May 24, 2017: APM Terminals Mumbai established a new record for largest vessel call at the terminal with the arrival of the 11,078 TEU capacity Gerd Maersk on May 13th 2017. The Gerd Maersk, which is 367 metres in length and 43 metres wide lists a gross registered tonnage of 98,648 tonnes. The…

May 24, 2017: Express distribution company TCIEXPRESS has released the financial results for FY2016-17 ended 31st March, 2017. For the quarter ended 31st March, 2017, net revenues increased robustly by 15 percent to Rs 203.12crores. EBIDTA for this quarter of FY16-17 stands at Rs 19.33 crores with…

May 23, 2017 : Essar Shipping (ESL) has added a Panamax vessel of 74,005 Deadweight Tonnage (DWT) to its fleet of vessels. With this new induction, Essar Shipping now has a fleet of 14 vessels that include VLCCs, Capesizes, Mini-capes, Panamax, Supramaxes and Handysize bulk carriers. Essar…

May 23, 2017 : Lufthansa Cargo has garnered the DQS German Award for Excellence in the Environmental Responsibility category. The award winners were announced at the DQS Sustainability Conference 2017 at Maritim Hotel Düsseldorf. To further encourage businesses to make a commitment to the…

May 23, 2017: Laying the foundation stone for construction of the Dr Babasaheb Ambedkar Convention Centre; and the development of the 14th and 16th General Cargo Berth, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said that the Chabahar port, being developed with Indian participation in Iran, would further spur the…

May 22, 2017: Tejas Express, India’s state-of-the-art high-speed train began its maiden journey today from Chhatrapati Shivaji Terminus, Mumbai, for Karmali, North Goa. Flagged off by Railway Minister Suresh Prabhu, the train is going to cover a distance of 579km in 8.5 hours with halts at Dadar,…

May 22, 2017: Cathay Pacific, the flag carrier of Hong Kong, has cut 600 jobs across senior, middle management and non-managerial roles in its head office in Hong Kong. “This is part of a transformation programme to make Cathay Pacific and Cathay Dragon more effective by improving the speed and…

May 22, 2017: The centre is mulling on permitting the use of internet on flights by August end. Lalit Gupta, joint DG, Directorate General of Civil Aviation reportedly said the Department of Telecommunications is yet to provide clearances for the same. He further added that Indian carriers Jet…

May 19, 2017: Minister of Railways Suresh Prabhu recently inaugurated a round table conference with non railway stakeholders on railway security issues. Minister of State for Railways Rajen Gohain, railway board chairman AK Mital other railway board members and senior officials were also present on…

May 19, 2017: Minister of Civil Aviation Ashok Gajapathi Raju recently launched the ‘ACFI Advance Air Cargo Handling Training Program’ on Cargo Terminal Operations and Freight Forwarders Handling in New Delhi. The two day program has been organised by the Air Cargo Forum India (ACFI) sub-committee…

May 19, 2017: MOL TRIUMPH, one of the biggest containerships in the world recently arrived in Hamburg at HHLA Container Terminal Burchardkai (CTB). The new flagship of Japanese shipping company Mitsui OSK Lines (MOL) is the first vessel with a loading capacity of over 20,000 TEU in the Port of…

May 18, 2017: SpiceJet has introduced e-Gate facility at the Kempegowda International Airport, Bengaluru (KIAB). The facility allows passengers to scan their boarding passes themselves on an automated e-Gate, enabling them to complete the boarding procedure in minimal time. Passengers are required…

May 18, 2017: The Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs (CCEA) has approved the laying of rail tracks in Maharashtra, Uttar Pradesh and Andhra Pradesh that would help in decongesting busy routes. The committee, chaired by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, also cleared the construction of an electrified…

The Ministry of Civil Aviation of government of India is preparing to launch a common information technology platform to streamline country’s air cargo industry. The common IT platform, according to India’s civil aviation secretary Rajeev Nayan Choubey, is “not an idea but a work in progress”. “It…

May 17, 2017: UAE-based global bunker supplier Gulf Petrochem Group , has supplied bunker by barge for the first time at the Paradip port in Odisa, in a joint effort with Indian Oil Corporation Limited (IOCL). Gulf Petrochem arranged for the supply of 810 metric tonnes of bunker fuel by barge.…

May 17, 2017: Kashipur Infrastructure & Freight Terminals (KIFTPL), a joint venture between Apollo LogiSolutions Limited (ALS) and Indian Glycols Limited (IGL) launched first EXIM (Export-Import) train from Inland Container Depot (ICD) Kashipur recently. Ajay Tamta, Minister of State for Textiles,…

May 17, 2017: A policy to reward the best-performing state transport corporation is being considered by the Narendra Modi government wherein they would be given financial support to move to less polluting electric buses and set up charging and maintenance infrastructure through central funding. The…

May 16, 2017: Rhenus Group is set to increase the number of its business sites in the Asia/Pacific region by more than ten percent during 2017. Alongside Asia, Europe and South America are primary target markets this year. Rhenus is also aiming to improve the connections between air and sea freight…

MAy 16, 2017: Air France KLM Martinair Cargo is set to add a new Indian destination to its worldwide cargo network as KLM Royal Dutch Airlines is launching a direct service from Schiphol – Amsterdam to Mumbai, effective 29 October 2017. “By introducing Mumbai, the economic heart of India, to our…

May 16, 2017: The National Highways Authority of India signed an MoU with the Tamil Nadu Industrial Development Corporation Limited (TIDCO) in New Delhi recently, for the development of a multimodal logistics park in the Ponneri Industrial Node area near Kamarajar Port in Tamil Nadu. The MoU was…

