India Maritime Transport Profile 2026
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INDIA
MARITIME TRANSPORT PROFILE
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Maritime assets
Port area in 2025
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Ships built by country of building, annual
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Merchant fleet by country of beneficial ownership, annual
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Trade - Navigation total
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Water transport employment
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Activity
Container port throughput
Port call and performance statistics
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Trade mode share
Port Activity
Trade openness index
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Seafarer supply
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Top 10 Freight Transport Expenditure in USD (Import)
Source: UNCTAD & World Bank. (n.d.). TransportCosts. UN Trade & Development Data Hub - Trade-and-Transport Dataset, Annual, 2016 Onward. Retrieved May 1, 2025, from https://unctadstat.unctad.org/datacentre/dataviewer/US.TransportCosts
Top 10 Freight transport work in thousand ton-km (Import)
Source: UNCTAD & World Bank. (n.d.). TransportCosts. UN Trade & Development Data Hub - Trade-and-Transport Dataset, Annual, 2016 Onward. Retrieved May 1, 2025, from https://unctadstat.unctad.org/datacentre/dataviewer/US.TransportCosts
Top 10 Freight Transport Expenditure in USD (Export)
Source: UNCTAD & World Bank. (n.d.). TransportCosts. UN Trade & Development Data Hub - Trade-and-Transport Dataset, Annual, 2016 Onward. Retrieved May 1, 2025, from https://unctadstat.unctad.org/datacentre/dataviewer/US.TransportCosts
Top 10 Freight transport work in thousand ton-km (Export)
Source: UNCTAD & World Bank. (n.d.). TransportCosts. UN Trade & Development Data Hub - Trade-and-Transport Dataset, Annual, 2016 Onward. Retrieved May 1, 2025, from https://unctadstat.unctad.org/datacentre/dataviewer/US.TransportCosts
Connectivity and performance
LPI
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Liner shipping connectivity index
Port liner shipping connectivity index
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Bilateral liner shipping connectivity index
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Trade cost
Container port performance index
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Remoteness index
Sustainable freight transport index
Percent of firms identifying transport as a major constraint
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Shipping emissions
EDGAR GHG 2025
Transport energy consumption
EDGAR AP 8.1
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GAINS emissions
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Adaptation and resilience
Average annual loss
Port risk
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Investment on ports
Development financing
Private participation in infrastructure
Policy Targets
Ammonia
| "Harit Sagar" Green Port Guidelines | 2023 | Minimizing Carbon and other harmful emissions following Eliminate, Reduce, and Control (ERC) approach to protect local community, ecology and environment in and around Port areas. Reduction in Carbon intensity by 30 percent per ton of Cargo handled, from the current levels (Baseline FY 2022-23), by the year 2030 and 70 percent by year 2047. | 2030 |
| "Harit Sagar" Green Port Guidelines | 2023 | Minimizing Carbon and other harmful emissions following Eliminate, Reduce, and Control (ERC) approach to protect local community, ecology and environment in and around Port areas. Reduction in Carbon intensity by 30 percent per ton of Cargo handled, from the current levels (Baseline FY 2022-23), by the year 2030 and 70 percent by year 2047. | 2047 |
| "Harit Sagar" Green Port Guidelines | 2023 | All Ports shall achieve more than 20 percent reduction in energy consumption / ton of cargo by year 2030 (Baseline – Year 2023). | 2030 |
| "Harit Sagar" Green Port Guidelines | 2023 | (i) All Ports shall make efforts to achieve the target of Renewable Energy as envisaged in MIV 2030 / Blue Economy 2047 documents. Share of renewable energy at Ports should exceed 60 percent by the Year 2030 and 90 percent by year 2047. | 2030 |
| "Harit Sagar" Green Port Guidelines | 2023 | (i) All Ports shall make efforts to achieve the target of Renewable Energy as envisaged in MIV 2030 / Blue Economy 2047 documents. Share of renewable energy at Ports should exceed 60 percent by the Year 2030 and 90 percent by year 2047. | 2047 |
| "Harit Sagar" Green Port Guidelines | 2023 | Ports shall make efforts to achieve the target for Electrification of Vehicles/Ports equipments as envisaged in MIV 2030 / Blue Economy 2047 and accordingly, should target more than 50 percent electrification by the Year 2030 which is to be further increased to more than 90 percent by the year 2047. | 2030 |
| "Harit Sagar" Green Port Guidelines | 2023 | Minimizing Carbon and other harmful emissions following Eliminate, Reduce, and Control (ERC) approach to protect local community, ecology and environment in and around Port areas. Reduction in Carbon intensity by 30 percent per ton of Cargo handled, from the current levels (Baseline FY 2022-23), by the year 2030 and 70 percent by year 2047. | 2030 |
| "Harit Sagar" Green Port Guidelines | 2023 | Minimizing Carbon and other harmful emissions following Eliminate, Reduce, and Control (ERC) approach to protect local community, ecology and environment in and around Port areas. Reduction in Carbon intensity by 30 percent per ton of Cargo handled, from the current levels (Baseline FY 2022-23), by the year 2030 and 70 percent by year 2047. | 2047 |
| "Harit Sagar" Green Port Guidelines | 2023 | Minimizing waste through Refuse, Reduce, Reuse, Repurpose and Recycle (5R concept) to attain zero waste discharge from Port operations. Make efforts to increase the capacity of Water Treatment Plants and usage of treated water. Make adequate arrangements for “Rain Water Harvesting” for effective collection of rain water wherever possible. | 2030 |
| NATIONAL GREEN HYDROGEN MISSION | 2023 | Green Ammonia bunkers and refuelling facilities will be set up at least at one port by 2025. Such facilities will be established at all major ports by 2035. | 2035 |
| NATIONAL GREEN HYDROGEN MISSION | 2023 | The Shipping Corporation of India or in case of its disinvestment, its successor private entity will retrofit at least two ships to run on Green Hydrogen or other Green Hydrogen derived fuels by 2027. India's oil and gas PSUs also currently charter about forty vessels for transport of petroleum products. In order to promote forays into Hydrogen powered shipping lines, these PSUs will be required to charter at least one ship each to be powered by Green Hydrogen or derived fuels by 2027. Thereafter, the companies will be required to add at least one ship powered by green hydrogen or its derivatives for each year of the mission. | 2027 |
| NATIONAL GREEN HYDROGEN MISSION | 2023 | The Shipping Corporation of India or in case of its disinvestment, its successor private entity will retrofit at least two ships to run on Green Hydrogen or other Green Hydrogen derived fuels by 2027. India's oil and gas PSUs also currently charter about forty vessels for transport of petroleum products. In order to promote forays into Hydrogen powered shipping lines, these PSUs will be required to charter at least one ship each to be powered by Green Hydrogen or derived fuels by 2027. Thereafter, the companies will be required to add at least one ship powered by green hydrogen or its derivatives for each year of the mission. | 2027 |
| NATIONAL GREEN HYDROGEN MISSION | 2023 | Green Ammonia bunkers and refuelling facilities will be set up at least at one port by 2025. Such facilities will be established at all major ports by 2035. | 2035 |
| Maritime India Vision 2030 | 2021 | Increase usage of renewable energy to >60% of total energy by 2030 across Indian ports with primary focus on solar and wind | 2030 |
| Maritime India Vision 2030 | 2021 | Increase usage of renewable energy to >60% of total energy by 2030 across Indian ports with primary focus on solar and wind | 2030 |
| UDAN Scheme (Ude Desh ka Aam Naagrik) | 2021 | NCAP also laid down a target of 30 crore domestic ticketing by FY 22 and 50 crore domestic ticketing by 2027. | 2027 |
| PM Gati Shakti Master Plan | 2021 | Powered by Sagarmala, shipping sector to see an increase in cargo capacity at the ports to 1759 Million Metric Tonnes per Annum (MMTPA) by 2024-25 from 1282 MMTPA in 2020. | 2025 |
| PM Gati Shakti Master Plan | 2021 | Cargo movement on all national waterways will be 95 Million Metric Tons (MMT) by 2024-25 from 74 MMT in 2020. Cargo movement on Ganga to be increased from 9 MMT to 29 MMT by 2024-25. | 2025 |
Green shipping program
| "Harit Sagar" Green Port Guidelines | 2023 | Minimizing Carbon and other harmful emissions following Eliminate, Reduce, and Control (ERC) approach to protect local community, ecology and environment in and around Port areas. Reduction in Carbon intensity by 30 percent per ton of Cargo handled, from the current levels (Baseline FY 2022-23), by the year 2030 and 70 percent by year 2047. | 2030 |
| "Harit Sagar" Green Port Guidelines | 2023 | Minimizing Carbon and other harmful emissions following Eliminate, Reduce, and Control (ERC) approach to protect local community, ecology and environment in and around Port areas. Reduction in Carbon intensity by 30 percent per ton of Cargo handled, from the current levels (Baseline FY 2022-23), by the year 2030 and 70 percent by year 2047. | 2047 |
| "Harit Sagar" Green Port Guidelines | 2023 | All Ports shall achieve more than 20 percent reduction in energy consumption / ton of cargo by year 2030 (Baseline – Year 2023). | 2030 |
| "Harit Sagar" Green Port Guidelines | 2023 | (i) All Ports shall make efforts to achieve the target of Renewable Energy as envisaged in MIV 2030 / Blue Economy 2047 documents. Share of renewable energy at Ports should exceed 60 percent by the Year 2030 and 90 percent by year 2047. | 2030 |
| "Harit Sagar" Green Port Guidelines | 2023 | (i) All Ports shall make efforts to achieve the target of Renewable Energy as envisaged in MIV 2030 / Blue Economy 2047 documents. Share of renewable energy at Ports should exceed 60 percent by the Year 2030 and 90 percent by year 2047. | 2047 |
| "Harit Sagar" Green Port Guidelines | 2023 | Ports shall make efforts to achieve the target for Electrification of Vehicles/Ports equipments as envisaged in MIV 2030 / Blue Economy 2047 and accordingly, should target more than 50 percent electrification by the Year 2030 which is to be further increased to more than 90 percent by the year 2047. | 2030 |
| "Harit Sagar" Green Port Guidelines | 2023 | Minimizing Carbon and other harmful emissions following Eliminate, Reduce, and Control (ERC) approach to protect local community, ecology and environment in and around Port areas. Reduction in Carbon intensity by 30 percent per ton of Cargo handled, from the current levels (Baseline FY 2022-23), by the year 2030 and 70 percent by year 2047. | 2030 |
| "Harit Sagar" Green Port Guidelines | 2023 | Minimizing Carbon and other harmful emissions following Eliminate, Reduce, and Control (ERC) approach to protect local community, ecology and environment in and around Port areas. Reduction in Carbon intensity by 30 percent per ton of Cargo handled, from the current levels (Baseline FY 2022-23), by the year 2030 and 70 percent by year 2047. | 2047 |
| "Harit Sagar" Green Port Guidelines | 2023 | Minimizing waste through Refuse, Reduce, Reuse, Repurpose and Recycle (5R concept) to attain zero waste discharge from Port operations. Make efforts to increase the capacity of Water Treatment Plants and usage of treated water. Make adequate arrangements for “Rain Water Harvesting” for effective collection of rain water wherever possible. | 2030 |
| NATIONAL GREEN HYDROGEN MISSION | 2023 | Green Ammonia bunkers and refuelling facilities will be set up at least at one port by 2025. Such facilities will be established at all major ports by 2035. | 2035 |
| NATIONAL GREEN HYDROGEN MISSION | 2023 | The Shipping Corporation of India or in case of its disinvestment, its successor private entity will retrofit at least two ships to run on Green Hydrogen or other Green Hydrogen derived fuels by 2027. India's oil and gas PSUs also currently charter about forty vessels for transport of petroleum products. In order to promote forays into Hydrogen powered shipping lines, these PSUs will be required to charter at least one ship each to be powered by Green Hydrogen or derived fuels by 2027. Thereafter, the companies will be required to add at least one ship powered by green hydrogen or its derivatives for each year of the mission. | 2027 |
| NATIONAL GREEN HYDROGEN MISSION | 2023 | The Shipping Corporation of India or in case of its disinvestment, its successor private entity will retrofit at least two ships to run on Green Hydrogen or other Green Hydrogen derived fuels by 2027. India's oil and gas PSUs also currently charter about forty vessels for transport of petroleum products. In order to promote forays into Hydrogen powered shipping lines, these PSUs will be required to charter at least one ship each to be powered by Green Hydrogen or derived fuels by 2027. Thereafter, the companies will be required to add at least one ship powered by green hydrogen or its derivatives for each year of the mission. | 2027 |
| NATIONAL GREEN HYDROGEN MISSION | 2023 | Green Ammonia bunkers and refuelling facilities will be set up at least at one port by 2025. Such facilities will be established at all major ports by 2035. | 2035 |
| Maritime India Vision 2030 | 2021 | Increase usage of renewable energy to >60% of total energy by 2030 across Indian ports with primary focus on solar and wind | 2030 |
| Maritime India Vision 2030 | 2021 | Increase usage of renewable energy to >60% of total energy by 2030 across Indian ports with primary focus on solar and wind | 2030 |
| UDAN Scheme (Ude Desh ka Aam Naagrik) | 2021 | NCAP also laid down a target of 30 crore domestic ticketing by FY 22 and 50 crore domestic ticketing by 2027. | 2027 |
| PM Gati Shakti Master Plan | 2021 | Powered by Sagarmala, shipping sector to see an increase in cargo capacity at the ports to 1759 Million Metric Tonnes per Annum (MMTPA) by 2024-25 from 1282 MMTPA in 2020. | 2025 |
| PM Gati Shakti Master Plan | 2021 | Cargo movement on all national waterways will be 95 Million Metric Tons (MMT) by 2024-25 from 74 MMT in 2020. Cargo movement on Ganga to be increased from 9 MMT to 29 MMT by 2024-25. | 2025 |
Hydrogen
| "Harit Sagar" Green Port Guidelines | 2023 | Minimizing Carbon and other harmful emissions following Eliminate, Reduce, and Control (ERC) approach to protect local community, ecology and environment in and around Port areas. Reduction in Carbon intensity by 30 percent per ton of Cargo handled, from the current levels (Baseline FY 2022-23), by the year 2030 and 70 percent by year 2047. | 2030 |
| "Harit Sagar" Green Port Guidelines | 2023 | Minimizing Carbon and other harmful emissions following Eliminate, Reduce, and Control (ERC) approach to protect local community, ecology and environment in and around Port areas. Reduction in Carbon intensity by 30 percent per ton of Cargo handled, from the current levels (Baseline FY 2022-23), by the year 2030 and 70 percent by year 2047. | 2047 |
| "Harit Sagar" Green Port Guidelines | 2023 | All Ports shall achieve more than 20 percent reduction in energy consumption / ton of cargo by year 2030 (Baseline – Year 2023). | 2030 |
| "Harit Sagar" Green Port Guidelines | 2023 | (i) All Ports shall make efforts to achieve the target of Renewable Energy as envisaged in MIV 2030 / Blue Economy 2047 documents. Share of renewable energy at Ports should exceed 60 percent by the Year 2030 and 90 percent by year 2047. | 2030 |
| "Harit Sagar" Green Port Guidelines | 2023 | (i) All Ports shall make efforts to achieve the target of Renewable Energy as envisaged in MIV 2030 / Blue Economy 2047 documents. Share of renewable energy at Ports should exceed 60 percent by the Year 2030 and 90 percent by year 2047. | 2047 |
| "Harit Sagar" Green Port Guidelines | 2023 | Ports shall make efforts to achieve the target for Electrification of Vehicles/Ports equipments as envisaged in MIV 2030 / Blue Economy 2047 and accordingly, should target more than 50 percent electrification by the Year 2030 which is to be further increased to more than 90 percent by the year 2047. | 2030 |
| "Harit Sagar" Green Port Guidelines | 2023 | Minimizing Carbon and other harmful emissions following Eliminate, Reduce, and Control (ERC) approach to protect local community, ecology and environment in and around Port areas. Reduction in Carbon intensity by 30 percent per ton of Cargo handled, from the current levels (Baseline FY 2022-23), by the year 2030 and 70 percent by year 2047. | 2030 |
| "Harit Sagar" Green Port Guidelines | 2023 | Minimizing Carbon and other harmful emissions following Eliminate, Reduce, and Control (ERC) approach to protect local community, ecology and environment in and around Port areas. Reduction in Carbon intensity by 30 percent per ton of Cargo handled, from the current levels (Baseline FY 2022-23), by the year 2030 and 70 percent by year 2047. | 2047 |
| "Harit Sagar" Green Port Guidelines | 2023 | Minimizing waste through Refuse, Reduce, Reuse, Repurpose and Recycle (5R concept) to attain zero waste discharge from Port operations. Make efforts to increase the capacity of Water Treatment Plants and usage of treated water. Make adequate arrangements for “Rain Water Harvesting” for effective collection of rain water wherever possible. | 2030 |
| NATIONAL GREEN HYDROGEN MISSION | 2023 | Green Ammonia bunkers and refuelling facilities will be set up at least at one port by 2025. Such facilities will be established at all major ports by 2035. | 2035 |
| NATIONAL GREEN HYDROGEN MISSION | 2023 | The Shipping Corporation of India or in case of its disinvestment, its successor private entity will retrofit at least two ships to run on Green Hydrogen or other Green Hydrogen derived fuels by 2027. India's oil and gas PSUs also currently charter about forty vessels for transport of petroleum products. In order to promote forays into Hydrogen powered shipping lines, these PSUs will be required to charter at least one ship each to be powered by Green Hydrogen or derived fuels by 2027. Thereafter, the companies will be required to add at least one ship powered by green hydrogen or its derivatives for each year of the mission. | 2027 |
| NATIONAL GREEN HYDROGEN MISSION | 2023 | The Shipping Corporation of India or in case of its disinvestment, its successor private entity will retrofit at least two ships to run on Green Hydrogen or other Green Hydrogen derived fuels by 2027. India's oil and gas PSUs also currently charter about forty vessels for transport of petroleum products. In order to promote forays into Hydrogen powered shipping lines, these PSUs will be required to charter at least one ship each to be powered by Green Hydrogen or derived fuels by 2027. Thereafter, the companies will be required to add at least one ship powered by green hydrogen or its derivatives for each year of the mission. | 2027 |
| NATIONAL GREEN HYDROGEN MISSION | 2023 | Green Ammonia bunkers and refuelling facilities will be set up at least at one port by 2025. Such facilities will be established at all major ports by 2035. | 2035 |
| Maritime India Vision 2030 | 2021 | Increase usage of renewable energy to >60% of total energy by 2030 across Indian ports with primary focus on solar and wind | 2030 |
| Maritime India Vision 2030 | 2021 | Increase usage of renewable energy to >60% of total energy by 2030 across Indian ports with primary focus on solar and wind | 2030 |
| UDAN Scheme (Ude Desh ka Aam Naagrik) | 2021 | NCAP also laid down a target of 30 crore domestic ticketing by FY 22 and 50 crore domestic ticketing by 2027. | 2027 |
| PM Gati Shakti Master Plan | 2021 | Powered by Sagarmala, shipping sector to see an increase in cargo capacity at the ports to 1759 Million Metric Tonnes per Annum (MMTPA) by 2024-25 from 1282 MMTPA in 2020. | 2025 |
| PM Gati Shakti Master Plan | 2021 | Cargo movement on all national waterways will be 95 Million Metric Tons (MMT) by 2024-25 from 74 MMT in 2020. Cargo movement on Ganga to be increased from 9 MMT to 29 MMT by 2024-25. | 2025 |
Increasing transport activity
| "Harit Sagar" Green Port Guidelines | 2023 | Minimizing Carbon and other harmful emissions following Eliminate, Reduce, and Control (ERC) approach to protect local community, ecology and environment in and around Port areas. Reduction in Carbon intensity by 30 percent per ton of Cargo handled, from the current levels (Baseline FY 2022-23), by the year 2030 and 70 percent by year 2047. | 2030 |
| "Harit Sagar" Green Port Guidelines | 2023 | Minimizing Carbon and other harmful emissions following Eliminate, Reduce, and Control (ERC) approach to protect local community, ecology and environment in and around Port areas. Reduction in Carbon intensity by 30 percent per ton of Cargo handled, from the current levels (Baseline FY 2022-23), by the year 2030 and 70 percent by year 2047. | 2047 |
| "Harit Sagar" Green Port Guidelines | 2023 | All Ports shall achieve more than 20 percent reduction in energy consumption / ton of cargo by year 2030 (Baseline – Year 2023). | 2030 |
| "Harit Sagar" Green Port Guidelines | 2023 | (i) All Ports shall make efforts to achieve the target of Renewable Energy as envisaged in MIV 2030 / Blue Economy 2047 documents. Share of renewable energy at Ports should exceed 60 percent by the Year 2030 and 90 percent by year 2047. | 2030 |
| "Harit Sagar" Green Port Guidelines | 2023 | (i) All Ports shall make efforts to achieve the target of Renewable Energy as envisaged in MIV 2030 / Blue Economy 2047 documents. Share of renewable energy at Ports should exceed 60 percent by the Year 2030 and 90 percent by year 2047. | 2047 |
| "Harit Sagar" Green Port Guidelines | 2023 | Ports shall make efforts to achieve the target for Electrification of Vehicles/Ports equipments as envisaged in MIV 2030 / Blue Economy 2047 and accordingly, should target more than 50 percent electrification by the Year 2030 which is to be further increased to more than 90 percent by the year 2047. | 2030 |
