India’s first green shipping route to go live in six months - India Seatrade News

VOC Port enhances bulk cargo handling capacity

MADURAI : VO Chidambaranar Port Authority, Thoothukudi, achieved another major milestone in bulk cargo handling. The North Cargo Berth (NCB)–III, operated by JSW Tuticorin Multipurpose Terminal, is ready for interim commercial operations. The terminal can discharge dry-bulk cargo such as coal, limestone, gypsum, rock phosphate, and copper concentrate with two 120-tonne capacity harbour mobile cranes. The 306-metre long and 14.20-metre draft, NCB…

India Charts a Greener Course: Inside the Nation’s First Coastal Green Shipping Corridor - Commonwealth Union

India is set to steer its maritime sector into a new era of sustainability with the launch of its inaugural coastal green shipping corridor, slated to connect Kandla on the west coast to Thoothukudi on the east. In an ambitious public–private partnership, the V. O. Chidambaranar Port Authority and Deendayal Port Authority have joined forces with the Shipping Corporation of India (SCI) to pilot cleaner fuel technologies and dramatically curb carb…

India’s first green shipping route to go live in six months - India Seatrade News

India is poised to launch its first domestic coastal green shipping corridor in its bid to decarbonise maritime logistics. The strategic route, connecting Kandla on the west coast with Thoothukudi (V O Chidambaranar Port) in the south, is expected to be operational within the next three to six months, according to the Union Secretary at […]

India likely to launch first domestic coastal green shipping corridor - Maritime Gateway

India is poised to launch its first domestic coastal green shipping corridor in its bid to decarbonise maritime logistics. The strategic route, connecting Kandla on the west coast with Thoothukudi (V O Chidambaranar Port) in the south, is expected to be operational within the next three to six months, according to the Union Secretary at the Ministry of Ports, Shipping and Waterways T K Ramachandran. The corridor is being jointly developed by the…