Huge Ports Deal Sparks US-China Tensions

The $22.8 billion CK Hutchison ports deal intensifies geopolitical tensions between the US and China.Chinese media has already called it 'a betrayal of all Chinese people'.Shyam G Menon explains......

Fire on cargo ship off Karwar under control, 1 crew member missing

The fire on a merchant vessel off the Karwar coast has been brought under control after more than 24 hours but one of the ship's 21 crew members was missing, the Indian Coast Guard (ICG) said on......

Bridges Collapse In America Too!

Early on March 26, 2024, the Francis Scott Key Bridge in Baltimore, Maryland, in the United States collapsed after it was struck by a container ship, the Dali. Following the incident, Maryland......

Ship That Crashed Into Bridge Had Indian Crew

The Indian embassy in Washington condoled the 'unfortunate accident' after a cargo ship lost power and rammed into a major bridge in Baltimore on Tuesday, March 26, 2024, destroying the span in a......

What A380's failure can teach the shipping industry

As a model of transport, the A380 strikes a parallel -- a shared fragility -- with giant container ships, observes Shyam G Menon. IMAGE: A container ship is loaded at a container terminal in......

Suez, de-globalization, and a Semiconductor Fab for India

'If the almost literally heart-stopping Suez block has any positive outcome, it is to be hoped that it will accelerate the setting up of a fab (perhaps Taiwanese) in India,' asserts Rajeev......

JNPT terminal, Petya's first victim in India

AP Moller-Maersk, one of the affected entities globally, operates the Gateway Terminals India at JNPT. Operations at the terminal of the nation's largest container port Jawaharlal Nehru Port Trust......

Maersk-Concor bags third JNPT terminal project

The government has finally given the green signal for the development of the third container terminal at the Jawaharlal Nehru Port Trust. The Maersk-Concor consortium is required to sign the......

Review: Captain Phillips is gripping

Captain Phillips is good entertainment that, thankfully, has its brain intact, writes Paloma Sharma. When Richard Phillips leaves home and family behind in Vermont to captain a container ship,......