| "Harit Sagar" Green Port Guidelines | 2023 | Minimizing Carbon and other harmful emissions following Eliminate, Reduce, and Control (ERC) approach to protect local community, ecology and environment in and around Port areas. Reduction in Carbon intensity by 30 percent per ton of Cargo handled, from the current levels (Baseline FY 2022-23), by the year 2030 and 70 percent by year 2047. | 2030 |
| "Harit Sagar" Green Port Guidelines | 2023 | Minimizing Carbon and other harmful emissions following Eliminate, Reduce, and Control (ERC) approach to protect local community, ecology and environment in and around Port areas. Reduction in Carbon intensity by 30 percent per ton of Cargo handled, from the current levels (Baseline FY 2022-23), by the year 2030 and 70 percent by year 2047. | 2047 |
| "Harit Sagar" Green Port Guidelines | 2023 | Minimizing waste through Refuse, Reduce, Reuse, Repurpose and Recycle (5R concept) to attain zero waste discharge from Port operations. Make efforts to increase the capacity of Water Treatment Plants and usage of treated water. Make adequate arrangements for “Rain Water Harvesting” for effective collection of rain water wherever possible. | 2030 |
| NATIONAL GREEN HYDROGEN MISSION | 2023 | Green Ammonia bunkers and refuelling facilities will be set up at least at one port by 2025. Such facilities will be established at all major ports by 2035. | 2035 |
| NATIONAL GREEN HYDROGEN MISSION | 2023 | The Shipping Corporation of India or in case of its disinvestment, its successor private entity will retrofit at least two ships to run on Green Hydrogen or other Green Hydrogen derived fuels by 2027. India's oil and gas PSUs also currently charter about forty vessels for transport of petroleum products. In order to promote forays into Hydrogen powered shipping lines, these PSUs will be required to charter at least one ship each to be powered by Green Hydrogen or derived fuels by 2027. Thereafter, the companies will be required to add at least one ship powered by green hydrogen or its derivatives for each year of the mission. | 2027 |
| NATIONAL GREEN HYDROGEN MISSION | 2023 | The Shipping Corporation of India or in case of its disinvestment, its successor private entity will retrofit at least two ships to run on Green Hydrogen or other Green Hydrogen derived fuels by 2027. India's oil and gas PSUs also currently charter about forty vessels for transport of petroleum products. In order to promote forays into Hydrogen powered shipping lines, these PSUs will be required to charter at least one ship each to be powered by Green Hydrogen or derived fuels by 2027. Thereafter, the companies will be required to add at least one ship powered by green hydrogen or its derivatives for each year of the mission. | 2027 |
| NATIONAL GREEN HYDROGEN MISSION | 2023 | Green Ammonia bunkers and refuelling facilities will be set up at least at one port by 2025. Such facilities will be established at all major ports by 2035. | 2035 |
| Maritime India Vision 2030 | 2021 | Increase usage of renewable energy to >60% of total energy by 2030 across Indian ports with primary focus on solar and wind | 2030 |
| Maritime India Vision 2030 | 2021 | Increase usage of renewable energy to >60% of total energy by 2030 across Indian ports with primary focus on solar and wind | 2030 |
| UDAN Scheme (Ude Desh ka Aam Naagrik) | 2021 | NCAP also laid down a target of 30 crore domestic ticketing by FY 22 and 50 crore domestic ticketing by 2027. | 2027 |
| PM Gati Shakti Master Plan | 2021 | Powered by Sagarmala, shipping sector to see an increase in cargo capacity at the ports to 1759 Million Metric Tonnes per Annum (MMTPA) by 2024-25 from 1282 MMTPA in 2020. | 2025 |
| PM Gati Shakti Master Plan | 2021 | Cargo movement on all national waterways will be 95 Million Metric Tons (MMT) by 2024-25 from 74 MMT in 2020. Cargo movement on Ganga to be increased from 9 MMT to 29 MMT by 2024-25. | 2025 |
Inland waterways (IWT) improvement - General
| "Harit Sagar" Green Port Guidelines | 2023 | Minimizing Carbon and other harmful emissions following Eliminate, Reduce, and Control (ERC) approach to protect local community, ecology and environment in and around Port areas. Reduction in Carbon intensity by 30 percent per ton of Cargo handled, from the current levels (Baseline FY 2022-23), by the year 2030 and 70 percent by year 2047. | 2030 |
| "Harit Sagar" Green Port Guidelines | 2023 | Minimizing Carbon and other harmful emissions following Eliminate, Reduce, and Control (ERC) approach to protect local community, ecology and environment in and around Port areas. Reduction in Carbon intensity by 30 percent per ton of Cargo handled, from the current levels (Baseline FY 2022-23), by the year 2030 and 70 percent by year 2047. | 2047 |
| "Harit Sagar" Green Port Guidelines | 2023 | All Ports shall achieve more than 20 percent reduction in energy consumption / ton of cargo by year 2030 (Baseline – Year 2023). | 2030 |
| "Harit Sagar" Green Port Guidelines | 2023 | (i) All Ports shall make efforts to achieve the target of Renewable Energy as envisaged in MIV 2030 / Blue Economy 2047 documents. Share of renewable energy at Ports should exceed 60 percent by the Year 2030 and 90 percent by year 2047. | 2030 |
| "Harit Sagar" Green Port Guidelines | 2023 | (i) All Ports shall make efforts to achieve the target of Renewable Energy as envisaged in MIV 2030 / Blue Economy 2047 documents. Share of renewable energy at Ports should exceed 60 percent by the Year 2030 and 90 percent by year 2047. | 2047 |
| "Harit Sagar" Green Port Guidelines | 2023 | Ports shall make efforts to achieve the target for Electrification of Vehicles/Ports equipments as envisaged in MIV 2030 / Blue Economy 2047 and accordingly, should target more than 50 percent electrification by the Year 2030 which is to be further increased to more than 90 percent by the year 2047. | 2030 |
| "Harit Sagar" Green Port Guidelines | 2023 | Minimizing Carbon and other harmful emissions following Eliminate, Reduce, and Control (ERC) approach to protect local community, ecology and environment in and around Port areas. Reduction in Carbon intensity by 30 percent per ton of Cargo handled, from the current levels (Baseline FY 2022-23), by the year 2030 and 70 percent by year 2047. | 2030 |
| "Harit Sagar" Green Port Guidelines | 2023 | Minimizing Carbon and other harmful emissions following Eliminate, Reduce, and Control (ERC) approach to protect local community, ecology and environment in and around Port areas. Reduction in Carbon intensity by 30 percent per ton of Cargo handled, from the current levels (Baseline FY 2022-23), by the year 2030 and 70 percent by year 2047. | 2047 |
| "Harit Sagar" Green Port Guidelines | 2023 | Minimizing waste through Refuse, Reduce, Reuse, Repurpose and Recycle (5R concept) to attain zero waste discharge from Port operations. Make efforts to increase the capacity of Water Treatment Plants and usage of treated water. Make adequate arrangements for “Rain Water Harvesting” for effective collection of rain water wherever possible. | 2030 |
| NATIONAL GREEN HYDROGEN MISSION | 2023 | Green Ammonia bunkers and refuelling facilities will be set up at least at one port by 2025. Such facilities will be established at all major ports by 2035. | 2035 |
| NATIONAL GREEN HYDROGEN MISSION | 2023 | The Shipping Corporation of India or in case of its disinvestment, its successor private entity will retrofit at least two ships to run on Green Hydrogen or other Green Hydrogen derived fuels by 2027. India's oil and gas PSUs also currently charter about forty vessels for transport of petroleum products. In order to promote forays into Hydrogen powered shipping lines, these PSUs will be required to charter at least one ship each to be powered by Green Hydrogen or derived fuels by 2027. Thereafter, the companies will be required to add at least one ship powered by green hydrogen or its derivatives for each year of the mission. | 2027 |
| NATIONAL GREEN HYDROGEN MISSION | 2023 | The Shipping Corporation of India or in case of its disinvestment, its successor private entity will retrofit at least two ships to run on Green Hydrogen or other Green Hydrogen derived fuels by 2027. India's oil and gas PSUs also currently charter about forty vessels for transport of petroleum products. In order to promote forays into Hydrogen powered shipping lines, these PSUs will be required to charter at least one ship each to be powered by Green Hydrogen or derived fuels by 2027. Thereafter, the companies will be required to add at least one ship powered by green hydrogen or its derivatives for each year of the mission. | 2027 |
| NATIONAL GREEN HYDROGEN MISSION | 2023 | Green Ammonia bunkers and refuelling facilities will be set up at least at one port by 2025. Such facilities will be established at all major ports by 2035. | 2035 |
| Maritime India Vision 2030 | 2021 | Increase usage of renewable energy to >60% of total energy by 2030 across Indian ports with primary focus on solar and wind | 2030 |
| Maritime India Vision 2030 | 2021 | Increase usage of renewable energy to >60% of total energy by 2030 across Indian ports with primary focus on solar and wind | 2030 |
| UDAN Scheme (Ude Desh ka Aam Naagrik) | 2021 | NCAP also laid down a target of 30 crore domestic ticketing by FY 22 and 50 crore domestic ticketing by 2027. | 2027 |
| PM Gati Shakti Master Plan | 2021 | Powered by Sagarmala, shipping sector to see an increase in cargo capacity at the ports to 1759 Million Metric Tonnes per Annum (MMTPA) by 2024-25 from 1282 MMTPA in 2020. | 2025 |
| PM Gati Shakti Master Plan | 2021 | Cargo movement on all national waterways will be 95 Million Metric Tons (MMT) by 2024-25 from 74 MMT in 2020. Cargo movement on Ganga to be increased from 9 MMT to 29 MMT by 2024-25. | 2025 |
Managing transport energy consumption
| "Harit Sagar" Green Port Guidelines | 2023 | Minimizing Carbon and other harmful emissions following Eliminate, Reduce, and Control (ERC) approach to protect local community, ecology and environment in and around Port areas. Reduction in Carbon intensity by 30 percent per ton of Cargo handled, from the current levels (Baseline FY 2022-23), by the year 2030 and 70 percent by year 2047. | 2030 |
| "Harit Sagar" Green Port Guidelines | 2023 | Minimizing Carbon and other harmful emissions following Eliminate, Reduce, and Control (ERC) approach to protect local community, ecology and environment in and around Port areas. Reduction in Carbon intensity by 30 percent per ton of Cargo handled, from the current levels (Baseline FY 2022-23), by the year 2030 and 70 percent by year 2047. | 2047 |
| "Harit Sagar" Green Port Guidelines | 2023 | All Ports shall achieve more than 20 percent reduction in energy consumption / ton of cargo by year 2030 (Baseline – Year 2023). | 2030 |
| "Harit Sagar" Green Port Guidelines | 2023 | (i) All Ports shall make efforts to achieve the target of Renewable Energy as envisaged in MIV 2030 / Blue Economy 2047 documents. Share of renewable energy at Ports should exceed 60 percent by the Year 2030 and 90 percent by year 2047. | 2030 |
| "Harit Sagar" Green Port Guidelines | 2023 | (i) All Ports shall make efforts to achieve the target of Renewable Energy as envisaged in MIV 2030 / Blue Economy 2047 documents. Share of renewable energy at Ports should exceed 60 percent by the Year 2030 and 90 percent by year 2047. | 2047 |
| "Harit Sagar" Green Port Guidelines | 2023 | Ports shall make efforts to achieve the target for Electrification of Vehicles/Ports equipments as envisaged in MIV 2030 / Blue Economy 2047 and accordingly, should target more than 50 percent electrification by the Year 2030 which is to be further increased to more than 90 percent by the year 2047. | 2030 |
| "Harit Sagar" Green Port Guidelines | 2023 | Minimizing Carbon and other harmful emissions following Eliminate, Reduce, and Control (ERC) approach to protect local community, ecology and environment in and around Port areas. Reduction in Carbon intensity by 30 percent per ton of Cargo handled, from the current levels (Baseline FY 2022-23), by the year 2030 and 70 percent by year 2047. | 2030 |
| "Harit Sagar" Green Port Guidelines | 2023 | Minimizing Carbon and other harmful emissions following Eliminate, Reduce, and Control (ERC) approach to protect local community, ecology and environment in and around Port areas. Reduction in Carbon intensity by 30 percent per ton of Cargo handled, from the current levels (Baseline FY 2022-23), by the year 2030 and 70 percent by year 2047. | 2047 |
| "Harit Sagar" Green Port Guidelines | 2023 | Minimizing waste through Refuse, Reduce, Reuse, Repurpose and Recycle (5R concept) to attain zero waste discharge from Port operations. Make efforts to increase the capacity of Water Treatment Plants and usage of treated water. Make adequate arrangements for “Rain Water Harvesting” for effective collection of rain water wherever possible. | 2030 |
| NATIONAL GREEN HYDROGEN MISSION | 2023 | Green Ammonia bunkers and refuelling facilities will be set up at least at one port by 2025. Such facilities will be established at all major ports by 2035. | 2035 |
| NATIONAL GREEN HYDROGEN MISSION | 2023 | The Shipping Corporation of India or in case of its disinvestment, its successor private entity will retrofit at least two ships to run on Green Hydrogen or other Green Hydrogen derived fuels by 2027. India's oil and gas PSUs also currently charter about forty vessels for transport of petroleum products. In order to promote forays into Hydrogen powered shipping lines, these PSUs will be required to charter at least one ship each to be powered by Green Hydrogen or derived fuels by 2027. Thereafter, the companies will be required to add at least one ship powered by green hydrogen or its derivatives for each year of the mission. | 2027 |
| NATIONAL GREEN HYDROGEN MISSION | 2023 | The Shipping Corporation of India or in case of its disinvestment, its successor private entity will retrofit at least two ships to run on Green Hydrogen or other Green Hydrogen derived fuels by 2027. India's oil and gas PSUs also currently charter about forty vessels for transport of petroleum products. In order to promote forays into Hydrogen powered shipping lines, these PSUs will be required to charter at least one ship each to be powered by Green Hydrogen or derived fuels by 2027. Thereafter, the companies will be required to add at least one ship powered by green hydrogen or its derivatives for each year of the mission. | 2027 |
| NATIONAL GREEN HYDROGEN MISSION | 2023 | Green Ammonia bunkers and refuelling facilities will be set up at least at one port by 2025. Such facilities will be established at all major ports by 2035. | 2035 |
| Maritime India Vision 2030 | 2021 | Increase usage of renewable energy to >60% of total energy by 2030 across Indian ports with primary focus on solar and wind | 2030 |
| Maritime India Vision 2030 | 2021 | Increase usage of renewable energy to >60% of total energy by 2030 across Indian ports with primary focus on solar and wind | 2030 |
| UDAN Scheme (Ude Desh ka Aam Naagrik) | 2021 | NCAP also laid down a target of 30 crore domestic ticketing by FY 22 and 50 crore domestic ticketing by 2027. | 2027 |
| PM Gati Shakti Master Plan | 2021 | Powered by Sagarmala, shipping sector to see an increase in cargo capacity at the ports to 1759 Million Metric Tonnes per Annum (MMTPA) by 2024-25 from 1282 MMTPA in 2020. | 2025 |
| PM Gati Shakti Master Plan | 2021 | Cargo movement on all national waterways will be 95 Million Metric Tons (MMT) by 2024-25 from 74 MMT in 2020. Cargo movement on Ganga to be increased from 9 MMT to 29 MMT by 2024-25. | 2025 |
Net zero, carbon neutrality
| "Harit Sagar" Green Port Guidelines | 2023 | Minimizing Carbon and other harmful emissions following Eliminate, Reduce, and Control (ERC) approach to protect local community, ecology and environment in and around Port areas. Reduction in Carbon intensity by 30 percent per ton of Cargo handled, from the current levels (Baseline FY 2022-23), by the year 2030 and 70 percent by year 2047. | 2030 |
| "Harit Sagar" Green Port Guidelines | 2023 | Minimizing Carbon and other harmful emissions following Eliminate, Reduce, and Control (ERC) approach to protect local community, ecology and environment in and around Port areas. Reduction in Carbon intensity by 30 percent per ton of Cargo handled, from the current levels (Baseline FY 2022-23), by the year 2030 and 70 percent by year 2047. | 2047 |
| "Harit Sagar" Green Port Guidelines | 2023 | All Ports shall achieve more than 20 percent reduction in energy consumption / ton of cargo by year 2030 (Baseline – Year 2023). | 2030 |
| "Harit Sagar" Green Port Guidelines | 2023 | (i) All Ports shall make efforts to achieve the target of Renewable Energy as envisaged in MIV 2030 / Blue Economy 2047 documents. Share of renewable energy at Ports should exceed 60 percent by the Year 2030 and 90 percent by year 2047. | 2030 |
| "Harit Sagar" Green Port Guidelines | 2023 | (i) All Ports shall make efforts to achieve the target of Renewable Energy as envisaged in MIV 2030 / Blue Economy 2047 documents. Share of renewable energy at Ports should exceed 60 percent by the Year 2030 and 90 percent by year 2047. | 2047 |
| "Harit Sagar" Green Port Guidelines | 2023 | Ports shall make efforts to achieve the target for Electrification of Vehicles/Ports equipments as envisaged in MIV 2030 / Blue Economy 2047 and accordingly, should target more than 50 percent electrification by the Year 2030 which is to be further increased to more than 90 percent by the year 2047. | 2030 |
| "Harit Sagar" Green Port Guidelines | 2023 | Minimizing Carbon and other harmful emissions following Eliminate, Reduce, and Control (ERC) approach to protect local community, ecology and environment in and around Port areas. Reduction in Carbon intensity by 30 percent per ton of Cargo handled, from the current levels (Baseline FY 2022-23), by the year 2030 and 70 percent by year 2047. | 2030 |
| "Harit Sagar" Green Port Guidelines | 2023 | Minimizing Carbon and other harmful emissions following Eliminate, Reduce, and Control (ERC) approach to protect local community, ecology and environment in and around Port areas. Reduction in Carbon intensity by 30 percent per ton of Cargo handled, from the current levels (Baseline FY 2022-23), by the year 2030 and 70 percent by year 2047. | 2047 |
| "Harit Sagar" Green Port Guidelines | 2023 | Minimizing waste through Refuse, Reduce, Reuse, Repurpose and Recycle (5R concept) to attain zero waste discharge from Port operations. Make efforts to increase the capacity of Water Treatment Plants and usage of treated water. Make adequate arrangements for “Rain Water Harvesting” for effective collection of rain water wherever possible. | 2030 |
| NATIONAL GREEN HYDROGEN MISSION | 2023 | Green Ammonia bunkers and refuelling facilities will be set up at least at one port by 2025. Such facilities will be established at all major ports by 2035. | 2035 |
| NATIONAL GREEN HYDROGEN MISSION | 2023 | The Shipping Corporation of India or in case of its disinvestment, its successor private entity will retrofit at least two ships to run on Green Hydrogen or other Green Hydrogen derived fuels by 2027. India's oil and gas PSUs also currently charter about forty vessels for transport of petroleum products. In order to promote forays into Hydrogen powered shipping lines, these PSUs will be required to charter at least one ship each to be powered by Green Hydrogen or derived fuels by 2027. Thereafter, the companies will be required to add at least one ship powered by green hydrogen or its derivatives for each year of the mission. | 2027 |
| NATIONAL GREEN HYDROGEN MISSION | 2023 | The Shipping Corporation of India or in case of its disinvestment, its successor private entity will retrofit at least two ships to run on Green Hydrogen or other Green Hydrogen derived fuels by 2027. India's oil and gas PSUs also currently charter about forty vessels for transport of petroleum products. In order to promote forays into Hydrogen powered shipping lines, these PSUs will be required to charter at least one ship each to be powered by Green Hydrogen or derived fuels by 2027. Thereafter, the companies will be required to add at least one ship powered by green hydrogen or its derivatives for each year of the mission. | 2027 |
| NATIONAL GREEN HYDROGEN MISSION | 2023 | Green Ammonia bunkers and refuelling facilities will be set up at least at one port by 2025. Such facilities will be established at all major ports by 2035. | 2035 |
| Maritime India Vision 2030 | 2021 | Increase usage of renewable energy to >60% of total energy by 2030 across Indian ports with primary focus on solar and wind | 2030 |
| Maritime India Vision 2030 | 2021 | Increase usage of renewable energy to >60% of total energy by 2030 across Indian ports with primary focus on solar and wind | 2030 |
| UDAN Scheme (Ude Desh ka Aam Naagrik) | 2021 | NCAP also laid down a target of 30 crore domestic ticketing by FY 22 and 50 crore domestic ticketing by 2027. | 2027 |
| PM Gati Shakti Master Plan | 2021 | Powered by Sagarmala, shipping sector to see an increase in cargo capacity at the ports to 1759 Million Metric Tonnes per Annum (MMTPA) by 2024-25 from 1282 MMTPA in 2020. | 2025 |
| PM Gati Shakti Master Plan | 2021 | Cargo movement on all national waterways will be 95 Million Metric Tons (MMT) by 2024-25 from 74 MMT in 2020. Cargo movement on Ganga to be increased from 9 MMT to 29 MMT by 2024-25. | 2025 |
Port electrification
| "Harit Sagar" Green Port Guidelines | 2023 | Minimizing Carbon and other harmful emissions following Eliminate, Reduce, and Control (ERC) approach to protect local community, ecology and environment in and around Port areas. Reduction in Carbon intensity by 30 percent per ton of Cargo handled, from the current levels (Baseline FY 2022-23), by the year 2030 and 70 percent by year 2047. | 2030 |
| "Harit Sagar" Green Port Guidelines | 2023 | Minimizing Carbon and other harmful emissions following Eliminate, Reduce, and Control (ERC) approach to protect local community, ecology and environment in and around Port areas. Reduction in Carbon intensity by 30 percent per ton of Cargo handled, from the current levels (Baseline FY 2022-23), by the year 2030 and 70 percent by year 2047. | 2047 |
| "Harit Sagar" Green Port Guidelines | 2023 | All Ports shall achieve more than 20 percent reduction in energy consumption / ton of cargo by year 2030 (Baseline – Year 2023). | 2030 |
| "Harit Sagar" Green Port Guidelines | 2023 | (i) All Ports shall make efforts to achieve the target of Renewable Energy as envisaged in MIV 2030 / Blue Economy 2047 documents. Share of renewable energy at Ports should exceed 60 percent by the Year 2030 and 90 percent by year 2047. | 2030 |
