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Maritime Gateway is India’s leading maritime monthly business magazine covering ports, shipping and logistics sectors in India. It presents cutting-edge information on the latest happenings, topical issues and current trends in the maritime industry in the most lucid and coherent way possible. The richness and quality of information makes Maritime Gateway the preferred information source of industry captains and experts alike. The magazine provides highly informative and news-worthy content catering to the information needs of stakeholders, users and the community at large, facilitating intelligent and better decision making. 
Maritime Gateway organizes forums, where key business, political and academic leaders, bring diverse perspectives with a shared commitment to improve trade and business and are invited to debate and deliberate on the most pressing issues of our time. 
Maritime Gateway felicitates the best industry players annually in recognition of their outstanding performances in their respective fields through its Annual Indian Maritime Gateway Awards.

The Mother Of All Logistics Events Is Here!

A platform for global logistics industry leaders to gain remarkable insights into industry challenges and offer sustainable solutions.

1 min

A Young Port With Vibrant Hinterland

Foreseeing the immense opportunity that the hinterland has on offer, way back in 2009, JSW Infrastructure had commissioned a port at Jaigarh, and now it has set sight onto become the leading port operator in India with a formidable presence in India and beyond tapping opportunities in port led development, connectivity and infrastructure sectors.

9 mins

Integrated Logistics Infrastructure: Time To Invest

The Maritime CEO Conclave’s inaugural session discussed roadmap for reducing logistics cost, and the newly appointed, Special Secretary (Logistics), Ministry of Commerce, Govt of India revealed various reforms and policy changes that is going to take place for the benefit of the sector.

7 mins

Multimodal Transportation: Vision Of Niti Aayog

Appropriate policy framework and favourable regulations form the corner stone for the growth of any sector and logistics is no different. At the CEO Conclave, Ravinder Goyal, IRTS, Adviser (Infrastructure Connectivity), NITI Aayog, in conversation with Anil Devli, CEO, INSA, deciphers the role of Niti Aayog - a think tank driving policy formulation in India, in promoting multimodal logistics.

5 mins

Goldhofer's Faktor 5 Girder Bridge Proves Its Might

Lee & Muirhead moves a 409 metric tonne turbine generator from Chennai to Odisha using multimodal logistics. The land transport for the first time was accomplished on a Goldhofer Faktor 5 girder bridge.

2 mins

Infrastructure And Trade Practices - Are They Customer Friendly?

The first session of Smart Logistics Summit held in New Delhi raised several concerns of the industry including the impact of GST on shipping cost, imbalance in import and export cargo moving at ports that complicates the positioning of empties, the need for establishing rail transshipment hubs to manage the rise in cargo when DFCs become operational and logistics challenges faced by customers in hinterland.

5 mins

Challenges Confronting Growth In Exim Trade

Inland haulage charges need to be made more equitable and hub and spoke model can bring down rail haulage cost, averred the panellists. They also called for improvement in Customs procedures for cargo clearance, need for more focus on soft infrastructure such as regulatory or statutory regime and developing warehousing and better logistics network for moving agri-produce.

5 mins

Three Cheers To Northern Stars

Winners of the Smart Logistics Awards of north central region walk away with trophies in their hands and a smile on their face amidst much cheers and applause from their industry peers.

1 min

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Maritime Gateway Magazine Description:

Maritime Gateway is India’s leading maritime monthly business magazine covering ports, shipping and logistics sectors in India. It presents cutting-edge information on the latest happenings, topical issues and current trends in the maritime industry in the most lucid and coherent way possible. The richness and quality of information makes Maritime Gateway the preferred information source of industry captains and experts alike. The magazine provides highly informative and news-worthy content catering to the information needs of stakeholders, users and the community at large, facilitating intelligent and better decision making. 
Maritime Gateway organizes forums, where key business, political and academic leaders, bring diverse perspectives with a shared commitment to improve trade and business and are invited to debate and deliberate on the most pressing issues of our time. 
Maritime Gateway felicitates the best industry players annually in recognition of their outstanding performances in their respective fields through its Annual Indian Maritime Gateway Awards.