Ministry of Shipping (India)
| जहाजरानी मंत्रालय | |
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 Jawaharlal Nehru Port Trust |
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 Republic of India
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| Headquarters | Parivahan Bhavan 1,Parliament Street New Delhi 110001 28°37′9.58″N 77°12′37.29″E / 28.6193278°N 77.2103583°E |
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| Website | shipping |
The Ministry of Shipping, a branch of the Government of India, is the apex body for formulation and administration of the rules and regulations and laws relating to Shipping. From 2014 this department is under Transport minister Nitin Gadkari.
Maritime Transport is a critical infrastructure for social and economic development of a country.It represents the pace,structure and pattern of development of water transport in the country.The Ministry of Shipping encompasses within it the shipping and port sectors which include shipbuilding and repair,major ports,national waterways and inland water transport.The ministry has been entrusted with the responsibility to formulate policies and programmes on these subjects and their implementation.
In July 1942, the Department of Communications was split into two departments as the Department of Posts and the Department of War Transport. The Department of War Transport included major ports, railways, roads, water transport, petrol rationing and producer gas. The functions of this department were to manage the transportation during the war times. Coastal shipping and the management and expansion of major ports was also added to the portfolio. Further, exports were given priority in the department.
Post the independence of India in 1947, various governments have reorganized and renamed the department.
Directors,Deputy secretaries,Under Secretaries and other Secretariat and Technical Officers.
The following are autonomous organisation,societies and PSUs functioning under the administrative control of the ministry:
India currently ranks 16th among the maritime countries with a coastline of 7,517 km with 13 major ports (12 government and one corporate) and about 200 non-major ports currently operating in western and eastern region of the country. According to the ministry 95% of India's trade by volume and 70% by value happens through maritime transport.
Cargo traffic of Indian ports were 911.5 MT for FY12,and is projected to be around 1,758 MT for FY17. During April–May 2014 ports handled 95.87 MT of cargo as compared to 91.48 MT during April–May 2013, an increase of 4.8%, according to the data released by Indian Ports Association (IPA).
Of the major ports, Mormugao Port posted highest growth in traffic (24.48%) during April and May 2014,followed by Mumbai Port (14.35%), Kamarajar Port (13.90%), V.O. Chidambaranar Port (13.67%) and Kolkata Dock System (12.36%) as compared to the same period last year.In terms of volume, Kandla port led the pack with 15.31 MT of traffic handled followed by Paradip port at 11.73 MT during the same period.
In 2013-14, coal cargo traffic (thermal coal and coking coal) volumes rose by 20.6 per cent to 104.5 MT from 86.7 MT a year ago.Among commodities, there was an increase of 25 per cent in handling of fertilizers in April 2014 in comparison to April 2013. Iron ore handling has also shown an increase of 16.8 per cent during the month.
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