
Govt lines up fresh Coastal Shipping, Waterways push with new incentive scheme
The government is preparing a renewed policy and incentive drive to scale up coastal shipping and inland water transport as part of a broader strategy
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The government is preparing a renewed policy and incentive drive to scale up coastal shipping and inland water transport as part of a broader strategy

As part of India’s infrastructure goals, Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Friday (February 1, 2026) announced that 20 new national waterways will be operationalised over the

Union Minister of Ports, Shipping and Waterways Sarbananda Sonowal said the Union Budget has provided a powerful thrust to India’s economic transformation by accelerating the Reform

Kochi Corporation is mulling termination of its agreement with Kerala Shipping & Inland Navigation Corporation Ltd (KSINC) for the Fort Kochi–Vypeen Ro-Ro ferry service, driven

The third meeting of the Inland Waterways Development Council (IWDC) will be held on January 23, 2026, at Kochi, Kerala, with the objective of highlighting

Prime Minister Narendra Modi has inaugurated two key maritime infrastructure projects in West Bengal as part of a Rs 830 crore development package, enhancing the

The Union Ministry of Ports, Shipping and Waterways has identified 14 national waterways in Maharashtra, of which seven have been found suitable for development following

The transformative initiatives undertaken to modernize inland water transport facilities in the North-Eastern States (NER) are as follows: Comprehensive development of National Waterway (NW)-2 (Brahmaputra

India took a significant step toward cleaner inland water transport on December 11 as the nation’s first domestically built hydrogen fuel cell vessel officially entered

The government is preparing a renewed policy and incentive drive

As part of India’s infrastructure goals, Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on

Union Minister of Ports, Shipping and Waterways Sarbananda Sonowal said the

Kochi Corporation is mulling termination of its agreement with Kerala

The third meeting of the Inland Waterways Development Council (IWDC)

Prime Minister Narendra Modi has inaugurated two key maritime infrastructure

The Union Ministry of Ports, Shipping and Waterways has identified

The transformative initiatives undertaken to modernize inland water transport facilities

India took a significant step toward cleaner inland water transport