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MPA of Singapore informed that crew with recent travel history to India within the last 14 days, are not allowed to entry the country.

Shipbreaking activity in India has come to a halt in the last few days, as all the industrial oxygen, which fed gas torches, has been diverted to the COVID-19 fight. 

The ship classification society, Indian Register of Shipping, launched a new service to provide certification of marine containers

Indian Register of Shipping (IRClass) has undertaken successful sea trials for two vessels towards use of biofuels in concurrence with the Indian flag administration.

The Japanese product tanker 'Orange Victoria' is under investigation at Kochi Port, India, suspect in a hit and run incident off Kochi. Suspicions are the ship, with 23 crew members onboard, hit the fiberglass fishing boat 'Achu' in the night hours of 18 March.

In light of the International Women’s Day for 2021 on 8 March, Shipping Corporation of India (SCI) announced that the "MT Swarna Krishna" vessel, which is fully managed & commanded by all women officers, set sail.

India will spend a total of USD 82 billion (or Rs 6 lakh crores) in more than 574 projects for port development from 2015 to 2035, the Indian Prime Minister announced in his address during the inauguration of Maritime India Summit 2021.

Ahead of a 3-day virtual Maritime India Summit, the National Union of Seafarers of India (NUSI) has inked 6 pacts, worth Rs 225 crore, with the shipping regulator Directorate General of Shipping.

Global LNG trade increased to 360 million tonnes in 2020 despite the unprecedented volatility caused by the COVID-19 pandemic, says oil major Shell in its latest annual LNG Outlook published Thursday. The report also predicts that global LNG demand is expected to reach 700 million tonnes by 2040.

Amid COVID-19 pandemic, India’s first domestic cruise liner Angriya, is now being used as an accommodation for stranded seafarers, since it helps them to navigate safely between their homes and port of calls.