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The railways has taken up construction of two Dedicated Freight Corridors (DFC)

Railways plans to roll out Gati Shakti Freight trains for faster cargo movement

August 16, 2025 3:08 pm

Indian Railways Freight Trains: The national transporter carry over 1.6 Billon tonnes of freight traffic every year. Transporting freight by rail helps cut carbon emissions, lowers fuel costs and eases highway congestion.

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War risks: Marine cargo insurance premium rises by up to 30 pc

June 17, 2025 8:53 pm

The rise in premium is expected to impact importers of commodities and exporters from ports in Gujarat and Maharashtra.

Viral Video: American Airlines plane sucks cargo container into engine, shreds it

October 23, 2024 2:55 pm

The incident took place at Chicago's O'Hare International Airport.

Integrated cargo complex operationalised at airport

July 29, 2023 7:10 am

The airport is also equipped with high-security equipment like CCTV, DFMD, ETD and X-ray machines.

India's major ports handled highest ever cargo at 795 million tonne in FY23

April 21, 2023 12:41 pm

India's major ports handled the highest ever cargo at 795 million tonne in 2022-23, Ministry of Ports, Shipping and Waterways Secretary Sudhansh Pant said.

Bengaluru airport sees nearly two-fold rise in rose shipments ahead of Valentine’s Day

February 14, 2022 6:45 pm

This year, the airport facilitated the movement of about 5.15 lakh kg of roses to 25 international and domestic destinations, compared to 2.7 lakh kg shipped in 2021.

‘Learned valuable lessons about demand, scope for CarGo; will serve us well’

November 17, 2020 3:34 am

He added that IndiGo has already transported cargo equivalent to the loads carried in the last financial year, within the last five months at limited capacity.

Cargo traffic at non-major ports grew 4.8 per cent to 447.21 MT in Apr-Dec

January 29, 2020 1:35 pm

As far as coastal cargo was concerned Gujarat Maritime Board handled 35 MT with a share of 51.6 per cent followed by Maharashtra Maritime Board (22 per cent).

Sci-fi acts as a prism to help look at reality: Cargo director Arati Kadav

October 17, 2019 11:42 am

Writer-director Arati Kadav spoke on her love for sci-fi and the binaries of life and death.

Pipavav Port ties-up with French company for container cargo

November 03, 2009 2:45 am

Pipavav Port has tied-up with CMA CGM,a market leader in container shipping from France,for bringing in cargo through their ships to the Gujarat-based port.

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AAI to make airport facilities as commercially viable

January 23, 2016 12:50 pm

New Delhi, Jan 23 (ANI): The Airports Authority of India will enhance its marketing strategy to make airports more operationally and commercially viable. At the Airport Marketing Conference held recently in New Delhi, the officials and experts chalked out a strategy to make commercial use of airport infrastructure in the country. Formed in April 1995, the Airports Authority of India manages 125 destinations, including 77 domestic and 21 international airports in the country. The Authority is also looking at focusing on the cargo segment to boost its revenues. It has been undertaking the International Cargo handling operations at international airports including Chennai, Kolkata, Lucknow, Coimbatore, Amritsar and Guwahati. Similarly, the Authority has identified 24 domestic airports across five regions, including three civil enclaves to develop such integrated facilities. They include Port Blair, Coimbatore, Jaipur, Raipur, Ahmedabad and others. The Airports Authority of India, which has developed infrastructure at many of its airports, is looking forward to make its commercial use.