New Delhi [India], July 13 (ANI): In a first, the Minister of State for Shipping, Mansukh Mandaviya, on Friday digitally flagged-off a vessel from Assam's Dhubri to Bangladesh's Narayanganj, carrying 1000 MT of Bhutanese stone.
Ankara [Turkey], July 12 (ANI): Defying the US pressure, Turkey on Friday received the first shipment of S-400 air defence missile system equipment from Russia.
New Delhi [India], July 11 (ANI): Minister of State for Shipping (Independent Charge) and Chemical and Fertilizers, Mansukh Mandaviya will flag off an inland waterways vessel containing cargo from Bhutan to Bangladesh via Brahmaputra river and the Indo-Bangla Protocol Route tomorrow.
New Delhi [India], July 11 (ANI): Cargo transportation on waterways rose to 72.31 million tonnes in 2018-19 from 55.2 million tonnes in 2016-17 and 55.03 million tonnes in 2017-18, the government said on Thursday.
Washington DC [USA], Jul 11 (ANI): At least five boats belonging to Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps on Wednesday failed in their attempt to seize a British oil tanker in the Persian Gulf, amid geopolitical tensions in the region, according to two US officials.
Sana'a [Yemen], July 9 (ANI): The Arab Coalition has foiled a Houthi attack on a commercial ship in the Red Sea, as per the grouping's spokesperson Colonel Turki al-Maliki.
Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], July 9 (ANI): Larsen & Toubro's board has given approval for the scheme of amalgamation of L&T Shipbuilding with the parent group.
Washington [USA], July 6 (ANI): Deceased US student Otto Warmbier's family on Friday filed a claim for the North Korean cargo ship which was seized by the United States in May, stating that the vessel can be used to pay off part of the family's USD 500 million judgement against the reclusive
Tehran [Iran], July 5 (ANI): Iran has summoned British envoy Nicolas Hopton to convey its objections over the "illegal seizure" of an Iranian oil tanker by UK patrol ships in Gibraltar, country's Foreign Ministry spokesperson Abbas Mousavi said.
Washington D.C. [USA], July 2 (ANI): The United Nations Sanctions Committee (UNSC) on Tuesday allowed South Korea to release two ships detained for illegal ship-to-ship transfer of petroleum products to North Korea.
New Delhi [India], July 1 (ANI): The five Indian sailors who were kidnapped from a ship in Nigeria earlier this year, will return to Mumbai on Monday following their release, Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) said on Sunday.