| "Harit Sagar" Green Port Guidelines | 2023 | (i) All Ports shall make efforts to achieve the target of Renewable Energy as envisaged in MIV 2030 / Blue Economy 2047 documents. Share of renewable energy at Ports should exceed 60 percent by the Year 2030 and 90 percent by year 2047. | 2047 |
| "Harit Sagar" Green Port Guidelines | 2023 | Ports shall make efforts to achieve the target for Electrification of Vehicles/Ports equipments as envisaged in MIV 2030 / Blue Economy 2047 and accordingly, should target more than 50 percent electrification by the Year 2030 which is to be further increased to more than 90 percent by the year 2047. | 2030 |
| "Harit Sagar" Green Port Guidelines | 2023 | Minimizing Carbon and other harmful emissions following Eliminate, Reduce, and Control (ERC) approach to protect local community, ecology and environment in and around Port areas. Reduction in Carbon intensity by 30 percent per ton of Cargo handled, from the current levels (Baseline FY 2022-23), by the year 2030 and 70 percent by year 2047. | 2030 |
| "Harit Sagar" Green Port Guidelines | 2023 | Minimizing Carbon and other harmful emissions following Eliminate, Reduce, and Control (ERC) approach to protect local community, ecology and environment in and around Port areas. Reduction in Carbon intensity by 30 percent per ton of Cargo handled, from the current levels (Baseline FY 2022-23), by the year 2030 and 70 percent by year 2047. | 2047 |
| "Harit Sagar" Green Port Guidelines | 2023 | Minimizing waste through Refuse, Reduce, Reuse, Repurpose and Recycle (5R concept) to attain zero waste discharge from Port operations. Make efforts to increase the capacity of Water Treatment Plants and usage of treated water. Make adequate arrangements for “Rain Water Harvesting” for effective collection of rain water wherever possible. | 2030 |
| NATIONAL GREEN HYDROGEN MISSION | 2023 | Green Ammonia bunkers and refuelling facilities will be set up at least at one port by 2025. Such facilities will be established at all major ports by 2035. | 2035 |
| NATIONAL GREEN HYDROGEN MISSION | 2023 | The Shipping Corporation of India or in case of its disinvestment, its successor private entity will retrofit at least two ships to run on Green Hydrogen or other Green Hydrogen derived fuels by 2027. India's oil and gas PSUs also currently charter about forty vessels for transport of petroleum products. In order to promote forays into Hydrogen powered shipping lines, these PSUs will be required to charter at least one ship each to be powered by Green Hydrogen or derived fuels by 2027. Thereafter, the companies will be required to add at least one ship powered by green hydrogen or its derivatives for each year of the mission. | 2027 |
| NATIONAL GREEN HYDROGEN MISSION | 2023 | The Shipping Corporation of India or in case of its disinvestment, its successor private entity will retrofit at least two ships to run on Green Hydrogen or other Green Hydrogen derived fuels by 2027. India's oil and gas PSUs also currently charter about forty vessels for transport of petroleum products. In order to promote forays into Hydrogen powered shipping lines, these PSUs will be required to charter at least one ship each to be powered by Green Hydrogen or derived fuels by 2027. Thereafter, the companies will be required to add at least one ship powered by green hydrogen or its derivatives for each year of the mission. | 2027 |
| NATIONAL GREEN HYDROGEN MISSION | 2023 | Green Ammonia bunkers and refuelling facilities will be set up at least at one port by 2025. Such facilities will be established at all major ports by 2035. | 2035 |
| Maritime India Vision 2030 | 2021 | Increase usage of renewable energy to >60% of total energy by 2030 across Indian ports with primary focus on solar and wind | 2030 |
| Maritime India Vision 2030 | 2021 | Increase usage of renewable energy to >60% of total energy by 2030 across Indian ports with primary focus on solar and wind | 2030 |
| UDAN Scheme (Ude Desh ka Aam Naagrik) | 2021 | NCAP also laid down a target of 30 crore domestic ticketing by FY 22 and 50 crore domestic ticketing by 2027. | 2027 |
| PM Gati Shakti Master Plan | 2021 | Powered by Sagarmala, shipping sector to see an increase in cargo capacity at the ports to 1759 Million Metric Tonnes per Annum (MMTPA) by 2024-25 from 1282 MMTPA in 2020. | 2025 |
| PM Gati Shakti Master Plan | 2021 | Cargo movement on all national waterways will be 95 Million Metric Tons (MMT) by 2024-25 from 74 MMT in 2020. Cargo movement on Ganga to be increased from 9 MMT to 29 MMT by 2024-25. | 2025 |
Recycle and circular economy in Transport
| "Harit Sagar" Green Port Guidelines | 2023 | Minimizing Carbon and other harmful emissions following Eliminate, Reduce, and Control (ERC) approach to protect local community, ecology and environment in and around Port areas. Reduction in Carbon intensity by 30 percent per ton of Cargo handled, from the current levels (Baseline FY 2022-23), by the year 2030 and 70 percent by year 2047. | 2030 |
| "Harit Sagar" Green Port Guidelines | 2023 | Minimizing Carbon and other harmful emissions following Eliminate, Reduce, and Control (ERC) approach to protect local community, ecology and environment in and around Port areas. Reduction in Carbon intensity by 30 percent per ton of Cargo handled, from the current levels (Baseline FY 2022-23), by the year 2030 and 70 percent by year 2047. | 2047 |
| "Harit Sagar" Green Port Guidelines | 2023 | All Ports shall achieve more than 20 percent reduction in energy consumption / ton of cargo by year 2030 (Baseline – Year 2023). | 2030 |
| "Harit Sagar" Green Port Guidelines | 2023 | (i) All Ports shall make efforts to achieve the target of Renewable Energy as envisaged in MIV 2030 / Blue Economy 2047 documents. Share of renewable energy at Ports should exceed 60 percent by the Year 2030 and 90 percent by year 2047. | 2030 |
| "Harit Sagar" Green Port Guidelines | 2023 | (i) All Ports shall make efforts to achieve the target of Renewable Energy as envisaged in MIV 2030 / Blue Economy 2047 documents. Share of renewable energy at Ports should exceed 60 percent by the Year 2030 and 90 percent by year 2047. | 2047 |
| "Harit Sagar" Green Port Guidelines | 2023 | Ports shall make efforts to achieve the target for Electrification of Vehicles/Ports equipments as envisaged in MIV 2030 / Blue Economy 2047 and accordingly, should target more than 50 percent electrification by the Year 2030 which is to be further increased to more than 90 percent by the year 2047. | 2030 |
| "Harit Sagar" Green Port Guidelines | 2023 | Minimizing Carbon and other harmful emissions following Eliminate, Reduce, and Control (ERC) approach to protect local community, ecology and environment in and around Port areas. Reduction in Carbon intensity by 30 percent per ton of Cargo handled, from the current levels (Baseline FY 2022-23), by the year 2030 and 70 percent by year 2047. | 2030 |
| "Harit Sagar" Green Port Guidelines | 2023 | Minimizing Carbon and other harmful emissions following Eliminate, Reduce, and Control (ERC) approach to protect local community, ecology and environment in and around Port areas. Reduction in Carbon intensity by 30 percent per ton of Cargo handled, from the current levels (Baseline FY 2022-23), by the year 2030 and 70 percent by year 2047. | 2047 |
| "Harit Sagar" Green Port Guidelines | 2023 | Minimizing waste through Refuse, Reduce, Reuse, Repurpose and Recycle (5R concept) to attain zero waste discharge from Port operations. Make efforts to increase the capacity of Water Treatment Plants and usage of treated water. Make adequate arrangements for “Rain Water Harvesting” for effective collection of rain water wherever possible. | 2030 |
| NATIONAL GREEN HYDROGEN MISSION | 2023 | Green Ammonia bunkers and refuelling facilities will be set up at least at one port by 2025. Such facilities will be established at all major ports by 2035. | 2035 |
| NATIONAL GREEN HYDROGEN MISSION | 2023 | The Shipping Corporation of India or in case of its disinvestment, its successor private entity will retrofit at least two ships to run on Green Hydrogen or other Green Hydrogen derived fuels by 2027. India's oil and gas PSUs also currently charter about forty vessels for transport of petroleum products. In order to promote forays into Hydrogen powered shipping lines, these PSUs will be required to charter at least one ship each to be powered by Green Hydrogen or derived fuels by 2027. Thereafter, the companies will be required to add at least one ship powered by green hydrogen or its derivatives for each year of the mission. | 2027 |
| NATIONAL GREEN HYDROGEN MISSION | 2023 | The Shipping Corporation of India or in case of its disinvestment, its successor private entity will retrofit at least two ships to run on Green Hydrogen or other Green Hydrogen derived fuels by 2027. India's oil and gas PSUs also currently charter about forty vessels for transport of petroleum products. In order to promote forays into Hydrogen powered shipping lines, these PSUs will be required to charter at least one ship each to be powered by Green Hydrogen or derived fuels by 2027. Thereafter, the companies will be required to add at least one ship powered by green hydrogen or its derivatives for each year of the mission. | 2027 |
| NATIONAL GREEN HYDROGEN MISSION | 2023 | Green Ammonia bunkers and refuelling facilities will be set up at least at one port by 2025. Such facilities will be established at all major ports by 2035. | 2035 |
| Maritime India Vision 2030 | 2021 | Increase usage of renewable energy to >60% of total energy by 2030 across Indian ports with primary focus on solar and wind | 2030 |
| Maritime India Vision 2030 | 2021 | Increase usage of renewable energy to >60% of total energy by 2030 across Indian ports with primary focus on solar and wind | 2030 |
| UDAN Scheme (Ude Desh ka Aam Naagrik) | 2021 | NCAP also laid down a target of 30 crore domestic ticketing by FY 22 and 50 crore domestic ticketing by 2027. | 2027 |
| PM Gati Shakti Master Plan | 2021 | Powered by Sagarmala, shipping sector to see an increase in cargo capacity at the ports to 1759 Million Metric Tonnes per Annum (MMTPA) by 2024-25 from 1282 MMTPA in 2020. | 2025 |
| PM Gati Shakti Master Plan | 2021 | Cargo movement on all national waterways will be 95 Million Metric Tons (MMT) by 2024-25 from 74 MMT in 2020. Cargo movement on Ganga to be increased from 9 MMT to 29 MMT by 2024-25. | 2025 |
Renewable energy
| "Harit Sagar" Green Port Guidelines | 2023 | Minimizing Carbon and other harmful emissions following Eliminate, Reduce, and Control (ERC) approach to protect local community, ecology and environment in and around Port areas. Reduction in Carbon intensity by 30 percent per ton of Cargo handled, from the current levels (Baseline FY 2022-23), by the year 2030 and 70 percent by year 2047. | 2030 |
| "Harit Sagar" Green Port Guidelines | 2023 | Minimizing Carbon and other harmful emissions following Eliminate, Reduce, and Control (ERC) approach to protect local community, ecology and environment in and around Port areas. Reduction in Carbon intensity by 30 percent per ton of Cargo handled, from the current levels (Baseline FY 2022-23), by the year 2030 and 70 percent by year 2047. | 2047 |
| "Harit Sagar" Green Port Guidelines | 2023 | All Ports shall achieve more than 20 percent reduction in energy consumption / ton of cargo by year 2030 (Baseline – Year 2023). | 2030 |
| "Harit Sagar" Green Port Guidelines | 2023 | (i) All Ports shall make efforts to achieve the target of Renewable Energy as envisaged in MIV 2030 / Blue Economy 2047 documents. Share of renewable energy at Ports should exceed 60 percent by the Year 2030 and 90 percent by year 2047. | 2030 |
| "Harit Sagar" Green Port Guidelines | 2023 | (i) All Ports shall make efforts to achieve the target of Renewable Energy as envisaged in MIV 2030 / Blue Economy 2047 documents. Share of renewable energy at Ports should exceed 60 percent by the Year 2030 and 90 percent by year 2047. | 2047 |
| "Harit Sagar" Green Port Guidelines | 2023 | Ports shall make efforts to achieve the target for Electrification of Vehicles/Ports equipments as envisaged in MIV 2030 / Blue Economy 2047 and accordingly, should target more than 50 percent electrification by the Year 2030 which is to be further increased to more than 90 percent by the year 2047. | 2030 |
| "Harit Sagar" Green Port Guidelines | 2023 | Minimizing Carbon and other harmful emissions following Eliminate, Reduce, and Control (ERC) approach to protect local community, ecology and environment in and around Port areas. Reduction in Carbon intensity by 30 percent per ton of Cargo handled, from the current levels (Baseline FY 2022-23), by the year 2030 and 70 percent by year 2047. | 2030 |
| "Harit Sagar" Green Port Guidelines | 2023 | Minimizing Carbon and other harmful emissions following Eliminate, Reduce, and Control (ERC) approach to protect local community, ecology and environment in and around Port areas. Reduction in Carbon intensity by 30 percent per ton of Cargo handled, from the current levels (Baseline FY 2022-23), by the year 2030 and 70 percent by year 2047. | 2047 |
| "Harit Sagar" Green Port Guidelines | 2023 | Minimizing waste through Refuse, Reduce, Reuse, Repurpose and Recycle (5R concept) to attain zero waste discharge from Port operations. Make efforts to increase the capacity of Water Treatment Plants and usage of treated water. Make adequate arrangements for “Rain Water Harvesting” for effective collection of rain water wherever possible. | 2030 |
| NATIONAL GREEN HYDROGEN MISSION | 2023 | Green Ammonia bunkers and refuelling facilities will be set up at least at one port by 2025. Such facilities will be established at all major ports by 2035. | 2035 |
| NATIONAL GREEN HYDROGEN MISSION | 2023 | The Shipping Corporation of India or in case of its disinvestment, its successor private entity will retrofit at least two ships to run on Green Hydrogen or other Green Hydrogen derived fuels by 2027. India's oil and gas PSUs also currently charter about forty vessels for transport of petroleum products. In order to promote forays into Hydrogen powered shipping lines, these PSUs will be required to charter at least one ship each to be powered by Green Hydrogen or derived fuels by 2027. Thereafter, the companies will be required to add at least one ship powered by green hydrogen or its derivatives for each year of the mission. | 2027 |
| NATIONAL GREEN HYDROGEN MISSION | 2023 | The Shipping Corporation of India or in case of its disinvestment, its successor private entity will retrofit at least two ships to run on Green Hydrogen or other Green Hydrogen derived fuels by 2027. India's oil and gas PSUs also currently charter about forty vessels for transport of petroleum products. In order to promote forays into Hydrogen powered shipping lines, these PSUs will be required to charter at least one ship each to be powered by Green Hydrogen or derived fuels by 2027. Thereafter, the companies will be required to add at least one ship powered by green hydrogen or its derivatives for each year of the mission. | 2027 |
| NATIONAL GREEN HYDROGEN MISSION | 2023 | Green Ammonia bunkers and refuelling facilities will be set up at least at one port by 2025. Such facilities will be established at all major ports by 2035. | 2035 |
| Maritime India Vision 2030 | 2021 | Increase usage of renewable energy to >60% of total energy by 2030 across Indian ports with primary focus on solar and wind | 2030 |
| Maritime India Vision 2030 | 2021 | Increase usage of renewable energy to >60% of total energy by 2030 across Indian ports with primary focus on solar and wind | 2030 |
| UDAN Scheme (Ude Desh ka Aam Naagrik) | 2021 | NCAP also laid down a target of 30 crore domestic ticketing by FY 22 and 50 crore domestic ticketing by 2027. | 2027 |
| PM Gati Shakti Master Plan | 2021 | Powered by Sagarmala, shipping sector to see an increase in cargo capacity at the ports to 1759 Million Metric Tonnes per Annum (MMTPA) by 2024-25 from 1282 MMTPA in 2020. | 2025 |
| PM Gati Shakti Master Plan | 2021 | Cargo movement on all national waterways will be 95 Million Metric Tons (MMT) by 2024-25 from 74 MMT in 2020. Cargo movement on Ganga to be increased from 9 MMT to 29 MMT by 2024-25. | 2025 |
Shipping improvement - General
| "Harit Sagar" Green Port Guidelines | 2023 | Minimizing Carbon and other harmful emissions following Eliminate, Reduce, and Control (ERC) approach to protect local community, ecology and environment in and around Port areas. Reduction in Carbon intensity by 30 percent per ton of Cargo handled, from the current levels (Baseline FY 2022-23), by the year 2030 and 70 percent by year 2047. | 2030 |
| "Harit Sagar" Green Port Guidelines | 2023 | Minimizing Carbon and other harmful emissions following Eliminate, Reduce, and Control (ERC) approach to protect local community, ecology and environment in and around Port areas. Reduction in Carbon intensity by 30 percent per ton of Cargo handled, from the current levels (Baseline FY 2022-23), by the year 2030 and 70 percent by year 2047. | 2047 |
| "Harit Sagar" Green Port Guidelines | 2023 | All Ports shall achieve more than 20 percent reduction in energy consumption / ton of cargo by year 2030 (Baseline – Year 2023). | 2030 |
| "Harit Sagar" Green Port Guidelines | 2023 | (i) All Ports shall make efforts to achieve the target of Renewable Energy as envisaged in MIV 2030 / Blue Economy 2047 documents. Share of renewable energy at Ports should exceed 60 percent by the Year 2030 and 90 percent by year 2047. | 2030 |
| "Harit Sagar" Green Port Guidelines | 2023 | (i) All Ports shall make efforts to achieve the target of Renewable Energy as envisaged in MIV 2030 / Blue Economy 2047 documents. Share of renewable energy at Ports should exceed 60 percent by the Year 2030 and 90 percent by year 2047. | 2047 |
| "Harit Sagar" Green Port Guidelines | 2023 | Ports shall make efforts to achieve the target for Electrification of Vehicles/Ports equipments as envisaged in MIV 2030 / Blue Economy 2047 and accordingly, should target more than 50 percent electrification by the Year 2030 which is to be further increased to more than 90 percent by the year 2047. | 2030 |
| "Harit Sagar" Green Port Guidelines | 2023 | Minimizing Carbon and other harmful emissions following Eliminate, Reduce, and Control (ERC) approach to protect local community, ecology and environment in and around Port areas. Reduction in Carbon intensity by 30 percent per ton of Cargo handled, from the current levels (Baseline FY 2022-23), by the year 2030 and 70 percent by year 2047. | 2030 |
| "Harit Sagar" Green Port Guidelines | 2023 | Minimizing Carbon and other harmful emissions following Eliminate, Reduce, and Control (ERC) approach to protect local community, ecology and environment in and around Port areas. Reduction in Carbon intensity by 30 percent per ton of Cargo handled, from the current levels (Baseline FY 2022-23), by the year 2030 and 70 percent by year 2047. | 2047 |
| "Harit Sagar" Green Port Guidelines | 2023 | Minimizing waste through Refuse, Reduce, Reuse, Repurpose and Recycle (5R concept) to attain zero waste discharge from Port operations. Make efforts to increase the capacity of Water Treatment Plants and usage of treated water. Make adequate arrangements for “Rain Water Harvesting” for effective collection of rain water wherever possible. | 2030 |
| NATIONAL GREEN HYDROGEN MISSION | 2023 | Green Ammonia bunkers and refuelling facilities will be set up at least at one port by 2025. Such facilities will be established at all major ports by 2035. | 2035 |
| NATIONAL GREEN HYDROGEN MISSION | 2023 | The Shipping Corporation of India or in case of its disinvestment, its successor private entity will retrofit at least two ships to run on Green Hydrogen or other Green Hydrogen derived fuels by 2027. India's oil and gas PSUs also currently charter about forty vessels for transport of petroleum products. In order to promote forays into Hydrogen powered shipping lines, these PSUs will be required to charter at least one ship each to be powered by Green Hydrogen or derived fuels by 2027. Thereafter, the companies will be required to add at least one ship powered by green hydrogen or its derivatives for each year of the mission. | 2027 |
| NATIONAL GREEN HYDROGEN MISSION | 2023 | The Shipping Corporation of India or in case of its disinvestment, its successor private entity will retrofit at least two ships to run on Green Hydrogen or other Green Hydrogen derived fuels by 2027. India's oil and gas PSUs also currently charter about forty vessels for transport of petroleum products. In order to promote forays into Hydrogen powered shipping lines, these PSUs will be required to charter at least one ship each to be powered by Green Hydrogen or derived fuels by 2027. Thereafter, the companies will be required to add at least one ship powered by green hydrogen or its derivatives for each year of the mission. | 2027 |
| NATIONAL GREEN HYDROGEN MISSION | 2023 | Green Ammonia bunkers and refuelling facilities will be set up at least at one port by 2025. Such facilities will be established at all major ports by 2035. | 2035 |
| Maritime India Vision 2030 | 2021 | Increase usage of renewable energy to >60% of total energy by 2030 across Indian ports with primary focus on solar and wind | 2030 |
| Maritime India Vision 2030 | 2021 | Increase usage of renewable energy to >60% of total energy by 2030 across Indian ports with primary focus on solar and wind | 2030 |
| UDAN Scheme (Ude Desh ka Aam Naagrik) | 2021 | NCAP also laid down a target of 30 crore domestic ticketing by FY 22 and 50 crore domestic ticketing by 2027. | 2027 |
| PM Gati Shakti Master Plan | 2021 | Powered by Sagarmala, shipping sector to see an increase in cargo capacity at the ports to 1759 Million Metric Tonnes per Annum (MMTPA) by 2024-25 from 1282 MMTPA in 2020. | 2025 |
| PM Gati Shakti Master Plan | 2021 | Cargo movement on all national waterways will be 95 Million Metric Tons (MMT) by 2024-25 from 74 MMT in 2020. Cargo movement on Ganga to be increased from 9 MMT to 29 MMT by 2024-25. | 2025 |
Shipping port infrastructure improvements
| "Harit Sagar" Green Port Guidelines | 2023 | Minimizing Carbon and other harmful emissions following Eliminate, Reduce, and Control (ERC) approach to protect local community, ecology and environment in and around Port areas. Reduction in Carbon intensity by 30 percent per ton of Cargo handled, from the current levels (Baseline FY 2022-23), by the year 2030 and 70 percent by year 2047. | 2030 |
| "Harit Sagar" Green Port Guidelines | 2023 | Minimizing Carbon and other harmful emissions following Eliminate, Reduce, and Control (ERC) approach to protect local community, ecology and environment in and around Port areas. Reduction in Carbon intensity by 30 percent per ton of Cargo handled, from the current levels (Baseline FY 2022-23), by the year 2030 and 70 percent by year 2047. | 2047 |
