Shipping
`Make in India’ hopes fade for LNG tanker vessels
07 Aug 2017
The initial cost of building an LNG vessel, which was estimated at $338 million per carrier, including $100 million in technology cost, would have dropped to about $220 million after the first two ships were constructed
Cochin Shipyard IPO opens for subscription
01 Aug 2017
Sri Lanka to sell 70% stake in Hambantota Port to Chinese consortium
26 Jul 2017
Sri Lanka’s cabinet on Tuesday approved a revised deal for the Chinese-built port in Hambantota, wherein it would sell 70 per cent stake in the southern port to the state-run China Merchants Port Holdings for $1.12 billion
JNPT hit as new Petya virus sweeps across globe
28 Jun 2017
Make In India: Cochin Shipyard building 4 modern passenger-cum-cargo vessels for Andamans
13 May 2017
Maersk Line to buy smaller rival Hamburg Süd
02 Dec 2016
Major ports enhance efficiency and productivity
19 Nov 2016
Japan’s top 3 shippers to merge container ops amid downturn
31 Oct 2016
Nippon Yusen KK, Mitsui OSK Lines Ltd and Kawasaki Kisen Kaisha Ltd said they will integrate their container shipping operations to create the world's sixth-largest player, joining a growing trend of consolidation in an industry battling its worst-ever downturn
Dream Cruise’s Genting Dream launches India operations
29 Oct 2016
The 2,000-plus passengers will board the luxury cruise liner to sail to Colombo and Singapore and further to East Asian ports, say Mumbai Port Trust officials
Featured articles
Lighter than air, yet very, very powerful
By Kiron Kasbekar | 03 Jan 2024
In March 2013 Chinese scientists pulled off a remarkable feat. They created the world’s lightest aerogel. Tipping the scales at a mere 0.16 milligrams per cubic centimeter – that’s a sixth of the weight of air!
COP28 explained: A closer look at COP28's climate change solutions
By Aniket Gupta | 27 Dec 2023
The 28th United Nations Climate Change Conference, also known as COP28, took place from 30th November 2023, to 13th December 2023, at Expo City in Dubai, United Arab Emirates.
What is a Ponzi scheme?
By Aniket Gupta | 06 Dec 2023
Ponzi schemes have long captivated the public imagination, drawing unsuspecting investors into a web of illusion and deception.
The Rise and Rise of HDFC Bank
03 Jul 2023
HDFC, which surged ahead of global majors like HSBC Holdings Plc and Citigroup Inc and left Indian peers like State Bank of India and ICICI Bank in market capitalisation, now ranks fourth largest among the world’s most valuable banks, after JPMorgan Chase & Co, Industrial and Commercial Bank of China Ltd and Bank of America Corp
India’s Millet Revolution To Enrich Global Food Basket
02 Apr 2023
Millets, a healthier and cheaper substitute to wheat and rice, are indigenous to many parts of the world, especially in the semiarid tropics of Asia and Africa, and offers a big scope for expanding production and consumption in the foodgrain deficient African continent
Market predator Hindenburg preys on Adani stock
06 Mar 2023
Almost a month after the damning report of short-seller Hindenburg Research on the Adani Group that claimed that the seven stocks within the group were about 85 per cent overvalued, one of the group's stocks, Adani Total Gas, closed at Rs835 on the BSE, down nearly 79 per cent from its 24 January level, almost close to reaching that valuation
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