The Inland Waterways Authority of India (IWAI) under the Ministry of Ports, Shipping and Waterways, has achieved two major milestones in advancing India’s inland water transport ecosystem under the Jal Marg Vikas Project (JMVP) on National Waterway-1. The Kalughat Intermodal Terminal in Bihar has been formally handed over to SAPL – Summit Alliance Port East Gateway (India) Pvt. Ltd. for operations and maintenance. Meanwhile, cargo ...

India Maritime Week 2025 opened in Mumbai with the Ministry of Ports, Shipping and Waterways (MoPSW) leading a series of landmark agreements and global collaborations focused on sustainability, innovation, and investment in the maritime sector. The inaugural Ministerial Plenary, chaired by Shri Shantanu Thakur, Hon’ble Minister of State for Ports, Shipping and Waterways, and addressed by Shri Sarbananda Sonowal, Hon’ble ...

A historic chapter in India’s maritime journey was written in Bhavnagar on 19th September 2025, when a MoU Exchange Ceremony took place on the eve of the “Samudra Se Samriddhi – Transforming India’s Maritime Sector” event addressed by Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi in which a number of projects pertaining to the maritime sector were launched. The MOU’s were signed on 18th September, ...

Paradip Port Authority  (PPA’s) remarkable journey has reached new heights with the recent record-breaking achievement of clocking incredible 145.38 MMT cargo throughput in FY 2023-24 and thus-by nudged passed Deendayal Port, Kandla to emerge as the highest cargo handling major port of the country. For the first time in the 56 years history of operation, PPA has surpassed previous records, set ...

Paradip Port achieved another milestone by handling highest ever cargo traffic of 6,49,730 Metric Tonnes in a single day on 14th December 2022. While congratulating Team PPA on this stupendous performance, Shri P.L.Haranadh, Chairman, PPA has also offered his heartfelt thanks to all Stakeholders for their constant support and immense contribution. This is to be noted that after dredging of ...

Paradip Port achieved another milestone by handling highest ever cargo traffic of 6,49,730 Metric Tonnes in a single day on 14th December 2022. While congratulating Team PPA on this stupendous performance, Shri P.L.Haranadh, Chairman, PPA has also offered his heartfelt thanks to all Stakeholders for their constant support and immense contribution. This is to be noted that after dredging of ...

To promote Inland Water Transport (IWT) in the country, 111 waterways (including 5 existing and 106 new) spread over 24 states have been declared as National Waterways under the National Waterways Act, 2016. Based on the outcome of techno-economic feasibility and Detailed Project Reports (DPRs) of the NWs, 26 NWs have been found viable for cargo/passenger movement as detailed at Annex.-1. ...

The State-wise list of 65 Lighthouses earmarked for development of tourism on PPP mode is annexed and the State-wise summary is listed below: S.No. Name of the State No. of Lighthouses 1. Gujarat 13 2. Tamil Nadu 11 3. Kerala 10 4. Andhra Pradesh* 09 5. Maharashtra 05 6. Karnataka 05 7. Odisha 05 8. West Bengal 03 9. Andaman ...

The percentage of cargo handled at different Major Ports, Port-wise during the last five years are given at Annexure – I.            The container tonnage handled at Visakhapatnam Port during 2021-22 was 85,83,000 tonnes whereas JNPA and Mundra Ports handled 6,90,92,000 tonnes and 8,90,98,000 tonnes respectively during the same period. Further, all the ports have facilities to handle different types of ...

Ministry of Ports, Shipping and Waterways aims for robust investor confidence by underpinning strong vision and leadership from long term strategic infrastructure plan including a pipeline of investable projects that are economically, socially and environmentally sustainable and practically deliverable. One of those visionary initiatives is capital intensive project at Paradip port which will transform the port into a world-class modern port ...