At the Gateway Awards, former shipping secretaries who changed the course of Indian maritime industry were honoured

China is developing maritime infrastructure across the world for economic and political reasons. Experts opine that India should be careful of these developments and do its own bit for the neighbours

To address the problem of mis-declared container weights, the International Maritime Organisation has promulgated a new regulation ordering laden boxes to be weighed before they are loaded on to vessels. By doing this, the body has set the cat among pigeons.

Empty container repositioning will continue to plague the Indian maritime sector without innovations both from the industry and the government

When the UPA government unveiled a detailed document in 2010 laying out a timetable for several operational milestones, whispers were agog about the impracticality of this white paper. Five years later, there is greater disapproval about the agenda becoming a reality. The Maritime Agenda undid itself right from the start

Demand for coal is increasing rapidly, but the corresponding improvement in transport infrastructure to facilitate quick movement of the fuel to consumption points is yet to catch up

Driven by industrialization and rising literacy levels, the Indian paper and paper boards industry bears the promise and the capability to cater to the growing domestic demand simultaneously creating multi fold benefits to the environment, in the employment and forex segments. However, the value chain needs to be encouraged by the government and logistics bottlenecks have to be sawed down for the industry to flourish.

Port led development should be the guiding motive of states that are encouraging new industries coming up on the east coast.