Shipping
Shipping Corporation of India lines up $6-bn for 110 vessels
08 Mar 2011
The Shipping Corporation of India plans to acquire 110 vessels at a total estimated cost of $6 billion over the next ten years, growing its fleet-size 140 per cent in the process
Maersk Line launches Europe-India ICON service
22 Feb 2011
Navy, Coast Guard capture 28 Somali pirates
07 Feb 2011
India announces $100-bn investment on port upgrade
14 Jan 2011
India has announced a perspective plan that will involve a massive investment of Rs451,300 crore ($100 billion) over a ten year period aimed at augmenting port capacity, facilities and the merchant fleet.
Shipbuilding orders on the rise as recovery spurs demand
13 Jan 2011
Shipbuilding orders may touch the highest level since 2008 keeping pace with global economic recovery.
NYK to triple Capesize fleet for India on heightened coal, ore demand
24 Dec 2010
NYK, Japan’s second- largest operator of dry-bulk ships, plans to more than triple its fleet of Capesizes serving India because of galloping demand for coal and iron ore in what is now the world’s fastest-growing major steel market.
SCI to invest $3 billion over next three years
06 Dec 2010
China overtakes Korea as world’s top shipbuilder
29 Nov 2010
China will now occupy another global top slot with its shipbuilding industry edging South Korea to the number two spot
SCI sets FPO price band at Rs135-140 a share
26 Nov 2010
SCI has offered a discount of 5 per cent on the issue price to retail investors and eligible employees applying for share allotment out of the reserved quota
Millionth ship crosses the Panama Canal
15 Oct 2010
Ninety six years after it was opened for traffic the Panama Canal saw passage of the millionth vessel across its various artificial lakes, artificial channels and three sets of locks.
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