| "Harit Sagar" Green Port Guidelines | 2023 | All Ports shall achieve more than 20 percent reduction in energy consumption / ton of cargo by year 2030 (Baseline – Year 2023). | 2030 |
| "Harit Sagar" Green Port Guidelines | 2023 | (i) All Ports shall make efforts to achieve the target of Renewable Energy as envisaged in MIV 2030 / Blue Economy 2047 documents. Share of renewable energy at Ports should exceed 60 percent by the Year 2030 and 90 percent by year 2047. | 2030 |
| "Harit Sagar" Green Port Guidelines | 2023 | (i) All Ports shall make efforts to achieve the target of Renewable Energy as envisaged in MIV 2030 / Blue Economy 2047 documents. Share of renewable energy at Ports should exceed 60 percent by the Year 2030 and 90 percent by year 2047. | 2047 |
| "Harit Sagar" Green Port Guidelines | 2023 | Ports shall make efforts to achieve the target for Electrification of Vehicles/Ports equipments as envisaged in MIV 2030 / Blue Economy 2047 and accordingly, should target more than 50 percent electrification by the Year 2030 which is to be further increased to more than 90 percent by the year 2047. | 2030 |
| "Harit Sagar" Green Port Guidelines | 2023 | Minimizing Carbon and other harmful emissions following Eliminate, Reduce, and Control (ERC) approach to protect local community, ecology and environment in and around Port areas. Reduction in Carbon intensity by 30 percent per ton of Cargo handled, from the current levels (Baseline FY 2022-23), by the year 2030 and 70 percent by year 2047. | 2030 |
| "Harit Sagar" Green Port Guidelines | 2023 | Minimizing Carbon and other harmful emissions following Eliminate, Reduce, and Control (ERC) approach to protect local community, ecology and environment in and around Port areas. Reduction in Carbon intensity by 30 percent per ton of Cargo handled, from the current levels (Baseline FY 2022-23), by the year 2030 and 70 percent by year 2047. | 2047 |
| "Harit Sagar" Green Port Guidelines | 2023 | Minimizing waste through Refuse, Reduce, Reuse, Repurpose and Recycle (5R concept) to attain zero waste discharge from Port operations. Make efforts to increase the capacity of Water Treatment Plants and usage of treated water. Make adequate arrangements for “Rain Water Harvesting” for effective collection of rain water wherever possible. | 2030 |
| NATIONAL GREEN HYDROGEN MISSION | 2023 | Green Ammonia bunkers and refuelling facilities will be set up at least at one port by 2025. Such facilities will be established at all major ports by 2035. | 2035 |
| NATIONAL GREEN HYDROGEN MISSION | 2023 | The Shipping Corporation of India or in case of its disinvestment, its successor private entity will retrofit at least two ships to run on Green Hydrogen or other Green Hydrogen derived fuels by 2027. India's oil and gas PSUs also currently charter about forty vessels for transport of petroleum products. In order to promote forays into Hydrogen powered shipping lines, these PSUs will be required to charter at least one ship each to be powered by Green Hydrogen or derived fuels by 2027. Thereafter, the companies will be required to add at least one ship powered by green hydrogen or its derivatives for each year of the mission. | 2027 |
| NATIONAL GREEN HYDROGEN MISSION | 2023 | The Shipping Corporation of India or in case of its disinvestment, its successor private entity will retrofit at least two ships to run on Green Hydrogen or other Green Hydrogen derived fuels by 2027. India's oil and gas PSUs also currently charter about forty vessels for transport of petroleum products. In order to promote forays into Hydrogen powered shipping lines, these PSUs will be required to charter at least one ship each to be powered by Green Hydrogen or derived fuels by 2027. Thereafter, the companies will be required to add at least one ship powered by green hydrogen or its derivatives for each year of the mission. | 2027 |
| NATIONAL GREEN HYDROGEN MISSION | 2023 | Green Ammonia bunkers and refuelling facilities will be set up at least at one port by 2025. Such facilities will be established at all major ports by 2035. | 2035 |
| Maritime India Vision 2030 | 2021 | Increase usage of renewable energy to >60% of total energy by 2030 across Indian ports with primary focus on solar and wind | 2030 |
| Maritime India Vision 2030 | 2021 | Increase usage of renewable energy to >60% of total energy by 2030 across Indian ports with primary focus on solar and wind | 2030 |
| UDAN Scheme (Ude Desh ka Aam Naagrik) | 2021 | NCAP also laid down a target of 30 crore domestic ticketing by FY 22 and 50 crore domestic ticketing by 2027. | 2027 |
| PM Gati Shakti Master Plan | 2021 | Powered by Sagarmala, shipping sector to see an increase in cargo capacity at the ports to 1759 Million Metric Tonnes per Annum (MMTPA) by 2024-25 from 1282 MMTPA in 2020. | 2025 |
| PM Gati Shakti Master Plan | 2021 | Cargo movement on all national waterways will be 95 Million Metric Tons (MMT) by 2024-25 from 74 MMT in 2020. Cargo movement on Ganga to be increased from 9 MMT to 29 MMT by 2024-25. | 2025 |
Solar energy
| "Harit Sagar" Green Port Guidelines | 2023 | Minimizing Carbon and other harmful emissions following Eliminate, Reduce, and Control (ERC) approach to protect local community, ecology and environment in and around Port areas. Reduction in Carbon intensity by 30 percent per ton of Cargo handled, from the current levels (Baseline FY 2022-23), by the year 2030 and 70 percent by year 2047. | 2030 |
| "Harit Sagar" Green Port Guidelines | 2023 | Minimizing Carbon and other harmful emissions following Eliminate, Reduce, and Control (ERC) approach to protect local community, ecology and environment in and around Port areas. Reduction in Carbon intensity by 30 percent per ton of Cargo handled, from the current levels (Baseline FY 2022-23), by the year 2030 and 70 percent by year 2047. | 2047 |
| "Harit Sagar" Green Port Guidelines | 2023 | All Ports shall achieve more than 20 percent reduction in energy consumption / ton of cargo by year 2030 (Baseline – Year 2023). | 2030 |
| "Harit Sagar" Green Port Guidelines | 2023 | (i) All Ports shall make efforts to achieve the target of Renewable Energy as envisaged in MIV 2030 / Blue Economy 2047 documents. Share of renewable energy at Ports should exceed 60 percent by the Year 2030 and 90 percent by year 2047. | 2030 |
| "Harit Sagar" Green Port Guidelines | 2023 | (i) All Ports shall make efforts to achieve the target of Renewable Energy as envisaged in MIV 2030 / Blue Economy 2047 documents. Share of renewable energy at Ports should exceed 60 percent by the Year 2030 and 90 percent by year 2047. | 2047 |
| "Harit Sagar" Green Port Guidelines | 2023 | Ports shall make efforts to achieve the target for Electrification of Vehicles/Ports equipments as envisaged in MIV 2030 / Blue Economy 2047 and accordingly, should target more than 50 percent electrification by the Year 2030 which is to be further increased to more than 90 percent by the year 2047. | 2030 |
| "Harit Sagar" Green Port Guidelines | 2023 | Minimizing Carbon and other harmful emissions following Eliminate, Reduce, and Control (ERC) approach to protect local community, ecology and environment in and around Port areas. Reduction in Carbon intensity by 30 percent per ton of Cargo handled, from the current levels (Baseline FY 2022-23), by the year 2030 and 70 percent by year 2047. | 2030 |
| "Harit Sagar" Green Port Guidelines | 2023 | Minimizing Carbon and other harmful emissions following Eliminate, Reduce, and Control (ERC) approach to protect local community, ecology and environment in and around Port areas. Reduction in Carbon intensity by 30 percent per ton of Cargo handled, from the current levels (Baseline FY 2022-23), by the year 2030 and 70 percent by year 2047. | 2047 |
| "Harit Sagar" Green Port Guidelines | 2023 | Minimizing waste through Refuse, Reduce, Reuse, Repurpose and Recycle (5R concept) to attain zero waste discharge from Port operations. Make efforts to increase the capacity of Water Treatment Plants and usage of treated water. Make adequate arrangements for “Rain Water Harvesting” for effective collection of rain water wherever possible. | 2030 |
| NATIONAL GREEN HYDROGEN MISSION | 2023 | Green Ammonia bunkers and refuelling facilities will be set up at least at one port by 2025. Such facilities will be established at all major ports by 2035. | 2035 |
| NATIONAL GREEN HYDROGEN MISSION | 2023 | The Shipping Corporation of India or in case of its disinvestment, its successor private entity will retrofit at least two ships to run on Green Hydrogen or other Green Hydrogen derived fuels by 2027. India's oil and gas PSUs also currently charter about forty vessels for transport of petroleum products. In order to promote forays into Hydrogen powered shipping lines, these PSUs will be required to charter at least one ship each to be powered by Green Hydrogen or derived fuels by 2027. Thereafter, the companies will be required to add at least one ship powered by green hydrogen or its derivatives for each year of the mission. | 2027 |
| NATIONAL GREEN HYDROGEN MISSION | 2023 | The Shipping Corporation of India or in case of its disinvestment, its successor private entity will retrofit at least two ships to run on Green Hydrogen or other Green Hydrogen derived fuels by 2027. India's oil and gas PSUs also currently charter about forty vessels for transport of petroleum products. In order to promote forays into Hydrogen powered shipping lines, these PSUs will be required to charter at least one ship each to be powered by Green Hydrogen or derived fuels by 2027. Thereafter, the companies will be required to add at least one ship powered by green hydrogen or its derivatives for each year of the mission. | 2027 |
| NATIONAL GREEN HYDROGEN MISSION | 2023 | Green Ammonia bunkers and refuelling facilities will be set up at least at one port by 2025. Such facilities will be established at all major ports by 2035. | 2035 |
| Maritime India Vision 2030 | 2021 | Increase usage of renewable energy to >60% of total energy by 2030 across Indian ports with primary focus on solar and wind | 2030 |
| Maritime India Vision 2030 | 2021 | Increase usage of renewable energy to >60% of total energy by 2030 across Indian ports with primary focus on solar and wind | 2030 |
| UDAN Scheme (Ude Desh ka Aam Naagrik) | 2021 | NCAP also laid down a target of 30 crore domestic ticketing by FY 22 and 50 crore domestic ticketing by 2027. | 2027 |
| PM Gati Shakti Master Plan | 2021 | Powered by Sagarmala, shipping sector to see an increase in cargo capacity at the ports to 1759 Million Metric Tonnes per Annum (MMTPA) by 2024-25 from 1282 MMTPA in 2020. | 2025 |
| PM Gati Shakti Master Plan | 2021 | Cargo movement on all national waterways will be 95 Million Metric Tons (MMT) by 2024-25 from 74 MMT in 2020. Cargo movement on Ganga to be increased from 9 MMT to 29 MMT by 2024-25. | 2025 |
Policy Measures
| India 2026 Budget | Capacity building - General | To promote environmentally sustainable movement of cargo, I propose to: a) Establish new Dedicated Freight Corridors connecting Dankuni in the East, to Surat in the West; b) operationalise 20 new National Waterways (NW) over next 5 years, starting with NW-5 in Odisha to connect mineral rich areas of Talcher and Angul and industrial centres like Kalinga Nagar to the Ports of Paradeep and Dhamra. Training Institutes will be set up as Regional Centres of Excellence for development of the required manpower. | 2026 |
| India 2026 Budget | Inland waterways (IWT) improvement - General | operationalise 20 new National Waterways (NW) over next 5 years, starting with NW-5 in Odisha to connect mineral rich areas of Talcher and Angul and industrial centres like Kalinga Nagar to the Ports of Paradeep and Dhamra. | 2026 |
| India 2026 Budget | Shipping improvement - General | a ship repair ecosystem catering to inland waterways will also be set up at Varanasi and Patna; | 2026 |
| India: Fourth Biennial Update Report | Biofuels | development of advanced biofuels and hydrogen-based fuels for maritime and aerial transport. The Ethanol Blended Petrol program aims to boost biofuel usage in India by blending different types of biofuels with petrol. | 2024 |
| The Coastal Shipping Bill, 2024 | Development of shipping/ maritime/ inland water transport (IWT) plan/ policy | The Central Government shall, within a period of two years from the date of commencement of this Act, by notification, publish a National Coastal and Inland Shipping Strategic Plan for the purposes of this Act, which shall be updated every two years by a like notification. The Strategic Plan shall include the following, namely:–– (a) assessment of the condition of coastal shipping routes in India including routes occupied by inland waterways; (b) identification of the operational improvements required in coastal shipping, including those by way of integration with inland waterway routes, in order to make coastal maritime transport a cost-efficient mode of transportation for goods and passengers; (c) long term forecasts of traffic on coastal shipping and inland waterways network; (d) identification of best practices for improving the performance of coastal shipping including the synergy presented by inland waterway routes and other modes of transportation; (e) identification of new routes for coastal shipping and integration thereof with inland waterways and existing coastal shipping routes; (f) measures for the promotion of building, registration and participation of Indian vessels in coastal shipping in India; (g) recommendations regarding the conditions subject to which vessels registered under the Inland Vessels Act, 2021, may engage in coasting trade of India; and (h) such other matters as may be prescribed. | 2024 |
| The Coastal Shipping Bill, 2024 | Data collection and repositories - General | The National Database of Coastal Shipping shall contain the following information on coasting trade in India, namely:–– (a) applications received for licence under section 4; (b) licences granted under section 4; (c) terms and conditions of the licences so granted; (d) routes, voyages and services in the coasting trade of India; (e) requirement of applicants for grant of licences under section 4; (f) expired and revoked licences under section 5; (g) information reported to the Director-General under section 6; (h) such other information as the Director-General may deem fit. | 2024 |
| India: Fourth Biennial Update Report | Hydrogen | development of advanced biofuels and hydrogen-based fuels for maritime and aerial transport | 2024 |
| The Coastal Shipping Bill, 2024 | Transport Laws and Regulations- General | Coastal Shipping Act, 2024 | 2024 |
| Scheme for Incentives to Promote the Utilization of Inland Waterways Transport (IWT) Sector by Cargo owners and for starting Scheduled Services for Cargo Movement on NW-1, NW-2 via IBP Route and NW-16 | Reporting, transparency, feedback mechanism | The Steering Committee will monitor the transportation of cargo via IWT by the cargo owner, from time to time, through the reports submitted by the cargo owner. The performance of the Scheme shall be evaluated periodically by Steering Committee based on predefined performance indicators, such as the volume of cargo shifted to IWT, environmental benefits, overall effectiveness in promoting IWT, etc. Cargo owners availing the Scheme will be invited to provide feedback on the Scheme's implementation, effectiveness, and areas for improvement. Feedback will be collected through surveys, consultations, and stakeholder meetings, informing future adjustments or enhancements to the Scheme. Information about the Scheme, including eligibility criteria, application procedures, incentives amount, monitoring results, and performance evaluations, shall be made publicly available by ICSL to ensure transparency and accountability. | 2024 |
| Scheme for Incentives to Promote the Utilization of Inland Waterways Transport (IWT) Sector by Cargo owners and for starting Scheduled Services for Cargo Movement on NW-1, NW-2 via IBP Route and NW-16 | Modal shift | Financial incentives will be provided to the extent of 35% of the total actual operating expenditure incurred on waterways journey for the sustainable modal shift of cargo to IWT from road or rail modes. Also, such an incentive will be provided only for the long-haul movements on waterways i.e. distances greater than 300 km and shall exclude any expenditure incurred on first and last mile journey. The Scheme will provide incentives directly to the cargo owners who shift their cargo from rail/ road to IWT mode using their own/ hired vessel or through their operators along NW-1, NW-2 and NW-16. A few indicative routes are as follows: i. Transportation of cargo by IWT between Haldia/Kolkata and Patna / Varanasi on NW-1 ii. Transit cargo from / to Kolkata/ Haldia to Pandu / Karimganj / Badarpur on NW-2 & NW-16 using IBP route iii. Transportation of cargo by IWT between Pandu and Dibrugarh on NW-2 | 2024 |
| Amendment to National Civil Aviation Policy | Operational efficiency in logistics | The Board and the industry will submit a detailed action plan after stakeholder consultation, with the objective of reducing dwell time of air cargo from ‘aircraft to truck'to below 48 hours by 31 December 2016 and to24 hours by 31 December 2017by reduction in free time and other measures. For exports, Dwell Time will be reduced to 12 hours by 31st December, 2016 and 8 hours by 31st December, 2017.The action plan proposed by ACLPB will be forwarded to Central Customs Coordination Committee (CCFC) to achieve the stated objectives. ACLPB will developnon-legal and indicative Service Delivery Modulesafter extensive consultations with stakeholders for all elements of the air cargo express cargo value chain such as – airlines, airports, terminal operators, Customs House Agents (CHA), freight forwarders, and government agencies like Customs, CISF, quarantine officers etc. An Air Cargo Community System will also be developed to avoid delays. BCAS will continuously review and simplify security procedures for air cargo in light of the changing business dynamics and evolving technology, while ensuring adequate checks and balances, in consultation with stakeholders. Airport operators will be encouraged to provide space for at least a10- year lease to operators of express cargo freighters who may then develop dedicated infrastructure to improve their operational efficiency. | 2023 |
| "Harit Sagar" Green Port Guidelines | Managing transport air pollution | All Ports shall make suitable efforts to develop the real time Continuous Ambient Air Quality Monitoring Stations (CAAQMS) as per applicable MoEF&CC/CPCB guidelines with digital dashboard. | 2023 |
| "Harit Sagar" Green Port Guidelines | Environment impact assessment | Conduct appropriate environmental impact assessments for both Port projects and Port development plans. All Ports shall have approved Environment Management Guidelines, Environment Management Plan & a dedicated Environment Cell to review and monitor the environment compliance in the Port. All Ports to carry out an Independent Annual Environment Audit by a credible agency and report of the same shall be uploaded on the Port's website annually before 30th April of every year. | 2023 |
| "Harit Sagar" Green Port Guidelines | Net zero, carbon neutrality | Minimizing Carbon and other harmful emissions following Eliminate, Reduce, and Control (ERC) approach to protect local community, ecology and environment in and around Port areas. Reduction in Carbon intensity by 30 percent per ton of Cargo handled, from the current levels (Baseline FY 2022-23), by the year 2030 and 70 percent by year 2047. | 2023 |
| "Harit Sagar" Green Port Guidelines | Net zero, carbon neutrality | Minimizing Carbon and other harmful emissions following Eliminate, Reduce, and Control (ERC) approach to protect local community, ecology and environment in and around Port areas. Reduction in Carbon intensity by 30 percent per ton of Cargo handled, from the current levels (Baseline FY 2022-23), by the year 2030 and 70 percent by year 2047. | 2023 |
| "Harit Sagar" Green Port Guidelines | Managing transport energy consumption | All Ports shall achieve more than 20 percent reduction in energy consumption / ton of cargo by year 2030 (Baseline – Year 2023). | 2023 |
| "Harit Sagar" Green Port Guidelines | Managing transport GHG emission | Ships equipped with Exhaust Gas Cleaning Systems, to meet IMO emission standards, should switch to the closed-loop mode of operation if fitted with hybrid type of scrubbers, whereas, the vessels fitted with open-loop scrubbers, would need to switch over to compliant fuel. | 2023 |
| "Harit Sagar" Green Port Guidelines | EV charging infrastructure | Ports shall establish at least one LNG bunkering station by the Year 2030 and adequate number of EV charging stations in port campus or nearby area by the year 2025. | 2023 |
| "Harit Sagar" Green Port Guidelines | Hydrogen | (ii) Ports shall make an action plan and implement the projects to achieve the targets set for the Ports / Port Crafts in the “National Green Hydrogen Mission”, including creation of infrastructure at select Ports for storage, bunkering and refueling of Green Hydrogen and its derivative, within the targeted timelines. | 2023 |
| "Harit Sagar" Green Port Guidelines | Renewable energy | (i) All Ports shall make efforts to achieve the target of Renewable Energy as envisaged in MIV 2030 / Blue Economy 2047 documents. Share of renewable energy at Ports should exceed 60 percent by the Year 2030 and 90 percent by year 2047. | 2023 |
| "Harit Sagar" Green Port Guidelines | Renewable energy | (i) All Ports shall make efforts to achieve the target of Renewable Energy as envisaged in MIV 2030 / Blue Economy 2047 documents. Share of renewable energy at Ports should exceed 60 percent by the Year 2030 and 90 percent by year 2047. | 2023 |
| "Harit Sagar" Green Port Guidelines | Ammonia | Green Ammonia bunkers and refueling facilities shall be established at all Major Ports by 2035. | 2023 |
| "Harit Sagar" Green Port Guidelines | LPG/ CNG/ LNG | Ports shall establish at least one LNG bunkering station by the Year 2030 and adequate number of EV charging stations in port campus or nearby area by the year 2025. | 2023 |
