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TopicCargo vessels

Topic: Cargo vessels

Railways cheapest mode of cargo transport in India, finds govt’s first-ever study on freight costs

India’s logistics costs fell to 7.97 percent of GDP in FY24, down from 8.84 percent a year earlier, with small firms facing the heaviest burden, the DPIIT report shows.

India-bound cargo ship hijacked by Houthis, says Israel. Netanyahu slams Iran

Galaxy Leader is owned by British company, operated by Japanese firm, & registered in Bahamas. Israel strongly condemns Iranian attack against international vessel, says PM office.

Realised extent of pandemic now, says Indian sailor stranded in China on returning home

46-year-old Anand Francis Fernandes, one of 16 Indian sailors aboard MV Anastasia that was stranded in Chinese waters since September 2020, returned to India Monday.

Why Indian sailors, set to return home soon, were stranded in Chinese waters for over 4 months

Sixteen Indian sailors aboard Swiss-Italian cargo vessel MV Anastasia are expected to return by 14 February after the vessel carried out a crew change in Japan.

How a captain’s mid-ocean detour tipped off investors to a Covid crisis at sea

Investors discovered that strict Covid protocols had left hundreds of seafarers stranded on cargo ships, turning them from engines of global commerce into floating prisons.

39 Indian sailors continue to be stranded in Chinese waters, no resolution on horizon

The sailors are on two ships, the Indian MV Jag Anand and Swiss-Italian MV Anastasia, that have been denied permission to offload Australian coal they are carrying.

What happens when tycoons abandon their giant cargo ships

Covid has wrought havoc everywhere, but in the nominally regulated shipping industry it’s fueling a worrying practice: the abandonment of ships, cargo & seafarers.

China’s virus-safety demand is latest hurdle to Trump trade deal

China wants international shippers of meat and soybeans to attest that their cargo meets safety standards, a requirement companies are wary of for fear of liability.

Sailors are stranded and that’s posing a big risk to safety of shipping and global trade

Thanks to coronavirus, the critical process of reducing sailor fatigue is breaking down, threatening the safety of the world's waterways.

PM Modi to greet India’s first inland vessel with container cargo on arrival in Varanasi

In a historic first, India has launched the transport of container cargo aboard inland vessels, a greener way to ferry goods.

On Camera

Youth Congress, your foolish protest helped the Modi govt climb out of the AI summit hole

In tactical terms, the shirtless protest was worse than a self-goal. Suddenly, the fiascos of the AI Summit were forgotten, and the Youth Congress’s disruption became the issue.

In the West, there’s anxiety. In India, optimism—Rishi Sunak says India poised to be leader in AI

On Wednesday, the former UK Prime Minister Rishi Sunak was speaking in New Delhi at a Carnegie & Observer Research Foundation event on AI.

MoD, IAF agree on some exemptions to HAL for Tejas Mk1A, but no compromise on ‘must-have’ capabilities

IAF is fine with accepting the aircraft with 'must-haves', even if some other steps remain pending, which may take at least another year, it is learnt.

No country is ever fully sovereign. Cold War era taught India its real meaning

India’s fraught neighbourhood places multiple constraints on its strategic choices. It leaves no time to take a deep breath, lean back and reset.