Oslo-listed floater specialist BW Offshore has signed an agreement to recycle its floating production storage and offloading (FPSO) vessel Petróleo Nautipa which previously worked offshore Gabon. Andreas Sohmen-Pao’s company said that the recycling would be done in compliance with the Hong Kong...
DP World India has started a dedicated rail freight service linking the Sachana-Ahmedabad Inland Container Depot (ICD) to the port of Mundra. Operating twice weekly, every Tuesday and Friday, the new service aims to support exports and imports moving to and from Ahmedabad and surrounding regions by offering a specialised train service, with an assured transit of 24 hours.
This initiative is expected to result in approximately a 65% reduction in CO2 emissions. Furthermore, cargo owners utilising...
https://www.themaritimestandard.com/dp-world-india-launches-dedicated-mundra-rail-service/
Adani Ports and Special Economic Zone (APSEZ) handled a total cargo throughput of 420 million tonnes in the 2024 financial year ending 31st March, 24% higher than the previous 12 months, and a record for the group. It also handled its highest ever monthly cargo volume of over 38 million tonnes in March this year.
Ten of its ports and terminals handled record cargo volumes over the course of the financial year, incuding Mundra, Tuna, Hazira, Mormugao, Karaikal, Ennore, Kattupalli, Krishnapatnam,...
https://www.themaritimestandard.com/adani-ports-hits-new-cargo-record/
Ro-ro traffic at APM Terminals Pipavav is set to increase significantly as it has been chosen as the primary gateway for Honda to export its new mid-size SUV to Japan. The made-in-India Honda Elevate was launched in the Japanese market under the brand name WR-V in March this year.
This is the first time that a Honda model has been exported from India to Japan, representing a significant milestone for India’s automotive industry. APM Terminals Pipavav partnered with NYK Line and Auto Logistics...
https://www.themaritimestandard.com/honda-selects-apm-terminals-pipavav-as-export-gateway/
Iranian forces seized a containership operated by Switzerland-based MSC in the Strait of Hormuz on Saturday, April 13. The Portuguese-flagged MSC Aries was some 80 kilometres off the coast of the UAE when it was boarded by Iranian heliborne troops, who subsequently ordered the crew to bring the...
Harold Macmillan was supposedly once asked what the most troubling problem of his time as British Prime Minister was. “Events, my dear boy, events,” was his reply. I thought I had this week’s column nailed well in advance, but offshore is an industry especially susceptible to unexpected and hard to predict “events”. So, we must […]
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Nine crewmembers of a fishing boat suffered injuries after a fire ignited and caused a gas cylinder to explode on board their vessel off the southern Indian city of Visakhapatnam on Friday, April 5. The locally-registered fishing vessel Durga Bhavani was in the Bay of Bengal 65 nautical miles off...
Indian owner Great Eastern Shipping has struck a deal to sell its 2004-built MR product tanker Jag Pahel, making room for more modern tonnage. The price and the buyer of the 46,300 dwt ship Great Eastern ordered in February 2003, have not been disclosed. The Hanjin Heavy-built ship, estimated by...
https://splash247.com/great-eastern-shipping-continues-tanker-fleet-rejuvenation/
In a significant development for India’s logistics sector, GR Logistics Park (Indore) Private Limited (GRIP), a subsidiary of G R Infraprojects Ltd. (GRIL), and PSA Ameya (PSA), a subsidiary of PSA India, have formalised an agreement to establish an Inland Container Depot (ICD) at the Multimodal Logistics Park (MMLP) in Indore. This collaboration comes after GRIP secured the MMLP project and subsequently signed a 45-year concession agreement with National Highways Logistics Management Limited...
https://www.themaritimestandard.com/psa-and-gril-invest-in-indore-logistics-park/
Adani Ports and Special Economic Zone (APSEZ) has entered an agreement to acquire a 56% stake in the SP Group and 39% of Orissa Stevedores Limited (OSL) in Gopalpur Port. Located on the East Coast, Gopalpur has an annual cargo throughput capacity of 20 tonnes and has a particularly important role in handling dry bulk cargo flows, including iron ore, coal, limestone, ilmenite and alumina.
According to a statement from Adani Ports, “This acquisition will drive synergy with our existing ports and...
https://www.themaritimestandard.com/adani-further-expands-india-east-coast-ports-presence/