| "Harit Sagar" Green Port Guidelines | Bunkering infrastructure for alternative fuels | Maximizing use of Clean / Green energy in Port operation. Developing Port capabilities for storage, handling and bunkering Greener Fuels viz. Green Hydrogen, Green Ammonia, Green Methanol / Ethanol etc. (ii) Ports shall make an action plan and implement the projects to achieve the targets set for the Ports / Port Crafts in the “National Green Hydrogen Mission”, including creation of infrastructure at select Ports for storage, bunkering and refueling of Green Hydrogen and its derivative, within the targeted timelines. (iii) Green Ammonia bunkers and refueling facilities shall be established at all Major Ports by 2035. Ports shall establish at least one LNG bunkering station by the Year 2030 and adequate number of EV charging stations in port campus or nearby area by the year 2025. | 2023 |
| "Harit Sagar" Green Port Guidelines | Alternative fuels - General | All future procurements of Port vehicles and cargo handling & other equipments shall preferably be electrically driven / electrically powered or should be compatible with low carbon greener fuels viz., CNG, Methanol, Ethanol, Ammonia, Hydrogen Fuel Cell etc. (iii) Select Port(s) shall upgrade / augment their Infrastructure to support Offshore Wind Energy projects by facilitating and providing services to the industry for assembly, staging, fabrication, storage, and loading of Wind Turbine Generator (WTG) components for offshore installation. V.O. Chidambaranar Port has been selected for a pilot project on offshore wind farm to be executed by Ministry of Power. | 2023 |
| "Harit Sagar" Green Port Guidelines | Reporting, transparency, feedback mechanism | 2.10 Promote environmental reporting as a means of communicating environmentally good behavior to stakeholders. | 2023 |
| "Harit Sagar" Green Port Guidelines | Development of shipping/ maritime/ inland water transport (IWT) plan/ policy | To prepare an Emergency Oil Pollution Response Management as per the NOS-DCP (National Oil Spill Disaster Contingency Plan) to combat oil pollution in the event of oil spill within the port limits. | 2023 |
| "Harit Sagar" Green Port Guidelines | Port electrification | (ii) Ports should target retro-fitment / conversion of Diesel powered equipments / cranes / forklift / pay loader / vehicles etc. to electrically powered in a phased manner by making suitable plans. (iii) All future procurements of Port vehicles and cargo handling & other equipments shall preferably be electrically driven / electrically powered or should be compatible with low carbon greener fuels viz., CNG, Methanol, Ethanol, Ammonia, Hydrogen Fuel Cell etc (iii) Select Port(s) shall upgrade / augment their Infrastructure to support Offshore Wind Energy projects by facilitating and providing services to the industry for assembly, staging, fabrication, storage, and loading of Wind Turbine Generator (WTG) components for offshore installation. V.O. Chidambaranar Port has been selected for a pilot project on offshore wind farm to be executed by Ministry of Power. 4.5 Shore to Ship Power Supply: All Ports shall develop the infrastructure to provide “Shore to Ship” power in a phased manner: • 1St Phase- To Port Crafts (By 2023) • 2nd Phase- To Coast Guard/Navy and small coastal vessels ( By 2024) • 3rd Phase- To EXIM vessels (By 2025) | 2023 |
| "Harit Sagar" Green Port Guidelines | Port electrification | Ports shall make efforts to achieve the target for Electrification of Vehicles/Ports equipments as envisaged in MIV 2030 / Blue Economy 2047 and accordingly, should target more than 50 percent electrification by the Year 2030 which is to be further increased to more than 90 percent by the year 2047. | 2023 |
| "Harit Sagar" Green Port Guidelines | Shipping efficiency improvements | Promotion of “Coastal Shipping” is a cost & energy efficient alternative mode for transportation that can help address the challenges of carbon emission and help to achieve the target of national carbon footprint reduction. Ports shall facilitate coastal shipping through creation of infrastructure and suitably designed mechanisms to make the transport viable for the users. | 2023 |
| "Harit Sagar" Green Port Guidelines | Green shipping program | Minimizing Carbon and other harmful emissions following Eliminate, Reduce, and Control (ERC) approach to protect local community, ecology and environment in and around Port areas. Reduction in Carbon intensity by 30 percent per ton of Cargo handled, from the current levels (Baseline FY 2022-23), by the year 2030 and 70 percent by year 2047. | 2023 |
| "Harit Sagar" Green Port Guidelines | Green shipping program | Minimizing Carbon and other harmful emissions following Eliminate, Reduce, and Control (ERC) approach to protect local community, ecology and environment in and around Port areas. Reduction in Carbon intensity by 30 percent per ton of Cargo handled, from the current levels (Baseline FY 2022-23), by the year 2030 and 70 percent by year 2047. | 2023 |
| "Harit Sagar" Green Port Guidelines | Green shipping program | (i) Ports shall use energy efficient equipments / material viz. LED smart lighting system, highest energy rating equipments such as AC, Fans, Electronic devices etc. to reduce the energy consumption demand. (ii) No vehicles to be permitted inside the port area without PUC certificate (iv) All new buildings shall be built by adopting “Green Building” concept. Discharge of any wastewater/ bilge water/ oily bilge/ wastewater generated from ships shall be prohibited in the Port waters. Environment Cell, a dedicated unit of competent trained personnel for sustainable and environment friendly Port operation, to give suggestions/recommendation to management for effective implementation of environment compliance. To promote sustainability, the Green Ship incentives may be introduced at Ports to motivate the green culture at ports. The ships (EXIM/Coastal), which are using cleaner fuel, as compared to conventional fuel, and vessels having shore power reception facility to accommodate the full running load at berth, including cargo handling equipment, may be incentivized in terms of queue priority or rebate in berth dues. Private Craft Operators at port using alternate fuel (green fuel) such as Methanol, Ethanol, Hydrogen Fuel Cell technology etc. may also be suitably incentivized. | 2023 |
| "Harit Sagar" Green Port Guidelines | Shipping fuels | Ports shall make efforts to retrofit Port Crafts (including Tugs, Pilot Boats, Mooring Boats, Survey Boats etc.) with available technology for propulsion on cleaner and greener fuel viz., Green Ammonia, Green Hydrogen (through Fuel Cell), Green Methanol etc in phased manner. | 2023 |
| "Harit Sagar" Green Port Guidelines | Vessel scrappage and retrofit | (i) Ports shall make efforts to retrofit Port Crafts (including Tugs, Pilot Boats, Mooring Boats, Survey Boats etc.) with available technology for propulsion on cleaner and greener fuel viz., Green Ammonia, Green Hydrogen (through Fuel Cell), Green Methanol etc in phased manner. | 2023 |
| "Harit Sagar" Green Port Guidelines | Shipping port infrastructure improvements | Employing an ecosystem dynamics in Port development, operation and maintenance aligning to 'Working with Nature' concept and ‘Panchamrit Commitments', minimizing impact on biotic components of harbor ecosystem. (i) Ports shall use energy efficient equipments / material viz. LED smart lighting system, highest energy rating equipments such as AC, Fans, Electronic devices etc. to reduce the energy consumption demand. The Ports shall use the digital infrastructure i.e. Sagar Setu-NLP-Marine, EBS, RFID etc. to increase the efficiency of Port operation and in turn reduce the carbon footprint. | 2023 |
| "Harit Sagar" Green Port Guidelines | Shipping improvement - General | To develop programs that will protect and conserve the shore, mangrove forest and habitats. Waste Management: All Ports shall provide shore reception facility, with approved vendors, for discharging the waste by ships calling at ports as per the Indian Rules | 2023 |
| "Harit Sagar" Green Port Guidelines | Innovations and digitalization - General | The Ports shall use the digital infrastructure i.e. Sagar Setu-NLP-Marine, EBS, RFID etc. to increase the efficiency of Port operation and in turn reduce the carbon footprint. | 2023 |
| "Harit Sagar" Green Port Guidelines | Transport asset management information system | all Ports shall make suitable efforts to develop the real time Continuous Ambient Air Quality Monitoring Stations (CAAQMS) as per applicable MoEF&CC/CPCB guidelines with digital dashboard All Ports may make suitable efforts to develop and install real time Continuous Marine Water Quality Monitoring Stations (CMWQMS) as per MoEF&CC/CPCB guidelines with digital dashboard All Ports may make suitable efforts to develop and install real time Online Continuous Effluent Monitoring system (OCEMS) with reference to the effluent parameter as mentioned in Annexure-B as per MoEF&CC / CPCB guidelines with digital dashboard Noise level and DG set Noise level monitoring may also be integrated in real time dashboard as mentioned above. | 2023 |
| "Harit Sagar" Green Port Guidelines | Private sector investment/ PPP | (v) Ports shall ensure that the Green and Sustainability aspects are suitably incorporated in the DPR (Detailed Project Report) while formulating PPP (Public Private Partnership) projects. (vi) For the existing PPP Concessionaires, Ports shall devise suitable mechanism(s) to incentivize the concessionaires to adopt greener and carbon neutral designs and procedures in line with the spirit of these guidelines. | 2023 |
| "Harit Sagar" Green Port Guidelines | Economic instruments - General | (i) To promote sustainability, the Green Ship incentives may be introduced at Ports to motivate the green culture at ports. The ships (EXIM/Coastal), which are using cleaner fuel, as compared to conventional fuel, and vessels having shore power reception facility to accommodate the full running load at berth, including cargo handling equipment, may be incentivized in terms of queue priority or rebate in berth dues. (ii) Private Craft Operators at port using alternate fuel (green fuel) such as Methanol, Ethanol, Hydrogen Fuel Cell technology etc. may also be suitably incentivized. (iii) Private operators / stevedores / agents /exporters / importers at Port who are running their equipment / vehicles with green fuel / electric for all its fleet may be identified and recognized through green certification and may be suitably incentivized. (iv) All truck operators who use the green fuel i.e. CNG/LNG/Hydrogen and its derivative or electric fleet may be identified and incentivized. | 2023 |
| "Harit Sagar" Green Port Guidelines | Transport international conventions - General | Effluent discharge from the ships calling at ports, shall be monitored closely as per the IMO (MARPOL Annex-IV) /DG Shipping Rules. Ships calling to the Port shall compulsorily declare type (as per MARPOL) and approximate quantity of waste on board and seek Port's assistance in disposing the same. | 2023 |
| "Harit Sagar" Green Port Guidelines | Recycle and circular economy in Transport | Minimizing waste through Refuse, Reduce, Reuse, Repurpose and Recycle (5R concept) to attain zero waste discharge from Port operations. Make efforts to increase the capacity of Water Treatment Plants and usage of treated water. Make adequate arrangements for “Rain Water Harvesting” for effective collection of rain water wherever possible. | 2023 |
| "Harit Sagar" Green Port Guidelines | Recycle and circular economy in Transport | Minimizing waste through Refuse, Reduce, Reuse, Repurpose and Recycle (5R concept) to attain zero waste discharge from Port operations. Make efforts to increase the capacity of Water Treatment Plants and usage of treated water. Make adequate arrangements for “Rain Water Harvesting” for effective collection of rain water wherever possible. | 2023 |
| "Harit Sagar" Green Port Guidelines | Noise reduction - General | Noise level and DG set Noise level monitoring may also be integrated in real time dashboard as mentioned above. | 2023 |
| Draft "Sagarmala lnnovation and Startup Policy" | Innovations and digitalization - General | MoPSW shall develop and implement the Sagarmala Startup Portal (SSP) for the purpose of this policy. The policy for promotion of startups in the maritime sector will be implemented through MIH vertical created at Institute/Organization nominated by MoPSW. Under the Tech Pilot Grant, select startups will be provided a maximum of Rs. 100 lakhs per startup for the commercialization of proprietary technology including market entry or scaling up. The framework is designed to evenly, as best as possible, distribute responsibilities and benefits towards supporting the maritime startup ecosystem in the country. Maritime Innovation Hub (MIH) would be created as a separate vertical at the Institute/Organization nominated by MoPSW. MIH will act as a focal point for all startup activities in maritime sector for that Institute/Organization and shall include a mix of working facilities for incubators/accelerators, fabrication space for prototypes, rental co‑working spaces (for startup offices) and event space etc. | 2023 |
| Draft "Sagarmala lnnovation and Startup Policy" | Development of shipping/ maritime/ inland water transport (IWT) plan/ policy | The policy for promotion of startups in the maritime sector will be implemented through MIH vertical created at Institute/Organization nominated by MoPSW. MoPSW shall develop and implement the Sagarmala Startup Portal (SSP) for the purpose of this policy. Under the Tech Pilot Grant, select startups will be provided a maximum of Rs. 100 lakhs per startup for the commercialization of proprietary technology including market entry or scaling up. All MoPSW organizations including the Major Ports, IWAl and CSL shall endeavor to create 'Launchpads' for providing necessary handholding and field support to selected startups. | 2023 |
| Draft "Sagarmala lnnovation and Startup Policy" | Shipping improvement - General | The framework is designed to evenly, as best as possible, distribute responsibilities and benefits towards supporting the maritime startup ecosystem in the country. Maritime Innovation Hub (MIH) would be created as a separate vertical at the Institute/Organization nominated by MoPSW. MIH will act as a focal point for all startup activities in maritime sector for that Institute/Organization and shall include a mix of working facilities for incubators/accelerators, fabrication space for prototypes, rental co‑working spaces (for startup offices) and event space etc. All MoPSW organizations including the Major Ports, IWAl and CSL shall endeavor to create 'Launchpads' for providing necessary handholding and field support to selected startups. | 2023 |
| Draft "Sagarmala lnnovation and Startup Policy" | Budget/ identification of shipping projects | MoPSW shall earmark a corpus amount yearly for funding the startups in the key focus areas, as may be decided by its Apex Committee from time to time. Under the Seed Fund Scheme, financial assistance of a maximum of Rs. 50 lakhs will be granted to potential startups to create a minimum viable product/services based on innovative solutions/processes/products/services/business models in shipping and maritime sector. Under the Tech Pilot Grant, select startups will be provided a maximum of Rs. 100 lakhs per startup for the commercialization of proprietary technology including market entry or scaling up. | 2023 |
| Draft "Sagarmala lnnovation and Startup Policy" | Capacity building - General | The policy for promotion of startups in the maritime sector will be implemented through MIH vertical created at Institute/Organization nominated by MoPSW. All MoPSW organizations including the Major Ports, IWAl and CSL shall endeavor to create 'Launchpads' for providing necessary handholding and field support to selected startups. The framework is designed to evenly, as best as possible, distribute responsibilities and benefits towards supporting the maritime startup ecosystem in the country. Maritime Innovation Hub (MIH) would be created as a separate vertical at the Institute/Organization nominated by MoPSW. MIH will act as a focal point for all startup activities in maritime sector for that Institute/Organization and shall include a mix of working facilities for incubators/accelerators, fabrication space for prototypes, rental co‑working spaces (for startup offices) and event space etc. | 2023 |
| Draft "Sagarmala lnnovation and Startup Policy" | Transport institutional reform | MoPSW shall develop and implement the Sagarmala Startup Portal (SSP) for the purpose of this policy. | 2023 |
| Draft "Sagarmala lnnovation and Startup Policy" | Stakeholder involvement - General | MoPSW shall develop and implement the Sagarmala Startup Portal (SSP) for the purpose of this policy. The policy for promotion of startups in the maritime sector will be implemented through MIH vertical created at Institute/Organization nominated by MoPSW. All MoPSW organizations including the Major Ports, IWAl and CSL shall endeavor to create 'Launchpads' for providing necessary handholding and field support to selected startups. The framework is designed to evenly, as best as possible, distribute responsibilities and benefits towards supporting the maritime startup ecosystem in the country. Maritime Innovation Hub (MIH) would be created as a separate vertical at the Institute/Organization nominated by MoPSW. MIH will act as a focal point for all startup activities in maritime sector for that Institute/Organization and shall include a mix of working facilities for incubators/accelerators, fabrication space for prototypes, rental co‑working spaces (for startup offices) and event space etc. | 2023 |
| NATIONAL GREEN HYDROGEN MISSION | Ammonia | Green Ammonia bunkers and refuelling facilities will be set up at least at one port by 2025. Such facilities will be established at all major ports by 2035. | 2023 |
| NATIONAL GREEN HYDROGEN MISSION | Shipping improvement - General | pilot projects will be undertaken for initiating green transition in steel production, long-haul heavy-duty mobility and shipping. Parallelly, work will commence on establishing a framework of regulations and standards to facilitate the growth of the sector and enable harmonisation and engagement with international norms. The Shipping Corporation of India or in case of its disinvestment, its successor private entity will retrofit at least two ships to run on Green Hydrogen or other Green Hydrogen derived fuels by 2027. Port infrastructure required to enable exports of Green Hydrogen derivatives, and pipelines to facilitate bulk transport of Green Hydrogen will also be developed. Ministry of Ports, Shipping and Waterways (MoPSW) will play a crucial role in establishing India's export capabilities for green hydrogen and its derivatives. MoPSW will facilitate development of the required infrastructure including storage bunkers, port operations equipment, and refuelling facilities. MoPSW will also drive the adoption of hydrogen/derivatives (ammonia/methanol) as propulsion fuel for ships. The Ministry will also work towards making India a green hydrogen/derivative refuelling hub. Shipping and Port operations are among the key sectors likely to drive the future Green Hydrogen demand and trade. Maritime transport and Ports have significant potential for decarbonisation through use of Green Hydrogen or its derivatives such as Green Ammonia and Green Methanol as fuel for propulsion and other operations. Prospects include development of Green Hydrogen/Ammonia refuelling hubs at Indian ports; development and operation of Green Hydrogen/Ammonia fuelled vessels; use of Green Hydrogen/Ammonia to fuel zero-emission technologies for vehicles and terminal equipment at ports; and development of supply chains and capabilities to support future export of Green Hydrogen/Ammonia from India. The Mission will significantly decarbonise the identified industrial sectors and prepare a foundation for similar transition in other emerging sectors like steel, shipping, energy storage, and long-haul mobility. Nearly 50 MMT per annum of CO2 emissions are expected to be averted as a result of the various Green Hydrogen initiatives under the Mission. Ultimately, use of Green Hydrogen will play a crucial role in ensuring India's energy independence and Net Zero goals. | 2023 |
| NATIONAL GREEN HYDROGEN MISSION | Infrastructure improvements - General | For certain applications such as long-haul mobility, decentralized Green Hydrogen production would be essential. Hydrogen refuelling stations in the cities and along highways could be connected to decentralized renewable energy (RE) plants for in-situ production of Green Hydrogen. Port infrastructure required to enable exports of Green Hydrogen derivatives, and pipelines to facilitate bulk transport of Green Hydrogen will also be developed. Ministry of Road Transport and Highways will enable adoption of green hydrogen in the transport sector through regulations, standards, and codes, primarily for heavy commercial vehicles and long-haul operations. MoRTH will also facilitate technology development for adoption of green hydrogen in the transport sector through testing facilities, pilot projects, and provide support for infrastructure development. Coordinated efforts will be required to establish a robust ecosystem of regulations and standards to enable safe and rapid scaling up of projects for production, delivery, storage and use of hydrogen. MNRE will anchor this activity in partnership with Department for Promotion of Industry and Internal Trade, Bureau of Indian Standards, Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Gas, Ministry of Road Transport and Highways, and associated agencies. Shipping and Port operations are among the key sectors likely to drive the future Green Hydrogen demand and trade. Maritime transport and Ports have significant potential for decarbonisation through use of Green Hydrogen or its derivatives such as Green Ammonia and Green Methanol as fuel for propulsion and other operations. Prospects include development of Green Hydrogen/Ammonia refuelling hubs at Indian ports; development and operation of Green Hydrogen/Ammonia fuelled vessels; use of Green Hydrogen/Ammonia to fuel zero-emission technologies for vehicles and terminal equipment at ports; and development of supply chains and capabilities to support future export of Green Hydrogen/Ammonia from India. | 2023 |
