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| | GANDHIDHAM: India took a major step toward becoming a green energy exporter as Gujarat CM Shri Bhupendra Patel, Union Minister of Ports, Shipping and Waterways (MoPSW), Shri Sarbananda Sonowal and Assam’s CM Dr Himanta Biswa Sarma laid the foundation stone for the country’s first port-based e-methanol plant at Deendayal Port Authority (DPA) in Kandla. |
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| | AHMEDABAD : Union Home Minister and Minister of Cooperation Shri Amit Shah on Sunday inaugurated development projects worth ₹1,472 crore and flagged off the country’s first LNG-Powered Train from Sabarmati Railway Station here in Ahmedabad, Gujarat. He also inaugurated the WAG-12 Maintenance Shed being established for the maintenance of railway locomotive engines. Gujarat Chief Minister Shri Bhupendra Patel and several other dignitaries were present on the occasion. |
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| | GANDHINAGAR: Deendayal Port Authority (DPA), Kandla, has achieved another significant operational milestone by crossing the 90 million metric tonne (MMT) cargo mark, registering an impressive 27% year-on-year growth. |
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| | MUMBAI: Mumbai Port Authority (MbPA) successfully handled three exceptionally heavy Over Dimensional Cargo (ODC) packages through a specialised Barge Roll-Off operation on 24 September 2026. The operation highlights Mumbai Port’s capability to handle complex heavy-lift and project cargo and support the movement of Indian-manufactured industrial equipment to international markets. |
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| | BHADRAK: Dhamra Port in Odisha, operated by Adani Ports and Special Economic Zone (APSEZ), has shifted its entire electricity consumption to renewable power, becoming India’s first large-scale private multi-cargo port to operate fully on renewable electricity, according to the company. |
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| | NAVI MUMBAI: PSA Mumbai has achieved a significant operational milestone by completing a 2-hour 05-minute turnaround for a Dedicated Double-Stack Train at Jawaharlal Nehru Port Authority (JNPA), handling a total of 270 TEUs. |
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| | TUTICORIN: JSW Tuticorin Multipurpose Terminal Private Limited has achieved a significant operational milestone by recording its highest-ever 24-hour cargo discharge of 43,052 metric tonnes (MT) of steam coal during the vessel operation of MV AQUA VITA GLORY. |
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| | THOOTHUKUDI: Dakshin Bharat Gateway Terminal (DBGT) hosted Shri Samarth Verma, IAS, Director, Ministry of Ports, Shipping and Waterways (MoPSW), along with officials from V.O. Chidambaranar Port Authority (VOC Port), during an official visit to the terminal on September 23, 2026. |
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| | MANGALURU: New Mangalore Port Authority (NMPA) is undertaking a series of activities as part of the ongoing Swachhta Pakhwada 2026, promoting cleanliness, environmental responsibility and community participation across the Port. |
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| | NEW DELHI : Union Minister of Commerce and Industry Shri Piyush Goyal highlighted that as global markets open up to India through Free Trade Agreements (FTAs), Uttar Pradesh’s entrepreneurs will have greater opportunities to access international markets. Addressing the UP International Trade Show in Greater Noida, Uttar Pradesh, Shri Goyal said that expanding exports, investments and global market access would contribute to the state’s goal of becoming a $1 trillion economy. |
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| | NEW YORK: India and the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) on Friday (local time) reviewed the implementation of their Joint Action Plan and discussed regional and international issues, including the situation in West Asia and challenges to commercial shipping in international waterways, during the India-GCC Troika Ministerial Meeting in New York, as per the Ministry of External Affairs (MEA). |
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| | KOLKATA: The 110th Annual General Meeting (AGM) of Garden Reach Shipbuilders and Engineers (GRSE) Ltd was held on Friday, 25 Sep 2026. The meeting was attended by Cmde PR Hari, IN (Retd), Chairman and Managing Director, GRSE, Cdr Shantanu Bose, IN(Retd.), Director (Shipbuilding), Capt (IN) P Sunilkumar, (Retd.), Director (Corporate Planning & Personnel), Shri Niranjan Bhalerao, Director (Finance), along with the Government Nominee Director, Dr. Vijay Namdeorao Zade, Independent Director, Shri Kamleshbhai Mirani, Company Secretary, Shri Sandeep Mahapatra and shareholders of the company. |
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| | By Vaibhav Singh, Program Manager, NLDSL Introduction Logistics has always depended on networks. What is changing is how those networks are being organized. As supply chains become more multimodal and digitally connected, platforms are moving beyond standalone software tools to create common environments for shippers, transporters, freight forwarders, warehouse operators and other participants. India’s National Logistics Policy explicitly envisions a technologically enabled, integrated, cost-efficient and trusted logistics ecosystem, making platform-based coordination increasingly relevant. |
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| | CHENNAI : Indian Coast Guard (ICG) Ship Shaunak sailed from Chennai on September 25, 2026 for Perth, Australia, as part of the QUAD‑at‑Sea Ship Observer Mission. This marks an important step in advancing maritime cooperation and interoperability among QUAD nations – India, Australia, Japan, and the United States. |
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| | WASHINGTON D.C.: United States President Donald Trump expressed confidence that the conflict with Iran will be won “very soon,” while acknowledging that fresh military strikes ahead of the US midterm elections are “possible.” |
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| | NEW YORK: Russia is ready to help stabilise the Strait of Hormuz and the wider Gulf region, Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said at the United Nations General Assembly on Saturday, as the US-Iran conflict continues to put the strategically important waterway at the centre of regional tensions. |
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| | WASHINGTON D.C.: The United States military has firmly denied claims made by Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) that it captured an advanced American unmanned underwater surveillance vehicle in the Strait of Hormuz, calling the assertion “clearly desperate”, Al Jazeera reported. |
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| | TEHRAN: Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) on Sunday (local time) repeated its claim of capturing a United States underwater drone in the Strait of Hormuz, this time identifying the “second catch” as a “Mk 18 Mod 2 Kingfish” that was earlier reported as a REMUS 600. |
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| | ISLAMABAD: Pakistan’s capital is being turned into a steel fortress ahead of a march on 27 September by supporters of jailed PTI leader and former Prime Minister Imran Khan. More than 20,000 police personnel from Punjab and Sindh are being deployed, with the Punjab government under Maryam Nawaz also calling in the federal paramilitary force Pakistan Rangers to Rawalpindi, Attock, Jhelum, and Mianwali, BBC Urdu reported Wednesday. Authorities have also turned to erecting barriers using a tool that is now pervasive in Pakistani politics: containers. |
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