container shipping lines are imposing surcharges on shippers, to recoup the extra costs caused by drastic congestion at Mumbai, the busiest port in India. ...
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Posted on July 26, 2011

India invests in ports and shipping

India's Ministry of Shipping is forming a new port operating and shipping company called Indian Ports Global.  The company will act as the investment arm ...
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Posted on July 5, 2011

Freight corridor for India

The World Bank is to  provide  a $975 million loan for a freight only railway line to enable more efficient movement of raw materials and goods between N...
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Posted on June 10, 2011
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