May 16, 2017: Canada Pension Plan Investment Board (CPPIB) and IndoSpace , the warehousing and logistics real estate arm of Everstone Group, have announced the creation of IndoSpace Core, a joint venture that will focus on acquiring and developing modern logistics facilities in India. CPPIB has…

May 16, 2017: VO Chidambaranar Port is all set for a four-fold increase in the capacity of two of its Coal Jetties – Jetty I and II from 6.25 MTPA to 24 MTPA. The VOCP Trust signed a Memorandum of Understanding with Tamil Nadu Generation and Distribution Corporation Limited (TANGEDCO) for the…

May 15, 2017: The Airports Authority of India (AAI) has provided an ambulance service with Advanced Life Support Systems (ALS) for Longding District of Arunachal Pradesh under its CSR initiatives. Flagging off the service, AAI chairman Guruprasad Mohapatra said that the ALS ambulance will bring a…

May 12, 2017: SpiceJet is launching daily direct flight service connecting the cities of Kolkata and Surat, effective from 1st July, 2017. SpiceJet’s Boeing 737 aircraft – SG 876, operating on the Patna – Kolkata – Surat route, will depart from Kolkata for Surat at 10.50 AM. The schedule will be…

May 15, 2017: India & UK have agreed to sign a memorandum of understanding (MOU) on bilateral cooperation in urban transport policy planning, technology transfer and institutional organization of transport. The decision to enter into a bilateral cooperation arrangement between the Transport For…

May 11, 2017: India’s 12 major ports marked a 6.27 percent increase in the cargo traffic to 55.75 million tonnes (MT) in April. The surge during the first month of the current fiscal comes in wake of the pickup in demand. These top ports under the Centre handled 52.46 MT cargo in April 2016.…

May 10, 2017: Air Arabia reported a net profit of AED103 million for the three months ending March 31, 2017, a 10 percent less than the corresponding 2016 figure of AED114 million. In the same period, the airline posted a turnover of AED810 million, a 14 percent less than the corresponding first…

May 10, 2017: SpiceJet is launching daily direct flight service connecting the cities of Kolkata and Surat, effective from 1st July, 2017. SpiceJet’s Boeing 737 aircraft – SG 876, operating on the Patna – Kolkata – Surat route, will depart from Kolkata for Surat at 10.50 AM. The schedule will be…

May 10, 2017: IndiGo is planning to induct 50 smaller aircraft for regional routes, which would give a major fillip to the government’s ‘UDAN’ initiative to boost regional connectivity. IndiGo on Tuesday said it would add about 50 turboprop aircraft for regional operations that would be run by a…

May 10, 2017: Vistara has started self-service kiosks at Delhi and Mumbai airports to enable passengers to check-in on their own. The service would be launched at 17 other airports by end of June, say media reports. The facility would allow customers to check-in, select seats and print their…

May 09, 2017: The central government is planning to bring 200 airports under the regional air connectivity scheme, Union Minister of State for Aviation Jayant Sinha has said. According to reports, Sinha stated that under the UDAN (Ude Desh ka Aam Naagrik) regional air connectivity scheme, 33…

May 08, 2017: Railway Minister Suresh Prabhu, who is on a two day visit to Northeast India to do a survey of seven new broad-gauge railway lines in Arunachal Pradesh, stated that currently projects worth about Rs. 90,000 crore are being executed in the northeast. Prabhu laid the foundation stone for…

May 06, 2017: The development of Dedicated Freight Corridors has emerged as one of the key solutions to improving logistics in India. The emphasis is on connecting centres of economic importance in the most efficient ways using an optimal, multi-modal mix of transport, so that there is consistent…

May 08, 2017: Maersk Line has added Pipavav as an additional port of call for its ME1 service. The ME1 will now have 3 gateway ports, Pipavav in addition to Nhava Sheva and Mundra. With the Maersk Group strategically placed at Pipavav, there would be no impact on the transit time. This will be…

May 06, 2017: The Ministry of Road Transport and Highways participated in a roundtable discussion hosted by the US-India Business Council (USIBC), on the sidelines of the India Integrated Transport & Logistics Summit 2017. The discussion was attended by senior officials from the Ministry of Road…

May 06, 2017: Thirty-four MoUs amounting to about Rs 2 lakh crores have been signed in the India Integrated Transport and Logistics Summit . These MoUs are in the areas of port connectivity, Integrated Check Posts (ICP) in the states of Bihar, Uttarakhand, Uttar Pradesh, West Bengal, Manipur, access…

May 05, 2017: Global marine and inland terminal operator DP World has committed a fresh investment of $1 billion in India to ride on the opportunities the country offers in the port-led and marine infrastructure development. “We are very excited about the opportunities in India. We are not…

May 05, 2017: At the India Integrated Transport and Logistics Summit (IITLS) organized by the Ministry of Road Transport and Highways , Minister of Road Transport and Highways Nitin Gadkari emphasized on the need to boost economic growth in the country for welfare of all citizens. He said that from…

May 05, 2017: Air India SATS Airport Services (AISATS) has announced that it has introduced automated aircraft exterior cleaning at Indira Gandhi International Airport (IGI), New Delhi, to be done by Nordic Dino II, an automated purpose built system. After the trial period, the first automated…

May 05, 2017: While delivering the key note address at the India Integrated Transport & Logistics Summit 2017, Minister for Civil Aviation, Ashok Gajapathi Raju said that the country has seen significant growth in domestic air traffic and infrastructure development. He said that his Ministry is…