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India eyes 100 new merchant vessels to cut $75b freight bill

Foreign shipping lines receive $75b annually to move crude oil, gas, coal, and urea.

India eyes 100 new merchant vessels to cut $75b freight bill

Foreign shipping lines receive $75b annually to move crude oil, gas, coal, and urea.

India India takes global lead in ship recycling with 35% share

Recycling volume jumped to 2.99 million gross tonnes.

India rolls out ₹24,736 crore shipbuilding assistance scheme

It also established a ₹25,000 crore Maritime Development Fund.

India proposes maritime transport pact with Panama

Talks target shipping links and port development across the Americas.

India unveils first locally manufactured EXIM shipping container

Maersk places order for 1,000 more India-made containers.

IRS signs off on India's first domestic tanker lifeboat

The approval covers a 120-person lifeboat and a 50-person licensed model.

West Bengal maritime plan advances INR19,209-crore pipeline

Ports inland waterways and logistics hubs form core of eastern India expansion push.

India advances green ports as ABB secures electric tug project at JNPA

The vessels will be delivered to Polestar Maritime in 2027.

New Indian index evaluates national port efficiency with specific performance metrics

It assigns equal weightage to absolute performance and year-on-year improvement.

India’s INR51,383-crore shipping plan reshapes fleet capacity

It will align shipbuilding targets with multi-sector coordination framework.

India and Korea deepen shipbuilding ties with new shipyard framework

Korean firms enter development pipeline, spurring India’s shipyard ecosystem growth.

India resolves 90% of port congestion after geopolitical delays

The government directed that all financial relief measures be passed without delay.

Kongsberg Maritime wins record waterjet order for Indian Navy project

The systems will be supplied to Cochin Shipyard for an Indian naval project.

SDHI to build India's first ammonia dual-fuel ships in new order

It secured an order for four 92-500 dead-weight tonnage dual-fuel bulk carriers.

India’s major ports drive 7.06% cargo growth with capacity expansion

The Deendayal Port Authority topped throughput with 160.11 million tonnes.