| NATIONAL GREEN HYDROGEN MISSION | Innovations and digitalization - General | pilot projects will be undertaken for initiating green transition in steel production, long-haul heavy-duty mobility and shipping. Parallelly, work will commence on establishing a framework of regulations and standards to facilitate the growth of the sector and enable harmonisation and engagement with international norms. Ministry of Road Transport and Highways will enable adoption of green hydrogen in the transport sector through regulations, standards, and codes, primarily for heavy commercial vehicles and long-haul operations. MoRTH will also facilitate technology development for adoption of green hydrogen in the transport sector through testing facilities, pilot projects, and provide support for infrastructure development. Efforts will be made to leverage existing institutions under administrative control of/funded by various Ministries/Departments like MoPNG, DST, DSIR, ISRO, MoRTH etc. for implementation, testing, standardization, R&D activities etc. to ensure optimum utilization of resources. | 2023 |
| NATIONAL GREEN HYDROGEN MISSION | Shipping improvement - General | The Shipping Corporation of India or in case of its disinvestment, its successor private entity will retrofit at least two ships to run on Green Hydrogen or other Green Hydrogen derived fuels by 2027. India's oil and gas PSUs also currently charter about forty vessels for transport of petroleum products. In order to promote forays into Hydrogen powered shipping lines, these PSUs will be required to charter at least one ship each to be powered by Green Hydrogen or derived fuels by 2027. Thereafter, the companies will be required to add at least one ship powered by green hydrogen or its derivatives for each year of the mission. | 2023 |
| NATIONAL GREEN HYDROGEN MISSION | Transport institutional reform | pilot projects will be undertaken for initiating green transition in steel production, long-haul heavy-duty mobility and shipping. Parallelly, work will commence on establishing a framework of regulations and standards to facilitate the growth of the sector and enable harmonisation and engagement with international norms. | 2023 |
| NATIONAL GREEN HYDROGEN MISSION | Hydrogen | The Shipping Corporation of India or in case of its disinvestment, its successor private entity will retrofit at least two ships to run on Green Hydrogen or other Green Hydrogen derived fuels by 2027. India's oil and gas PSUs also currently charter about forty vessels for transport of petroleum products. In order to promote forays into Hydrogen powered shipping lines, these PSUs will be required to charter at least one ship each to be powered by Green Hydrogen or derived fuels by 2027. Thereafter, the companies will be required to add at least one ship powered by green hydrogen or its derivatives for each year of the mission. | 2023 |
| NATIONAL GREEN HYDROGEN MISSION | Hydrogen | Green Ammonia bunkers and refuelling facilities will be set up at least at one port by 2025. Such facilities will be established at all major ports by 2035. | 2023 |
| NATIONAL GREEN HYDROGEN MISSION | Shipping port infrastructure improvements | Port infrastructure required to enable exports of Green Hydrogen derivatives, and pipelines to facilitate bulk transport of Green Hydrogen will also be developed. Ministry of Ports, Shipping and Waterways (MoPSW) will play a crucial role in establishing India's export capabilities for green hydrogen and its derivatives. MoPSW will facilitate development of the required infrastructure including storage bunkers, port operations equipment, and refuelling facilities. MoPSW will also drive the adoption of hydrogen/derivatives (ammonia/methanol) as propulsion fuel for ships. The Ministry will also work towards making India a green hydrogen/derivative refuelling hub. Shipping and Port operations are among the key sectors likely to drive the future Green Hydrogen demand and trade. Maritime transport and Ports have significant potential for decarbonisation through use of Green Hydrogen or its derivatives such as Green Ammonia and Green Methanol as fuel for propulsion and other operations. Prospects include development of Green Hydrogen/Ammonia refuelling hubs at Indian ports; development and operation of Green Hydrogen/Ammonia fuelled vessels; use of Green Hydrogen/Ammonia to fuel zero-emission technologies for vehicles and terminal equipment at ports; and development of supply chains and capabilities to support future export of Green Hydrogen/Ammonia from India. | 2023 |
| NATIONAL GREEN HYDROGEN MISSION | Renewable energy | The Mission will lead to significant decarbonisation of the economy, reduced dependence on fossil fuel imports, and enable India to assume technology and market leadership in Green Hydrogen. The Mission will support replacement of fossil fuels and fossil fuel based feedstocks with renewable fuels and feedstocks based on Green Hydrogen. For certain applications such as long-haul mobility, decentralized Green Hydrogen production would be essential. Hydrogen refuelling stations in the cities and along highways could be connected to decentralized renewable energy (RE) plants for in-situ production of Green Hydrogen. | 2023 |
| India's Long-Term Low-Carbon Development Strategy | Hydrogen | National Green Hydrogen Mission: The mission is expected to generate a production capacity of five million tonnes of green hydrogen per annum. Phase I of the Mission is focused on demand generation, while Phase II aims at accelerated production of green hydrogen. India is also aiming to emerge as a green hydrogen fuelling hub for maritime transport, with connectivity between ports and hydrogen producing facilities. | 2022 |
| India's Long-Term Low-Carbon Development Strategy | Green shipping program | Green shipping and IT enabled management of ports in the maritime sector Green Ports Initiative. | 2022 |
| India's Long-Term Low-Carbon Development Strategy | Shipping port infrastructure improvements | Sagarmala Programme – an initiative by the Government of India for enhancing the performance of country's logistics sector and comprising four pillars, namely, port modernisation, port connectivity, port-led industrialization and coastal community development. | 2022 |
| Maritime India Vision 2030 | Transport access improvement - General | Coal: Push for implementation of port connectivity projects (e.g. mine to port via rail) and drive coastal coal adoption at western ports | 2021 |
| Maritime India Vision 2030 | Travel time improvement | Increase use of Direct Port Delivery and Direct Port Entry at Indian ports to reduce the transit time and overall costs | 2021 |
| Maritime India Vision 2030 | Research in transport sector | Conduct comprehensive study to identify issues related to container availability and returns. Establish Maritime Knowledge Cluster to drive coordinated and collaborative research. Drive research innovation and technology commercialization through establishing a living lab facility in partnership with NTCPWC & CICMT with a major port. | 2021 |
| Maritime India Vision 2030 | Capacity building - General | Strengthen training program for port workers through a 2-pronged approach to reach 100% staff trained on areas specific to their job | 2021 |
| Maritime India Vision 2030 | Net zero, carbon neutrality | Increase usage of efficiency enhancements techniques such as ship-tracking and smart-lighting at ports to move towards CO2 neutrality | 2021 |
| Maritime India Vision 2030 | EV - General | Drive adoption of multi-clean fuels (Electric, CNG, LNG) for vehicles in port ecosystem | 2021 |
| Maritime India Vision 2030 | Logistics digitalization and technology | Deployment of pre berthing optimization software and process systems. National Logistics Portal (NLP) Marine to enable single integrated platform for EXIM activities across stakeholders. Develop digital registration and certification portal for Indian flagged ships and drive acceptance of e-documents across ports. | 2021 |
| Maritime India Vision 2030 | Logistics customs and border procedures | Capitalize additional cargo and ferry potential by building multi-modal connectivity with 4 neighboring countries through infrastructure development, fairway development and ecosystem development | 2021 |
| Maritime India Vision 2030 | Freight intermodality - General | Accelerate implementation of prioritized multi-modal connectivity projects (rail, road, coastal and inland waterways) to ports | 2021 |
| Maritime India Vision 2030 | Renewable energy | Increase usage of renewable energy to >60% of total energy by 2030 across Indian ports with primary focus on solar and wind | 2021 |
| Maritime India Vision 2030 | Solar energy | Increase usage of renewable energy to >60% of total energy by 2030 across Indian ports with primary focus on solar and wind | 2021 |
| Maritime India Vision 2030 | LPG/ CNG/ LNG | Drive adoption of multi-clean fuels (Electric, CNG, LNG) for vehicles in port ecosystem | 2021 |
| Maritime India Vision 2030 | Bunkering infrastructure for alternative fuels | Establishing LNG bunkering stations at select ports in line with fuel adoption trends by shipping liners | 2021 |
| Maritime India Vision 2030 | Coordinate planning across government agencies | Establish a Coastal and Inland Cargo Facilitation Center (CCFC) under MoPSW to drive demand for coast cargo through outreach and collaborative planning with select PSUs, trade associations, private players and Rail/ road ministries | 2021 |
| Maritime India Vision 2030 | Transport institutional reform | Establish a specialized investor outreach and marketing cell by building Business Development & commercialization capabilities. Implement action items under Major Port Authorities Act 2021 to enhance governance of Major Ports. Design & institutionalize Indian Maritime Centre for India: 4.4.1 Integrate maritime ecosystem 4.4.2 Improve participation at Global forum like IMO | 2021 |
| Maritime India Vision 2030 | Stakeholder involvement - General | Drive consultations with the ports to finalize the operating model and engagement mechanism | 2021 |
| Maritime India Vision 2030 | Budget/ identification of shipping projects | Deferred taxation for investment in coastal shipping (through accelerated depreciation mechanism) | 2021 |
| Maritime India Vision 2030 | Shipping efficiency improvements | Improve terminal performance for all container terminals with low QC productivity (less than 30 moves/hour). Shift change time optimization to less than 10 minutes per instance . Pilot 24 "Driving logistics efficiency" technology solutions across ports basis actual traffic volume and cargo profile to drive scalability and cost effectiveness | 2021 |
| Maritime India Vision 2030 | Green shipping program | Drive adherence to National Action Plan for green shipping for safety and quality of vessels; ensure uniform HSSE regulations and policies across all ports | 2021 |
| Maritime India Vision 2030 | Vessel scrappage and retrofit | Enhance ship repair capability in India. Enhance Ship recycling infrastructure through redevelopment of Alang plots and establishment of additional recycling cluster on East Coast. Setup ship recycling facilitation centre to promote ship recycling activities and enhance marketability of ship by-products through trade fairs at ship breaking yards involving stakeholders across shipowners to downstream industries. | 2021 |
| Maritime India Vision 2030 | Maritime Safety | Drive adherence to National Action Plan for green shipping for safety and quality of vessels; ensure uniform HSSE regulations and policies across all ports. Strengthen safety at ports to ensure ‘Zero accidents' at Indian Ports. | 2021 |
| Maritime India Vision 2030 | Shipping port infrastructure improvements | Drive capacity expansion across major ports in phases basis traffic growth forecasts. Maximizing mechanized bulk berth operations across major ports: 21 high potential identified berths in Phase-I, 87 berths in Phase-II (basis re-evaluation in 2-3 years) Cement: Build silo infrastructure to improve coastal vessel turnaround time at targeted ports and drive additional cement coastal demand Ensure infrastructure readiness to support POL coastal cargo increase projected by 2030 Establish a Coastal and Inland Cargo Facilitation Center (CCFC) under MoPSW to drive demand for coast cargo through outreach and collaborative planning with select PSUs, trade associations, private players and Rail/ road ministries. Establish a Digital Center of Excellence (DCoE) under IPA to develop standardized architecture across ports and drive transition of Indian ports to "Smart ports". | 2021 |
| Maritime India Vision 2030 | Excavation/dredging | Leverage private participation in dredging operations on royalty-based PPP model to promote sustainable development and "Waste to wealth'. Employ sustainable dredging disposal mechanism and promote waste to wealth. | 2021 |
| Maritime India Vision 2030 | Inland waterways (IWT) improvement - General | Develop Ferry terminals across 60+ locations in partnership with State government on Arth Ganga model. Reduction in GST rate on input services availed by IWT operators to enable lower mismatch in GST input credit and reduce overall cost of operations. | 2021 |
| Maritime India Vision 2030 | Shipping improvement - General | Steel: Develop coastal circuits for steel and agglomeration centers to drive growth of steel coastal cargo | 2021 |
| Maritime India Vision 2030 | Reduction of transport/ logistics costs | Increase use of Direct Port Delivery and Direct Port Entry at Indian ports to reduce the transit time and overall costs. Reduce other logistics costs (eg. container related costs) | 2021 |
| Maritime India Vision 2030 | Transport finance - General | Pilot and develop prioritized non-conventional sources of revenue for ports | 2021 |
| Maritime India Vision 2030 | Private sector investment/ PPP | Leverage private participation for terminal development and operations-Ro-Ro (OMT model); Ferry (DBFOT model) and Inter-modal/Multi-modal terminals (EOT/OMD models). Finalize Public Private Partnerships model for cruise terminal operations and management under O&M model with trunk infrastructure created by Centre/State. | 2021 |
| Maritime India Vision 2030 | Land use - General | Drive discussions with state and central government to obtain sector-specific incentives (e.g. allot port land for a sector-specific parks) | 2021 |
| Maritime India Vision 2030 | Promotion of local manufacturing, services, and contracting in transport | Assist in drafting a policy to promote container manufacturing in India. Develop strong marine design ecosystem by identifying design clusters and incentivizing for 'Design in India'. | 2021 |
| Maritime India Vision 2030 | Technical standards for general transport infrastructure | Create common database of standard-vessel basic designs with pre-approval from IRS available to all shipyards to drive standardization, improve design process and leverage cost economies | 2021 |
| Maritime India Vision 2030 | Nature-based solutions | Develop green belt (including mangrove, mudflats) cover at ports with participation of corporates under CSR program | 2021 |
| Maritime India Vision 2030 | Employment in transport, communication, and storage | Improve job opportunities for Indian seafarers by driving increased onboard training slots by : | 2021 |
| UDAN Scheme (Ude Desh ka Aam Naagrik) | Increasing transport activity | NCAP also laid down a target of 30 crore domestic ticketing by FY 22 and 50 crore domestic ticketing by 2027. | 2021 |
| PM Gati Shakti Master Plan | Shipping port infrastructure improvements | Powered by Sagarmala, shipping sector to see an increase in cargo capacity at the ports to 1759 Million Metric Tonnes per Annum (MMTPA) by 2024-25 from 1282 MMTPA in 2020. | 2021 |
| PM Gati Shakti Master Plan | Inland waterways (IWT) improvement - General | Cargo movement on all national waterways will be 95 Million Metric Tons (MMT) by 2024-25 from 74 MMT in 2020. Cargo movement on Ganga to be increased from 9 MMT to 29 MMT by 2024-25. | 2021 |
| Inland Vessels Act 2021 | Capacity building - General | 36. (1) The State Government may appoint examiners, in accordance with the criteria and qualifications, as may be prescribed by the Central Government, for the purpose of examining the qualifications of persons desirous of obtaining certificates under this Chapter to the effect that they are competent to undertake the responsibilities of and act as, masters, or as engineers or engine-drivers, or as such other persons, as the case may be, on the mechanically propelled inland vessels. (2) The examiners shall evaluate the persons who have undergone the training required for qualifying as masters, or as engineers or engine-drivers, or as such other persons, as the case may be, and shall report the list of successful candidates who possess the required qualifications to the Central Government or such other officer appointed or authorised by notification by the State Government. 37. (1) The State Government may evaluate the report provided by the examiners, and upon confirmation as to the correctness of such report; shall grant to every candidate; who is reported by the examiners to possess the required qualifications, with the certificate of competency, certifying that the candidate specified in the report is competent to serve, in such capacity as may be specified therein, on any class or category or whole of the mechanically propelled inland vessel as specified in the certificate. (2) The State Government shall require for further examination or a re-examination of all or any of the candidates, if it is found that the report submitted by examiners is defective, or there exists reason to believe that such a report has been unduly made. (3) The certificate of competency shall be in such form and manner as may be prescribed by the Central Government. | 2021 |
| Inland Vessels Act 2021 | Trasport adaptation - general | 99. (1) Every State Government may, appoint or authorise the advisory committee or officers, by notification, to take adequate measures, as may be prescribed by the State Government, to minimise or counter emergency. | 2021 |
| Inland Vessels Act 2021 | Data collection and repositories - General | he Central Government shall appoint officers to maintain a central data base for inland vessels, in such form and manner, and the functions of the officers so appointed shall be such, as may be prescribed by that Government. | 2021 |
| Inland Vessels Act 2021 | Involvement of subnational government for transport activities | (3) The State Governments may, by notification, appoint one or more designated authorities within their respective jurisdiction for the purposes of exercising or discharging the powers, authority or duties conferred, by or under this Act and the rules made thereunder. 107. (1) The State Government may, after previous publication, make rules for the provisions specified to be administered by it under this Act or as delegated to it by the Central Government for the purposes of effective implementation of the provisions of this Act. | 2021 |
| Inland Vessels Act 2021 | Green shipping program | 52. (1) The Central Government shall, by notification, designate the list of chemicals, any ingredients or substance carried as bunker or as cargo, or any substance in any form discharged from any mechanically propelled inland vessel, as pollutants. (2) The owner or master of any mechanically propelled inland vessel shall discharge or dispose of the sewage and garbage in accordance with such standards and manner as may be prescribed by the Central Government. (3) No mechanically propelled inland vessel shall cause pollution by discharging or dumping of pollutants designated under sub-section (1): | 2021 |
| Inland Vessels Act 2021 | Vessel scrappage and retrofit | 32. (1) If any mechanically propelled inland vessel registered under this Act is declared missing, destroyed, lost, abandoned or has been rendered permanently unfit for service or destined for scrapping or dismantling or sold abroad; the owner of the vessel shall, within such time as may be prescribed by the Central Government, report the fact to the Registrar of Inland Vessels of the place where the vessel is registered and shall also forward to that authority, along with the report, the certificate of registration of the vessel and thereupon such Registrar of Inland Vessels shall have the certificate of registration cancelled. | 2021 |
| Inland Vessels Act 2021 | Maritime Safety | 47. (1)The specifications and requirements of signals and equipment based on classification and categorisation of mechanically propelled vessels, to be complied with by such vessels shall be such as may be prescribed by the Central Government. 48. (1) Every mechanically propelled vessel shall adopt necessary measures to prevent collision and to ensure safe navigation through inland waters. 49. The master of a mechanically propelled vessel, while in the inland water limit, on finding or encountering a dangerous derelict or any other hazard to navigation in the inland waterways, shall immediately send a signal to indicate the danger or distress, or any such information to other mechanically propelled vessels in the vicinity and to the concerned State Government: 50. (3) The master of any mechanically propelled vessel, while in the inland water limit, shall render assistance to every person found in danger of being lost in the inland waters. 51. (1) The Central Government shall, by rules made in this behalf, specify the class or category of mechanically propelled inland vessels to be equipped with navigation aids, life saving appliances, fire detection and extinguishing appliances and communication appliances. 81. The Central Government shall, by notification, declare the list of dangerous goods that may be carried subject to such conditions, as may be prescribed by it, and prohibited goods that are prohibited from being carried on any class or category of mechanically propelled inland vessels, while plying in the inland waters. (4) The State Government may provide for standards of overhauling, modifying, altering or refitting the non-mechanically propelled inland vessel for the purpose of ensuring safe navigation. | 2021 |
