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‘Indefinite’ strike looms at India’s ports as unions claim new law threatens jobs

India’s major public ports – already under growth pressure because of increasing competition from non-government cargo handlers led by Adani Group – face a renewed threat of labour stoppages after the government cleared new legislation reforming management systems.
Trade unions representing dockworkers have voted to stage an indefinite nationwide strike on or after 15 December, to press for various demands, notably consultation on the new Major Port Authorities Act.
“Immediate action may …

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Indian shippers re-route more transhipment cargo to Nhava Sheva and Mundra

Cargo owners at India’s hinterland points of Chennai and Kolkata are rerouting more shipments to JNPT (Nhava Sheva) or Mundra instead of feedering to hub or intermediate ports in South Asia for mainline, long-haul connectivity.
These are usually Colombo (Sri Lanka), Singapore and Port Klang (Malaysia) .
What became the driving force in helping shippers alter their long-time supply chain pursuits away from transhipment is the introduction of block-train services by major …

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Unprecedented container congestion to hit exporters as importers fail to collect cargo

Global container supply chains could be facing an unprecedented congestion crisis, as isolated hotspots of boxes pile up at ports, and container freight stations expand and spread.
As news this week emerged of huge backlogs of containers building up at key Indian gateways such as Nhava Sheva, Mundra and Chennai, forwarders warned that over the next month port congestion in some parts of the world would lead to shortages of equipment …

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GAC India handles first tanker at new LNG terminal

Marshall Islands-flagged LNG carrier ‘LNG/C Golar Snow’

GAC India handles first tanker at new LNG terminal 

India, 11 March 2019– GAC has handled the first tanker to berth at the newly constructed Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG) terminal inside Kamarajar Port, Ennore in Chennai, India. The Marshall Islands-flagged LNG carrier ‘LNG/C Golar Snow’ was carrying the first consignment of 78,037m³ of LNG from Ras Laffan in Qatar for the commissioning of the terminal.

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http://www.allaboutshipping.co.uk/2019/03/11/gac-india-handles-first-tanker-at-new-lng-terminal/

Maersk’s shift in its operations

In what could mark the start of intense competition among four container terminals located across three ports (Chennai, Kamarajar and Kattupalli) within a distance of 30 km near Chennai, container vessel Leonidio of the global shipping line Maersk berthed, for the first time, at the Adani Ennore Container Terminal (AECT) inside the Kamarajar port in Ennore on Saturday (Oct. 20).

It also marks a complete shift in operations by Maersk – the world’s largest shipping line – to Ennore from Chennai...

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