India
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Asia
Adani Ports looks to take over Gangavaram Port
India’s largest private port operator Adani Ports and Special Economic Zone (APSEZ) is looking to take control of Gangavaram Port in Andhra…
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Ports and Logistics
India to spend $82bn on port development
India will make investments totaling $82bn in various port projects by 2035 in order to boost the country’s maritime sector.…
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Asia
Foresight, Exmar and GMS in the mix for Shipping Corp of India buy-out
Multiple Indian media outlets are reporting a host of local and overseas companies expressing an interest in taking over state-run…
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Containers
India looks to enter container manufacturing
India is looking to enter the container manufacturing sector in a big way as the country aims to boost its…
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Finance and Insurance
Seven Islands Shipping files for Mumbai IPO
Indian tanker player Seven Islands Shipping is looking to raise INR6bn ($82.3m) from an initial public offering (IPO) in Mumbai.…
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Ports and Logistics
Adani plans $1.4bn alternate gateway to Mumbai
Adani Ports and Special Economic Zone is trumpeting an alternative gateway to congested Mumbai. The Gautam Adani-led company has just…
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Asia
Great Eastern linked to bid for Shipping Corporation of India
Local media is reporting that Indian owner Great Eastern Shipping is like to submit a bid to acquire government-owned Shipping…
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Offshore
3 crew dead after fire hits Greatship PSV off Mumbai
Three seafarers have been found dead after a fire hit the Greatship-owned platform supply vessel on Saturday. The vessel, on…
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Offshore
Vantage Drilling awarded new two-year contract by ONGC
Houston-based offshore driller Vantage Drilling International has been awarded a new two-year contract by India’s ONGG for 2010-built drillship .…
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Tankers
World’s first ‘carbon-neutral oil’ shipped to India
Oxy Low Carbon Ventures (OLCV), a division of Occidental, has provided details of what it claims is the world’s first…
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Offshore
Larsen & Toubro awarded EPCIC contract by ONGC
Larsen & Toubro’s L&T Hydrocarbon Engineering (LTHE) has secured a contract from Oil & Natural Gas Corporation (ONGC) for their…
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Asia
Bids readied to take Shipping Corporation of India private
A management buy-out of sorts is being mooted for India’s flagship carrier. According to the Hindu Business Line, around 400…
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Offshore
Shearwater GeoServices awarded Bay of Bengal survey by Reliance
Shearwater GeoServices has been awarded a 3D seismic acquisition contract in India’s Bay of Bengal by Reliance Industries. The survey…
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Operations
Vega Reederei teams with Indian shipmanager
German owner Vega Reederei has teamed with a recently formed Indian shipmanager to create a new shipmanagement venture with grand…
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Tankers
Great Eastern Shipping offloads suezmax pair
Great Eastern Shipping has announced the sale of two of its oldest suezmax tankers, the 200-built pair Jag Lateef and…
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Asia
India moves to regulate freight charges
India is updating merchant shipping regulations and has outlined plans to regulate freight charges. The draft Merchant Shipping Bill, posted…
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Tankers
India looks to double oil refining capacity in next five years
India is planning to double its oil refining capacity in the next five years, the country’s prime minister Narendra Modi…
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Dry Cargo
Great Eastern Shipping acquires secondhand capesize
India’s Great Eastern Shipping Company has sealed a deal to buy a secondhand capesize bulker, adding to the one capesize…
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Tankers
Seven Islands Shipping snaps up Tufton Oceanic suezmax
Indian owner Seven Islands Shipping has acquired its second suezmax tanker in as many months according to broking reports. UK owner…
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Offshore
Shell terminates Aban Offshore jackup contract
Shell has terminated a contract with Aban Offshore for the jackup drilling rig operating in Brunei. Shell awarded a five-year contract…
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