| Inland Vessels Act 2021 | Shipping port infrastructure improvements | 4. (1) The Central Government shall, by rules made in this behalf, specify the conditions for construction, use and maintenance of reception facilities for the containment of pollution and removal of pollutants arising from spillage or discharge arising from mechanically propelled inland vessels at all cargo terminals or passenger terminals. (2) The owner or operator of all cargo terminals or passenger terminals shall provide reception facilities to discharge oil, oily mixture, hazardous chemicals, sewage or obnoxious substances at such cargo or passenger terminal, as the case may be, in compliance of sub-section (1). (3) The owner or operator of all cargo terminals or passenger terminals, providing reception facilities shall receive charges, at such rates as may be prescribed by the State Government. (4) For the purposes of minimising the pollution already caused, or for preventing the imminent threat of pollution, the Central Government or such other officer appointed by the State Government may, by order in writing, direct the owner or operator of cargo or passenger terminal to provide or arrange for the provision of such pollution containment equipment and pollutant removing materials, at such cargo and passenger terminal, as may be specified in such order. (5) The owner or operator of the passenger or cargo terminal shall submit a report of compliance to the Central Government or such other officer appointed under sub-section (4), in such form as may be prescribed by the State Government. (6) The owner, operator or master of any mechanically propelled vessel used or plying within inland waters, shall discharge the pollutants at the port reception facilities in such manner as may be prescribed by the State Government. 55. (1) The State Government may appoint or authorise such officers as surveyors to inspect any cargo or passenger terminal lying within its respective jurisdiction. | 2021 |
| Inland Vessels Act 2021 | Transport asset management funding strategy | 1) There shall be a Fund constituted by the State Government to be called the Development Fund, to be utilised for— (a) meeting emergency preparedness; (b) meeting containment of pollution caused by discharge of oil, mixtures, obnoxious substances, chemicals and other noxious and harmful substances, to preserve and protect inland waters; (c) supporting, part or whole of expenses of owners or economically backward sector involved in activities of trade and living depending solely on inland waters; (d) removal of unidentified wreck or obstruction affecting and impeding navigation; and (e) boosting up development works of inland water navigation with respect to safety and convenience of conveyance. | 2021 |
| Inland Vessels Act 2021 | Transport asset condition assessment | 9. (1)The standard for type and periodicity of surveys for every mechanically propelled inland vessel shall be such as may be prescribed by the Central Government. (2) The owner, operator, master or construction yard or any other applicant, as the case may be, shall submit a request for survey in such form and content as may be prescribed by the Central Government. | 2021 |
| Inland Vessels Act 2021 | Transport asset management - General | Subject to the provisions of section 23, the Registrar of Inland Vessels shall, grant the certificate of registration to the applicant, who has paid such fee, as may be prescribed by the State Government, and assign the official number to such registered vessel. (2) The certificate of registration issued under this Chapter shall be conclusive proof of ownership and title, as declared by the applicant and as entered in the book of registry by the Registrar of Inland Vessels. | 2021 |
| Inland Vessels Act 2021 | Employment in transport, communication, and storage | (2) No person under the age of eighteen years shall be employed on a mechanically propelled inland vessel registered under this Act. No person employed or engaged in any capacity on board a mechanically propelled vessel shall— (a) neglect or refuse, without reasonable cause, to join his mechanically propelled vessel or to proceed on any voyage in his vessel; (b) cause to be absent from his vessel or from his duty at any time without leave and without sufficient cause; (c) desert from his mechanically propelled vessel; (d) fail to act or behave with discipline befitting his duty and mandate. | 2021 |
| The Major Port Authorities Act, 2021 | Logistics customs and border procedures | (4) For those port assets that relate to landing places and limits of customs area and which require fresh approval from the Commissioner of Customs under the Customs Act, 1962 (52 of 1962), the Board of each Major Port Authority shall, by notification, declare the availability and readiness of such port assets after the said approval has been received from the Commissioner of Customs. | 2021 |
| The Major Port Authorities Act, 2021 | Transport institutional reform | (1) The Central Government shall, within a period of ninety days from the date of commencement of this Act, by notification, in respect of each Major Port, constitute a Board called the Board of Major Port Authority for that Major Port which shall consist of the following Members, namely:--- (a) a Chairperson; (b) a Deputy Chairperson; (c) one Member each from the--- (i) concerned State Government in which the Major Port is situated; (ii) Ministry of Railways; (iii) Ministry of Defence; and (iv) Customs, Department of Revenue; (d) not less than two and not exceeding four Independent Members; (e) one Member not below the rank of Director nominated by the Central Government, ex officio; and (f) two Members representing the interests of the employees of the Major Port Authority: | 2021 |
| The Major Port Authorities Act, 2021 | Development of shipping/ maritime/ inland water transport (IWT) plan/ policy | Subject to the rules made under this Act, the Board of each Major Port shall be entitled to create specific master plan in respect of any development or infrastructure established or proposed to be established within the port limits and the land appurtenant thereto and such master plan shall be independent of any local or State Government regulations of any authority whatsoever: Provided that in case of any conflict between the master plan created by the Board and any local authority, the master plan created by the Board shall prevail. | 2021 |
| The Major Port Authorities Act, 2021 | Shipping port infrastructure improvements | (3) The Board of each Major Port may erect, construct or build such civil structures for port development or improving commerce and trade in national interest for which no regulatory license or approval from the State authorities shall be required, unless so mandated by the Central Government. | 2021 |
| The Major Port Authorities Act, 2021 | Transport asset condition assessment | The Central Government may, at any time, order a local survey or examination of any works of the Board, or the intended site thereof and the cost of such survey and examination shall be borne and paid by the Board from and out of the monies credited to its general account. | 2021 |
| The Major Port Authorities Act, 2021 | Transport asset management - General | (1) The Board of each Major Port shall be entitled to use its property, assets and funds in such manner and for such purposes as it may deem fit for the benefit of that Major Port. (2) All port assets shall be used and developed as per the regulations made by the Board in that behalf and to the exclusion of any municipal, local or Government regulation: (1) If, at any time, the Central Government is of the opinion that the inaction by any Board in repairing, completing, restoring, carrying out or providing any work or appliance mentioned in sub-section (2) has led to a grave emergency, the Central Government may cause such work to be restored or completed or carried out, or such repairs to be carried out or such appliance to be provided and the cost of any such restoration, completion, construction, repair or provision shall be paid by the concerned Board from and out of the monies credited to its general account. The Board shall not sell, alienate or divest its assets, properties, rights, powers and authorisations vested in it under this Act without the prior sanction of the Central Government. | 2021 |
| The Major Port Authorities Act, 2021 | Transport finance - General | (1) The Board may for the purposes of its capital expenditure and working capital requirements raise loans in any currency or currencies from any— (a) scheduled bank or financial institution located within India; or (b) financial institution in any country outside India in compliance with the laws for the time being in force: Provided that no loan or loans exceeding a sum equivalent to fifty per cent. of the capital reserves of the Board shall be raised by the Board without the previous sanction of the Central Government. (2) The loans may be raised by Board in the open market within India and in any country outside India on port securities including but not limited to debentures, bonds and stock certificates issued by the Board or may be obtained from the Central Government or a State Government: | 2021 |
| The Major Port Authorities Act, 2021 | Private sector investment/ PPP | (2) All port assets shall be used and developed as per the regulations made by the Board in that behalf and to the exclusion of any municipal, local or Government regulation: Provided that the manner of any contract or arrangement by the Board for sale of land or immovable property, or period and manner for lease of land or immovable property for port related use and non-port related use, shall be in such manner as may be prescribed: Provided further that the tenure for lease of land or immovable property for Public Private Partnership projects by the Board shall be subject to the policy notified by the Central Government in respect of such Public Private Partnership projects. | 2021 |
| The Inland Vessels Act, 2021 | Capacity building - General | The standards for qualification, training, training institutes, examination and grant of certificate of competency for the purposes of this Chapter shall be such as may be prescribed by the Central Government. | 2021 |
| The Inland Vessels Act, 2021 | Environment impact assessment | The Central Government shall, by notification, designate the list of chemicals, any ingredients or substance carried as bunker or as cargo, or any substance in any form discharged from any mechanically propelled inland vessel, as pollutants. (2) The owner or master of any mechanically propelled inland vessel shall discharge or dispose of the sewage and garbage in accordance with such standards and manner as may be prescribed by the Central Government. (3) No mechanically propelled inland vessel shall cause pollution by discharging or dumping of pollutants designated under sub-section (1): Provided that nothing in this sub-section shall apply to the discharge dump or emission of such oil or oily mixture, hazardous chemical or obnoxious substance or any other pollutant, as the case may be, from a mechanically propelled inland vessel for the purpose of securing the safety of any mechanically propelled inland vessel, preventing damage to another mechanically propelled inland vessel, cargo or saving of life at inland waters. | 2021 |
| The Inland Vessels Act, 2021 | Transport institutional reform | The Inland Waterways Authority of India, constituted under section 3 of the Inland Waterways Authority of India Act, 1985 shall be the competent authority for the purpose of exercising or discharging the powers, authority or duties conferred, by or under this Act. | 2021 |
| The Inland Vessels Act, 2021 | Maritime Safety | (1) The specifications and requirements of signals and equipment based on classification and categorisation of mechanically propelled vessels, to be complied with by such vessels shall be such as may be prescribed by the Central Government. (2) The fog and distress signals to be carried and used, the steering and sailing rules to be complied with and the different protocols for exhibition and display of different standards of lights, shapes and signals, by any mechanically propelled vessel plying in inland waters shall be such, as may be prescribed by the Central Government. (3) The owner or master of every mechanically propelled vessel, while in the inland water limit, shall comply with the rules made under sub-sections (1) and (2), and shall not carry or exhibit any lights or shapes or use any fog or distress signals, other than that required to be exhibited under this Chapter or the rules made thereunder. | 2021 |
| The Recycling of Ships Act, 2019 | Environment impact assessment | Every Ship Recycler shall,— (a) ensure safe and environmentally sound removal and management of hazardous materials from a ship; and (b) comply with such requirements related to basic infrastructure facilities including those related to environmentally safe disposal or management of wastes and hazardous materials, in such manner as may be specified by the regulations. 22. Obligation on Ship Recycler to take measures for protection of environment.––(1) Every Ship Recycler shall,— (i) ensure that there is no damage caused to the environment in any form due to the recycling activities at the ship recycling facility; and (ii) take necessary measures for protection of the environment. (2) In case of oil spill in the facility, the Ship Recycler shall be served a notice by the Competent Authority to take remedial action in such manner as may be specified by the regulations. (3) For contravention of the provisions of this section, the Ship Recycler shall be liable to pay such environmental damages and cleanup operation compensation in such manner as may be prescribed. | 2019 |
| The Recycling of Ships Act, 2019 | Reporting, transparency, feedback mechanism | Statement of completion.—When a ship is recycled in accordance with the provisions of this Act, a statement of completion containing such particulars as may be specified by the regulations shall be submitted by the Ship Recycler to the Competent Authority. 24. Report to National Authority.—The Competent Authority shall give report to the National Authority, from time to time, which shall include information comprising the list of approved facilities, list of ships which have not complied with the provisions of this Act and action taken on such ships and list of ships recycled, as may be required by the National Authority. | 2019 |
| The Recycling of Ships Act, 2019 | Maritime Safety | Every Ship Recycler shall provide adequate measures for safety, health, training and welfare of workers in his ship recycling facility and for this purpose, the provisions of the Factories Act, 1948 (63 of 1948) shall apply. (2) Every Ship Recycler shall provide an individual or comprehensive insurance coverage for the regular and temporary workers in such manner as may be prescribed. | 2019 |
| The Recycling of Ships Act, 2019 | Recycle and circular economy in Transport | This Act may be called the Recycling of Ships Act, 2019 | 2019 |
| Berthing Policy for Dry Bulk Cargo for Major Ports | Development of shipping/ maritime/ inland water transport (IWT) plan/ policy | • The present policy paper lays down standardized guidelines for all major ports to compute performance norms for different dry bulk commodities, taking into account the infrastructure available at ports. It also recommends penalties & incentive structures to be instituted by all major ports based on the performance norms calculated. All major ports are required to adapt these guidelines for their own specific ports and institute penalties & incentives tied to the performance norms as part of the overall berthing policy. | 2019 |
| Berthing Policy for Dry Bulk Cargo for Major Ports | Shipping port infrastructure improvements | • A method for calculation of normative unloading performance for different kinds of dry bulk cargo (coal, fertilizers, iron-ore, minerals, food-grains etc.) is described in detail below and in Annexure-I. All the ports are required to use the same approach for calculation of productivity norms for dry bulk unloading at their respective ports • Finally, norms are calculated by taking into account the best infrastructure that is available at the berth to determine commodity-wise productivity norms. This is to ensure that ports are able to maximize berth productivity, reduce TAT for customers and improve RoCE for ports assets. Furthermore, ports are directed to ensure that berth productivity is not reduced because of in-efficiency of ships discharging with ship-cranes through mandated use of HMCs wherever available. For berths across several ports, 2 HMCs per ship are routinely used whereas in the case of shipcranes 4 cranes are used in conjunction. • All major ports are required to use the productivity norms derived from the abovementioned approach to recalculate or rerate the capacity of available infrastructure at berth, thereby rerating the capacity of the berth itself. Norms will be calculated for each commodity for each type of infrastructure available at berth. These norms will then be used to define the capacity of the infrastructure available at the berth. • Anchorage charges are to be levied across all major ports for the purpose of reducing pre-berthing delay and hence the overall turn-around time for vessels. This will help streamline vessel scheduling for customers and lead to efficient usage of port anchorage • Ports are to create multiple slab rates for anchorage charges based on the time of waiting of the vessel in the anchorage. T • All major ports will have to use the approach detailed above adapting it based on their existing infrastructure to calculate performance norms for different dry bulk cargo commodities. • The performance norms calculated by each port will be used to create a productivity linked incentive/dis-incentive structure for end-customers. The objective of the performance linked incentive/ dis-incentive structure is to continuously drive productivity improvements across ports and reward the vessels/ customers that are exceeding the norms, thus creating value for the port in addition to allowing customers and trade to bring down the cost of logistics • The performance norm calculated for any particular commodity-infrastructure combination will be used as the base for the performance linked incentive/disincentive scheme. • Performance norms will be revised every quarter during the first year till target norms for commodity are reached. Subsequent revisions will be done yearly or upon upgradation of berth infrastructure. Ports are required to send a yearly update to IPA on status of performance norms & linked penalty/incentive structure in place including # of revisions to performance norms in year, % of ships paying penalties and total amount of penalties levied & collected. • All major ports are directed to roll-out a performance norms linked penalty/incentive structure as described above. However, in the exceptional case that the Chairman and Board of a major port trust feel that introduction of the penalty/incentive structure will adversely affect ability of the port to retain business, then the Port, can be a given a temporary relaxation from the penalty/incentive structure. • In addition, performance norms calculated as per approach detailed in section 4 will also be used for other productivity improvement measures including priority berthing, forced de-berthing, berthing denial to repeat offenders etc | 2019 |
| Cruise Shipping Policy | Shipping improvement - General | For cruise services of a causal, intermittent or seasonal nature, the services shall be provided under the relevant rules and charges applicable at the respective ports shall apply. For operationalization of regular ferry service between India and any other country running on a fixed schedule between two identified ports, requiring the guarantee of a berthing window to the prospective operators, a Memorandum of Understanding between the two countries is a pre-requisite. | 2019 |
| Cruise Shipping Policy | Maritime Safety | The passenger ships engaged in cruise shipping and ferry service should fully comply with IMO Safety and Pollution Prevention Convention such as SOLAS, Load Line, MARPOL etc All such ships should be classed by one of the full members of the International Association Classification Society (IACS) and preferably all convention certificates must be issued by the same Classification Society. In case, the Safety Certificates are issued by the flag administration of the vessel, all Safety and Structural Plans must be approved by the IACS Class Society. | 2019 |
| Cruise Shipping Policy | Transport international conventions - General | The passenger ships engaged in cruise shipping and ferry service should fully comply with IMO Safety and Pollution Prevention Convention such as SOLAS, Load Line, MARPOL etc All such ships should be classed by one of the full members of the International Association Classification Society (IACS) and preferably all convention certificates must be issued by the same Classification Society. In case, the Safety Certificates are issued by the flag administration of the vessel, all Safety and Structural Plans must be approved by the IACS Class Society. | 2019 |
| Cruise Shipping Policy | Technical standards for general transport infrastructure | The passenger ships engaged in cruise shipping and ferry service should fully comply with IMO Safety and Pollution Prevention Convention such as SOLAS, Load Line, MARPOL etc All such ships should be classed by one of the full members of the International Association Classification Society (IACS) and preferably all convention certificates must be issued by the same Classification Society. In case, the Safety Certificates are issued by the flag administration of the vessel, all Safety and Structural Plans must be approved by the IACS Class Society. | 2019 |
| Goods on the Move | Shipping improvement - General | Improve infrastructure for coastal shipping | 2018 |
| Strategy for New India at 75 | Freight intermodality - General | • IWT should be integrated to multimodal/ intermodal connectivity. Inland terminals with proper road and/or rail connectivity and seamless transfer of goods from one mode to the other are important for an efficient logistics supply chain. | 2018 |
| Strategy for New India at 75 | Inland waterways (IWT) improvement - General | • IWT should be integrated to multimodal/ intermodal connectivity. Inland terminals with proper road and/or rail connectivity and seamless transfer of goods from one mode to the other are important for an efficient logistics supply chain. | 2018 |
| Strategy for New India at 75 | Shipping improvement - General | Expedite the completion of various projects under Sagarmala, especially those aimed at improving port connectivity, setting up coastal economic zones (CEZs) and establishing new ports. The new Merchant Shipping Bill to replace the Merchant Shipping Act, 1958, needs to be enacted at the earliest to promote the ease of doing business, transparency and effective delivery of services. Opening up of the sector will improve the availability of ships and help reduce costs | 2018 |
