July 30, 2010: It is nearly 10 days now since several foreign shipping lines slapped congestion surcharge at Jawaharlal Nehru Port but the port authorities and the container train operators serving the port deny there is congestion, and therefore delays.

July 29, 2010: A fresh cargo of liquefied natural gas (LNG), bought by public sector Gujarat State Petroleum Corporation Ltd (GSPC) through the spot market, arrived at Hazira in Gujarat yesterday, the company said here.

July 28, 2010: The Cochin Port Trust has registered a growth rate of 23.1% in cargo handling during April-June 2010 compared to the corresponding period last year.

July 28, 2010: The railways' freight loading target for the first quarter of 2010-11 has fallen short by eight million tons (mt), as repeated disruptions in Naxal-infested areas have affected the transportation of major commodities such as coal and iron ore.

July 27, 2010: The Orissa government will take a final call on the proposal of JSW Infrastructure Ltd to set up a Rs 2238 crore captive port at Bichitrapur in Balasore district after a technical feasibility study of the project location by an independent agency.

July 26, 2010: New Mangalore Port Trust (NMPT) handled 642 twenty-foot equivalent units (TEUs) of containers from the vessel m.v. Tiger Power on July 23. An NMPT release said here on Saturday that this is the highest number of TEUs handled in a day of three shifts from a vessel at the port so far.

July 26, 2010: At a time when many experts are not convinced that container shipping is really out of the woods,container capacity is being added to the world fleet. According to Paris-based Alphaliner, a record 200,000 TEU will be added in July , after 747,000 TEUs were delivered in the first half.