Tag: India

ABS Nautical Systems (NS) is expanding its operations in Pune, India by more than 30% to keep pace with the substantial growth experienced in 2015. The move to a major IT park will better serve both the NS staff and customers and will allow NS to increase the pace of product development. As a part of this expansion, NS will be hiring staff in all positions including Development, Customer Service, QA and Consulting.

ECSA has called industry to support responsible ship recycling in Alang following its recent trip to the country where it had the opportunity to witness first-hand the important investments made in a number of ship recycling yards to ensure compliance with the Hong Kong International Convention for the Safe and Environmentally Sound Recycling of Ships.

A 75-seater solar powered passenger ferry is to be launched in August in Southern India, according to NavAlt, the India-based company who is building the vessel.

The stakeholders of the Kakinada Ports foresee an accelerated growth in the export and import activity at the ports in the next four years and develop plans for building LNG terminals in the area as well.

Ship recycling practices in Alang, India, are gradually improving. The European Commission should acknowledge this positive development under the EU Ship Recycling Regulation. Adopting an overly restrictive approach will discourage first movers and further delay the entry into force of the IMO Hong Kong Convention.

In view of the recent downturn/ recession in global shipping, the Indian Directorate General of Shipping has been receiving requests regarding the reduction in manning scale for Indian vessels laid up at ports in India as well as overseas.

Maersk, which has already invested about $800 million in India, is looking at expanding its footprint by tapping into “a number of opportunities” available in the country. The Maersk Group, with a significant presence in India, operates in 130 countries with five core businesses, also said that for the ‘Make in India’ programme to succeed, the country needs “energetic set of policy mechanism” for the sector.

Korean Register (KR) has announced that it has signed an agreement with the Directorate General of Shipping (DGS) to deliver services on behalf of the Indian flag administration, carrying out vessel surveys and issuing certificates according to international conventions.

Indian's Prime Minister Narendra Modi announced new initiatives to ''revive and restore India’s position of eminence in the global maritime sector'' during his speech at the first Maritime India Summit (MIS) 2016.

The Government of India has relaxed cabotage restrictions for ports which transship at least 50% of the container handled by them. The cabotage relaxation will enable shipping lines to consolidate Indian EXIM and empty containers at transshipment ports in India for onward transportation to destination ports by main shipping lines.