Union Minister of Ports, Shipping and Waterways, Sarbananda Sonowal on Monday announced multiple initiatives by the government to boost the waterways and maritime sector in the region.
Over the past 11 years, the Ministry of Ports, Shipping, and Waterways (MoPSW) has transformed India's maritime sector, achieving record growth in cargo handling, capacity, and coastal shipping. Major ports have nearly doubled their capacity, and cruise tourism is rising with ambition. New t
The Union Minister of Ports, Shipping & Waterways MoPSW), Sarbananda Sonowal on Thursday inaugurated Sagarmala Finance Corporation Limited (SMFCL), India's first Non-Banking Financial Company (NBFC) in the maritime sector.
India is working to become a credible and competitive alternative destination in the global maritime sector and has committed USD 20 billion for infrastructure development focused on enhancing multimodal logistics, port connectivity, and trade facilitation, said Sarbananda Sonowal, the Union
In an attempt to enhance application of 'Green Maritime Technologies,' Sonowal held a meeting with Transport Minister Jon-Ivar Nygard. Highlighting India's renewed push to modernise its maritime sector with a green and sustainable focus, the Union Minister underscored the country's initia
In a landmark moment for India's maritime sector, Prime Minister Narendra Modi virtually inaugurated and laid the foundation stone for several transformational projects of Deendayal Port Authority (DPA), Kandla, worth over Rs1,100 crores, during a grand event held at Bhuj, Kutch on Monday.
Union Minister Sarbananda Sonowal on Sunday highlighted that India's maritime sector has witnessed a surge in the numbers of women seafarers in the last 10 years, recording a whopping growth of 649 per cent. He made these remarks at the inaugural of International Day for Women in Maritime c
he Union Minister of Ports, Shipping and Waterways (MoPSW), Sarbananda Sonowal unveiled the 'Sagar Mein Samman' (SMS), a policy initiative of the Central Government to create a future ready gender equitable maritime workforce with the ultimate aim to increase participation of women in the ma
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday emphasised that India has seen prosperity for thousands of years and the country had major cities in the global GDP. He stated that India's "maritime" capacity made it different from other countries and added that Kerala has a very big contribution i
As India's first dedicated container trans-shipment port, it represents transformative advancements in the country's maritime sector, aligning with the vision of Viksit Bharat
According to the release, it is the country's first dedicated container transhipment port, representing the transformative advancements being made in India's maritime sector as part of the unified vision of Viksit Bharat.
The Union Minister of Ports, Shipping & Waterways, Sarbananda Sonowal, highlighted the occasion of the arrival and flagging of CMA CGM Vitoria, as the first Indian flagged vessel by a global shipping major, from the Nhava Sheva Freeport Terminal on Monday.