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Friday, October 3, 2025
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India, China, S.Korea are taking unusual steps to tackle their container shortages

Indian Railways is discussing if its current 25% discount for moving empty containers inland along some routes needs to be extended beyond March.

How a container crisis has led to food piling up in all the wrong places

China has revved up its export economy and is paying huge premiums for containers, making it far more profitable to send them back empty than to refill them.

Why high shipping rates are a new headwind for global economy

Transport woes are plaguing consumer & healthcare sectors that are dealing with a dearth of available shipping containers to move components & products out of Asia’s export powers.

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.

How a shortage of containers is threatening India’s nascent export revival

Global trade has been hit by shortage of containers & India’s situation is worsened by tensions with China that have reduced imports -- and incoming containers.

Shipping groups call on Amazon’s Jeff Bezos to save thousands of stranded seafarers

Industry bodies said global trade would simply cease to exist without seafarers and urged Bezos to exert pressure on incoming Biden administration to recognise them as key workers.

IIT-Madras develops autonomous solar vehicle to survey water bodies, provide real-time data

The institute is already in the process of commercialising & licensing the technology with the help of shipping ministry. The vehicle is expected to be operational in early 2021. 

23 Indian crew, stuck aboard merchant vessel in Chinese port since June, face uncertain future

Most crew members have been on board far longer than permitted limit of 11 months, but China is refusing permission for their repatriation ‘due to Covid’.

Shipping companies use a number of dirty practices to evade responsibility, study shows

The shipping industry handles 80-90 per cent of global trade in goods and has been the backbone of the ‘third wave’ of globalisation that started in 1980s.

Chabahar faces more delay as India junks deal with China crane supplier, floats fresh tender

India was irked by delay on part of the Chinese firm to supply cranes, and its demand New Delhi indemnify any losses suffered because of US sanctions.

On Camera

6 reasons Trump’s Gaza plan won’t work—even if Hamas accepts it

On paper, the 21-point plan looks balanced—Palestinian governance, international oversight, reconstruction pledges. But in reality, it is a non-negotiable diktat.

Nodal officers to fast-tracking NOCs, Kerala govt’s heeding investor concerns, and it means business

As many as 21 policy reforms are under implementation following Invest Kerala Global Summit, as LDF govt works to change perception that the state is not conducive to businesses.

Army chief’s big warning to Pakistan: Stop sponsoring terrorism if you want to exist geographically

Amid continued concerns over cross-border terrorism, General Upendra Dwivedi further warned the neighbour that India will not show restraint if there is an Op Sindoor 2.0.

Something’s hidden in the Oval Office photo of Trump, Munir, Sharif. India must look closely

What Munir has achieved with Trump is a return to normal, ironing out the post-Abbottabad crease. The White House picture gives us insight into how Pakistan survives, occasionally thrives and thinks.