
Major Ports Cargo Traffic Climbs 8% in First Half of FY27 as Growth Gathers Pace
Summary Cargo traffic at India’s major ports rose 8% year on year in April-September 2026, faster than the growth seen in the first four months
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Summary Cargo traffic at India’s major ports rose 8% year on year in April-September 2026, faster than the growth seen in the first four months

Summary Tamil Nadu has begun identifying land for a multimodal logistics hub and dry port in Tiruchirappalli, after the Centre and the state gave in-principle

Summary South Central Railway and IIM Bangalore have brought freight customers together to review opportunities for expanding rail cargo business. An ongoing market study covers

Summary The Department of Posts and Blue Dart Express have signed an agreement under which Blue Dart will use India Post’s network of 1.64 lakh

Summary Hooghly Cochin Shipyard, a wholly owned subsidiary of Cochin Shipyard, has secured a repeat order from Heritage River Journeys, operator of Antara River Cruises,

Summary BEML has received an order worth approximately ₹75.58 crore to export and maintain high-mobility military vehicles in Southeast Asia. The contract covers its HMV

Summary India and Liberia, co-chairs of a UN group on shipping and seafarer safety, have jointly condemned a series of attacks on commercial vessels in

Summary India has reaffirmed its ambition to develop globally competitive shipyards, strengthen maritime skills and support greener shipping. Speaking at Sagarmanthan 2026, Shipping Minister Sarbananda

Summary Bangladesh’s Chittagong Port Authority has signed a 15-year agreement with DP World to operate New Mooring Container Terminal and its overflow yard. The concession

Summary Cargo traffic at India’s major ports rose 8% year

Summary Tamil Nadu has begun identifying land for a multimodal

Summary South Central Railway and IIM Bangalore have brought freight

Summary The Department of Posts and Blue Dart Express have

Summary Hooghly Cochin Shipyard, a wholly owned subsidiary of Cochin

Summary BEML has received an order worth approximately ₹75.58 crore

Summary India and Liberia, co-chairs of a UN group on

Summary India has reaffirmed its ambition to develop globally competitive

Summary Bangladesh’s Chittagong Port Authority has signed a 15-year agreement