

The Transshipment port will facilitate big ships to anchor due to its proximity to the East-West international shipping route and it will also raise India’s share in maritime trade. 10,000 crore (US$ 1.4 billion) to construct a transhipment port at the Great Nicobar Island in the Bay of Bengal to provide shippers with an alternative port in the region.

1,624 crore (US$ 222.74 million) to Indian shipping industries to encourage the merchant ship flagging in the country.
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On July 16, 2020, the first trial container ship was flagged off from Kolkata to Agartala via the Chattogram Port of Bangladesh.In 2019, an upgraded Port Community System was introduced for all ports.November 2019 witnessed the first-ever movement of container cargo on Brahmaputra (National Waterway 2), focused on improving the connectivity to Northeast Region (NER).In August 2019, India became the first country in the whole world to issue Biometric Seafarer Identity Document (BSID), this system captures the facial biometric data of seafarers.Recent Milestones achived by Ports In India The Major Ports Authority Bill 2020 established the Board of Port Authority, which will now set tariffs that will be used as a reference during public-private-partnership (PPP) project bidding.TAMP is legally supported by Sections 47-50 of the Major Port Trust Act, 1963.It is mandated not only to fix the rates, but also to govern how the rates are applied.The Tariff Authority for Major Ports (TAMP) is a multi-member statutory authority tasked with determining tariff rates levied by major port trusts under Union Govt control and private terminals within those trusts.Non-major ports are governed by the Maritime Boards of the respective state governments (GMB). In FY21, non-major ports accounted for 46 percent of the overall cargo traffic at Indian ports. India has a total of 205 non-major ports. Greater then 54% of the total cargo of India is being handled at 12 major ports in India. Major ports are all under the regulatory authority of the Government of India and are controlled by the Major Port Trusts Act 1963, with the exception of Ennore port, that is controlled by the Companies Act 1956. There are 12 major ports in India, six on the eastern coast and six on the western coast. While the Ministry of Shipping has administrative control over the major ports, the non-major ports are under the jurisdiction of their respective State Maritime Boards/State Governments.The Mumbai port is India’s largest natural port.India’s ports are located in nine coastal regions: Kerala, Karnataka, Maharashtra, Goa, Gujarat, West Bengal, Odisha, Andhra Pradesh, and Tamil Nadu.Maritime transportation accounts for approximately 95 percent of India’s total international trade by volume and 70 percent by value.India has twelve major seaports (11 govt and one private), as well as 205 notified minor and intermediate ports which handle a high amount of traffic.And the minor ports and intermediate ports of India are controlled and supervised by the state government’s maritime board.

The Central Shipping Ministry of GoI manages the major ports of India,.The Indian Ports are thus either managed the Central government or the State government.To Indian Constitution the Maritime Transport is a part the concurrent list of schedule 7. The state of Tamil Nadu hosts the maximum number of Major sea ports in India.features of the Major Port Authorities Act 2020.Gist of Major Port Authorities Act, 2020.Recent Milestones achived by Ports In India.Tariff Authority for Major Ports (TAMP).

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