| Strategy for New India at 75 | Technology and knowledge transfer | • Enhance technology use in ports and, wherever feasible, draw lessons from successful global ports such as Rotterdam, Felixstowe and Singapore to improve efficiency. | 2018 |
| National Auto Policy (Draft) | Shipping port infrastructure improvements | Improve port infrastructure to facilitate exports and ports of automobiles and components, such as dedicated storage space in ports | 2018 |
| Three Year Action Agenda 2017-18 to 2019-20 | Shipping port infrastructure improvements | Explore creating deep-water ports or barges for ports with low drafts. | 2017 |
| Three Year Action Agenda 2017-18 to 2019-20 | Excavation/dredging | The development of adequate depth will help achieve round the year navigation. Additionally, we should ensure adequate maintenance of rivers, including continuous dredging to maintain adequate water depth for servicing shipping lines, to facilitate year round serviceability. | 2017 |
| Three Year Action Agenda 2017-18 to 2019-20 | Inland waterways (IWT) improvement - General | By 2018, state governments should commence work on dredging and channel stabilization to create about 20 new ports in the Brahmaputra and Barak rivers. The inland waterways will enhance regional connectivity and reduce freight costs. | 2017 |
| Three Year Action Agenda 2017-18 to 2019-20 | Shipping improvement - General | Increase competition through easing cabotage. Easing Cabotage Laws beyond allowing Indian flag vessels the ROFR at all container handling ports will foster competition in the short term. We could also consider adding certain conditions while relaxing cabotage laws to ensure the development of India's coastal shipping segment. We need to increase the number and capacity of Indian flag vessels by levelling the playing field between them and foreign flag vessels. | 2017 |
| The National Waterways Act, 2016 | Transport Laws and Regulations- General | THE NATIONAL WATERWAYS ACT, 2016 | 2016 |
| First Nationally Determined Contribution - IND | Inland waterways (IWT) improvement - General | Recognizing its fuel efficiency, environmental friendliness and cost effectiveness, the Government is promoting growth of Coastal Shipping and Inland Water Transport. To enhance the inland waterways transport, Government has announced the implementation of Jal Marg Vikas for capacity augmentation of National Water Way -1. It is also proposed to establish integrated Waterways transportation grid with a view to connecting all existing and proposed National waterways with road, rail and ports connectivity. | 2016 |
| First Nationally Determined Contribution - IND | Shipping improvement - General | Another initiative in this direction is the Sagarmala Project with the objective to augment port-led development and promote efficient transportation of goods. | 2016 |
| National Urban Transport Policy | Inland waterways (IWT) improvement - General | The three basic steps to be taken by cities to develop waterways would be: i. To identify, plan and develop fairway or navigational channel with desired width and depth. ii. Navigational aids for safe navigation and iii. Terminals for berthing of vessels, loading/unloading of cargo and for providing interface with road and other public transit modes. | 2014 |
| Policy for preventing private sector monopoly in Major Ports | Shipping improvement - General | If there is only one private terminal/berth operator in a port for a specific cargo, the operator of that berth or his associates shall not be allowed to bid for the next terminal/berth for handling the same cargo in the same port. | 2010 |
| Policy for preventing private sector monopoly in Major Ports | Transport asset management - General | If there is only one private terminal/berth operator in a port for a specific cargo, the operator of that berth or his associates shall not be allowed to bid for the next terminal/berth for handling the same cargo in the same port. | 2010 |
| Airports Economic Regulatory Authority of India Act | Shipping improvement - General | If there is only one private terminal/berth operator in a port for a specific cargo, the operator of that berth or his associates shall not be allowed to bid for the next terminal/berth for handling the same cargo in the same port. | 2008 |
| Dredging policy | Excavation/dredging | All major ports shall invite open competitive bids for dredging works and Indian companies owing Indian flag dredgers, including Dredging Corporation of India (DCI) shall have the right of first refusal if the rate is within 10% of the lowest valid offer. This would apply to both maintenance and capital dredging works with sole exception of the maintenance dredging requirement of Kolkata Port for which separate instructions shall apply. | 2007 |
| Inland Waterways Transport Policy | Capacity building - General | Work on setting up a National Inland Water Institute in Patnafortraining manpower is in progress. | 2001 |
| Inland Waterways Transport Policy | Transport institutional reform | The problems of Inalnd Water Transport were studied in the past by several Committees. These Committees considered the difficulties and problems of river transport and made various suggestions and recommendations forimprovement of the declining IWT system. As a follow-up action, InlandWaterways Authority of India (IWAI) was set up in 1986 under the IWAI Act, 1985 for the regulation and development of Inland Waterways inthecountry. The Authority has been given financial powers to sanction schemes involving capital expenditure up to Rs.15 crores. | 2001 |
| Inland Waterways Transport Policy | Shipping port infrastructure improvements | Floating terminal facilities are available at Haldia, Kolkata, Karagola,Bhagalpur, Munger, Patna, Ballia and Allahabad. Floating terminal facilities have been provided at Dhubri, Jogighopa, Pandu, Tezpur and Neamati. Warehousing facility is available at Pandu Terminal. 11 terminals at various locations are to be constructed by IWAI throughCPWD | 2001 |
| Inland Waterways Transport Policy | Excavation/dredging | o In National Waterway No.3, capital dredging is in progress aftercompletion of which depth can be maintained by nominal maintenance dredging | 2001 |
| Inland Waterways Transport Policy | Inland waterways (IWT) improvement - General | Three important Waterways have been declared as National Waterways, viz, Ganga-Bhagirathi-Hooghly River System from Allahabad to Haldia (1620kms. - in UP, Bihar, Jharkhand and West Bengal) as National WaterwayNo.1; River Brahmaputra from Dhubri to Sadiya (891 kms. in Assam) as National Waterway No.2 and the West Coast Canal fromKottapuramtoKollam along with Champakara and Udyogmandal Canals (205 kms -inKerala) as National Waterway No.3. For ensuring planned development of IWT sector, an outlay of Rs.408crores has been provided for the 9th Plan Period. | 2001 |
| Inland Waterways Transport Policy | Shipping improvement - General | · Night navigation facilities being provided in the Kolkata- Farakka stretch. Provision of night navigational facilities between Dhubri and Guwahati is under implementation. Vessel Building Subsidy of 30% With a view to encouraging IWT fleet expansion, a scheme will beoperationalised providing for vessel building subsidy of 30% for ship owners for inland vessels built in Indian shipyards. For the purpose of vessel buildingsubsidy scheme, � inland vessel� means, a vessel registered under InlandVessels Act, 1917. The present Loan Interest Subsidy Scheme has beendiscontinued with effect from 9th January 2001. Ministry of Shipping will formulate a comprehensive vessel building subsidy scheme in consultationwith the Ministry of Finance. | 2001 |
| Inland Waterways Transport Policy | Transport asset management - General | 30. MANAGEMENT OF THE NATIONAL WATERWAYS STRETCH For the purpose of proper management of the National Waterway stretchbuilt through private investment, the enterprise will have powers to regulateand control the traffic on the waterway stretch forming part of theagreement between the IWAI and the enterprise to the extent as determinedby the IWAI . MANAGEMENT OF THE NATIONAL WATERWAYS STRETCH For the purpose of proper management of the National Waterway stretchbuilt through private investment, the enterprise will have powers to regulateand control the traffic on the waterway stretch forming part of theagreement between the IWAI and the enterprise to the extent as determinedby the IWAI | 2001 |
| Inland Waterways Transport Policy | Transport finance - General | A Loan Interest Subsidy Scheme for acquisition of newinlandvessels at a subsidized interest rate of 5.5% fromcommercial banks and financial institutions was in operation from1983till the beginning of 2001. IWAI to raise bonds Inland Waterways Authority of India (IWAI) is being authorized to raisebonds to enable IWAI to borrow from the market and mobilize funds, as provided for in other infrastructure sectors. The exact nature of the bonds is to be decided in consultation with the concerned Ministries on annual basis. | 2001 |
| Inland Waterways Transport Policy | Private sector investment/ PPP | Joint Venture by IWAI It has been decided to enlarge the role of IWAI to enter into commercial/joint ventures to encourage investment in this sector, subject to financial exposure of the Government being limited to equity participation. Additional concessions in the form of grants, subsidies and other expenditure fordevelopment of infrastructure will not be within the scope of the jointventure projects. Equity participation by Govt. in BOT Projects In-principle approval has been given to the policy guidelines for privatesector participation subject to the equity participation of Government/IWAI Limited to ceiling of 40% for BOT project being worked out on case-to-casebasis, subject to details of plan scheme for the purpose being finalizedinconsultation with Planning Commission. Such participation will be for areas like fairway development and maintenance, construction and operationof terminals, provision and operation of mechanized cargo handling systems, storage facilities, provision of navigational aids, pilotage projects and setting up and running of IWT training institutions. Guidelines for privateinvestment in IWT Sector are given at Annexure-I. The IWT sector has been thrown open to private sector participationin consonance with the general policy of liberalization of economy of India. Itis expected that private sector participation in the development of infrastructure and services in the IWT sector would result in reducinggestation period for setting up of the new facilities and services and bringthelatest technology and improved management techniques. | 2001 |
| Inland Waterways Transport Policy | Investment required for specific projects | For ensuring planned development of IWT sector, an outlay of Rs.408crores has been provided for the 9th Plan Period. | 2001 |
| Inland Waterways Transport Policy | Reference to domestic financing mechanisms | Equity participation by Govt. in BOT Projects In-principle approval has been given to the policy guidelines for privatesector participation subject to the equity participation of Government/IWAI Limited to ceiling of 40% for BOT project being worked out on case-to-casebasis, subject to details of plan scheme for the purpose being finalizedinconsultation with Planning Commission. Such participation will be for areas like fairway development and maintenance, construction and operationof terminals, provision and operation of mechanized cargo handling systems, storage facilities, provision of navigational aids, pilotage projects and setting up and running of IWT training institutions. Guidelines for privateinvestment in IWT Sector are given at Annexure-I. | 2001 |
| Inland Waterways Transport Policy | Economic instruments - General | Recognising the role of state governments in developingwaterways to meet requirements of transportation, various projects are assisted on a 50:50 basis under a CentrallySponsored Scheme. Tax exemption similar to National Highways Grant of 100% tax exemption to investors in this sector for five years andfurther 30% tax exemption permissible under the Income Tax Act tobeavailed of in the next five years within a period of 15 years as in the case of National Highways so as to enable this sector to develop. Enhancement in depreciation rate for inland vessels The rate of depreciation for all vessels ordinarily operating on InlandWaterways will be fixed on a par with the rate of depreciation applicable toocean going vessels, from time to time. Vessel Building Subsidy of 30% With a view to encouraging IWT fleet expansion, a scheme will beoperationalised providing for vessel building subsidy of 30% for ship owners for inland vessels built in Indian shipyards. For the purpose of vessel buildingsubsidy scheme, � inland vessel� means, a vessel registered under InlandVessels Act, 1917. The present Loan Interest Subsidy Scheme has beendiscontinued with effect from 9th January 2001. Ministry of Shipping will formulate a comprehensive vessel building subsidy scheme in consultationwith the Ministry of Finance. Customs Duty concessions. In-principle approval has been given for levying minimumcustoms dutyonimported equipment and machinery for the development of inlandwaterways to be identified by IWAI. A list of such equipment/machineryitems will be submitted by the Ministry of Shipping to the Ministry of Financein advance so as to facilitate levying of minimum customduty. | 2001 |
| Inland Waterways Transport Policy | Land use - General | IWAI will also acquire the land wherever required for creationof facilities and hand over to the party on lease. | 2001 |
| The Inland Waterways Authority of India Act, 1985 | Transport institutional reform | Constitution and incorporation of the Inland Waterways Authority of India.—(1) With effect from such date as the Central Government may, by notification in the Official Gazette, appoint in this behalf, there shall be constituted for the purposes of this Act an Authority, to be called the Inland Waterways Authority of India. 9. Advisory Committees.—(1) Subject to any rules made in this behalf, the Authority may from time to time constitute such Advisory Committees as may be necessary for the efficient discharge of its functions. (2) Every Advisory Committee shall consist of such number of persons connected with shipping and navigation and allied aspects as the Authority may deem fit. | 1985 |
| The Inland Waterways Authority of India Act, 1985 | Reporting, transparency, feedback mechanism | Annual report.—The Authority shall prepare, in such form and at such time each financial year as may be prescribed, its annual report, giving a full account of its activities during the previous financial year, and submit a copy thereof to the Central Government. | 1985 |
| The Inland Waterways Authority of India Act, 1985 | Transport finance - General | 19. Constitution of the Fund.—(1) There shall be constituted a Fund to be called the Inland Waterways Authority of India Fund and there shall be credited thereto— (a) any grants and loans made to the Authority by the Central Government under section 18; (b) all fees and charges received by the Authority under this Act; and (c) all sums received by the Authority from such other sources as may be decided upon by the Central Government. (2) The Fund shall be applied for meeting— (a) salary, allowances and other remuneration of the members, officers and other employees of the Authority; (b) expenses of the Authority in the discharge of its functions under section 14; and (c) expenses on objects and for purposes authorised by this Act. 21. Investment of funds.—The Authority may invest its funds (including any reserve fund) in the securities of the Central Government or in such other manner as may be prescribed. | 1985 |
| The Inland Waterways Authority of India Act, 1985 | Economic instruments - General | 17. Levy and collection of fees and charges.—(1) The Authority may, with the previous approval of the Central Government, levy fees and charges at such rates as may be laid down by regulations made in this behalf for services or benefits rendered in relation to the use of the national waterways for the purposes of shipping, navigation, infrastructural facilities, including facilities for passengers and facilities relating to the berthing of vessels, handling of cargoes and storage of cargoes. 18. Grants and loans by the Central Government.—The Central Government may, after due appropriation made by Parliament by law in this behalf, make to the Authority grants and loans of such sums of money as that Government may consider necessary. | 1985 |
| The Inland Waterways Authority of India Act, 1985 | Employment in transport, communication, and storage | every employee holding any office under the Central Government immediately before such day solely or mainly for or in connection with such affairs of Inland Water Transport Directorate as are relevant to the functions of the Authority under this Act shall be treated as on deputation with the Authority but shall hold his office in the Authority by the same tenure and upon the same terms and conditions of service as respects remuneration, leave, provident fund, retirement or other terminal benefits as he would have held such office, if the Authority had not been constituted and shall continue to do so until the Central Government, either on its own motion or at the request of the Authority, recalls such employee to its service or until the Authority, with the concurrence of the Central Government, duly absorbs such employee in its regular service, whichever is earlier: | 1985 |
| THE MERCHANT SHIPPING ACT, 1958 | Transport Laws and Regulations- General | An Act to foster the development and ensure the efficient maintenance of an Indian mercantile marine in a manner best suited to serve the national interests and for that purpose to establish a National Shipping Board 2* * * to provide for the 3 [registration, certification, safety and security] of Indian ships and generally to amend and consolidate the law relating to merchant shipping. | 1958 |
| THE MERCHANT SHIPPING ACT, 1958 | Maritime Safety | he Central Government, if satisfied,― (a) that the Government of any country has accepted or denounced the Load Line Convention or, as the case may be, the Safety Convention; or (b) that the Load Line Convention or, as the case may be, the Safety Convention extends, or has ceased to extend to any territory; may, by notification in the Official Gazette, make a declaration to that effect. | 1958 |
| THE MERCHANT SHIPPING ACT, 1958 | Environment impact assessment | Issue of pollution prevention certificate.―(1) No Indian oil tanker or other Indian ship shall proceed to sea unless there is in force, in respect of that ship, a certificate issued by the Central Government, to be called an international oil pollution prevention certificate, in such form, for such duration and subject to such conditions as may be prescribed. (2) No Indian oil tanker or other Indian ship carrying noxious liquid substances in bulk shall proceed to sea except with a certificate issued by the Central Government, to be called an international pollution prevention certificate, in such form, for such duration and subject to such conditions as may be prescribed for the carriage of noxious liquid substances in bulk. (3) No Indian oil tanker or other Indian ship to which Annexure IV of the Convention applies shall proceed to sea except with a certificate issued by the Central Government, to be called an international sewage pollution prevention certificate, in such form, for such duration and subject to such conditions as may be prescribed. (1) Where the Central Government is satisfied that― (a) 2 [oil or noxious liquid substance] is escaping or is likely to escape from a tanker, a ship other than a tanker or any off-shore installation; and (b) the 2 [oil or noxious liquid substance] so escaped or likely to escape is causing or threatens to cause pollution of any part of coasts or coastal waters of India, it may, for the purpose of minimising the pollution already caused, or, for preventing the pollution threatened to be caused, require― (i) the owner, agent, master or charterer of the tanker, (ii) the owner, agent, master or charterer of the ship other than a tanker, (iii) the owner, agent, master, charterer or operator of a mobile off-shore installation, (iv) the owner, operator, lessee or licensee of off-shore installation of any other type, or all or any of them, by notice served on him or as the case may be on them, to take such action in relation to the tanker, ship other than a tanker, mobile off-shore installation, or, as the case may be, off-shore installation of any other type or its cargo or in relation to both, as may be specified in such notice. | 1958 |
| The Indian Carriage of Goods by Sea Act, 1925 | Transport Laws and Regulations- General | An Act to provide for the responsibilities, liabilities, rights and immunities attached to carriers with respect to the carriage of goods by sea and for matters connected therewith or related thereto. | 1925 |
| The Indian Ports Act, 1908 | Transport Laws and Regulations- General | This Act may be called the Indian Ports Act, 1908. (2) It shall extend, save as otherwise appears from its subject or context,— (a) to the ports mentioned in the first schedule, and to such parts of the navigable rivers and channels leading to such ports respectively as have been declared to be subject to Act XXII of 1855 (for the Regulation of Ports and Port-dues) or to the Indian Ports Act, 1875 (12 of 1875), or to the Indian Ports Act, 1889 (10 of 1889); (b) to the other ports or parts of navigable rivers or channels to which the 2 [Government], in exercise of the power hereinafter conferred, extends this Act. (3) But nothing in section 31 or section 32 shall apply to any port, river or channel to which the section has not been specially extended by the 2 [Government]. | 1908 |
| The Coasting vessels Act, 1838 | Transport asset management - General | 3. Marking or branding vessels with name of place and number.—11*** Every such vessel employed as aforesaid, fishing-vessel and harbour-craft shall be marked or branded with the name of the place to which she belongs, and also with a number assigned for the same by the officer authorised to make such registry as is hereinafter mentioned. 4. Registry of name, number and burthen.—11*** The name and number of every such vessels employed as aforesaid, fishing-vessel and harbour-craft, and her burthen, and also the name or names of the owner or owners thereof, shall be registered in a took to be kept for that purpose by the person hereinafter directed to make such registry. | 1838 |