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Union Minister of Ports, Shipping and Waterways Sarbananda Sonowal on Thursday left for Iran on a four-day visit during which he will assess the progress of the first phase of the Chabahar port and interact with senior functionaries of…

Close on the heels of the SCO foreign ministers' meet where minister S Jaishankar pitched for Chabahar Port as a viable connectivity link in the region, India invited envoys of all five Central Asian states, Iran and Afghanistan to…

To provide respite to waterway transportation from high fuel prices, the Shipping Ministry has directed all major ports to exempt coastal shipping operations from port and vessel charges for the next six months with immediate effect, an…

India has extended by two weeks a deadline for the export of 800,000 tonnes of sugar as annual monsoon rains make it tough for many producers to move stocks from factories to ports, the government said on Friday. Last month, the world's…

The waiting time at India’s major ports is supposed to drastically come down according to the targets set by Shipping Minister Sarbananda Sonowal. Speaking at a Chintan Baithak of the Shipping Ministry dwells on Innovative Ideas to…