Shipping Corp Seafarers on Hunger Strike
Around 200 seafarers with Shipping Corporation of India (SCI), the country's largest shipping company, are on a hunger strike (industrial action) since Saturday over wages and arrears. According to a Press Trust of India report, these seafarers, deployed on 15 vessels owned and operated by the Centre, launched their strike demanding revised wages in accordance with the clauses of National Maritime Board Indias agreement. These seafarers have also approached the National Union of Seafarers of India (NUSI) for its intervention. "SCI was meant to have increased
India: Mormugao Port bets Big Projects
lined up ambitious approx $500 million projects that include capacity augmentation schemes as part of its expansion plans. Mormugao Port Trust (MPT), the Centre-government owned major port at Goa has plans to award nine major projects for expansion, entailing an investment of Rs 3,141 crore, says Press Trust of India. According to MPT Chairman Cyril C George, these projects would be implemented as soon as the approval from Ministry (Road, Transport, Highways and Shipping) are awarded. All projects would be taken up under public private partnership (PPP) mode. The projects include six schemes
