Chennai:
India and Vietnam has signed a
Maritime Shipping Agreement and officials from the countries are working
towards evolving a concrete roadmap for cooperation in the maritime sector.
The agreement was signed on Friday
between Union Shipping Minister G K Vasan and Minister of Transport of the
Socialist Republic of Vietnam Dinh La Thang during his six-day visit to
Vietnam.
A Chennai Port Trust release said
that Vasan is leading a seven-member delegation that includes Shipping
Secretary P K Sinha, chairman of Inland Waterways Authority of India Vishvapati
Trivedi, Director General of shipping Gautam Chaterjee and chairman and
managing director of Cochin Shipyard Commodore Subramaniam among others.
Vasan and Thang discussed ways and
means to strengthen cooperation in the maritime sector between India and
Vietnam especially in areas such as shipping, ship-building and repair, ports
management, ports security and safety, connectivity, human resource development
and training, inland waterways etc. The delegation is also visiting Hai Phong
Port and Nam Trieu shipyard in Vietnam.
Vasan also
visited Hong Kong and held discussions with Prof Anthony Cheung Bing-leung,
Secretary for Transport, regarding various avenues of association by the Hong
Kong government in the Port Development Projects in India towards port capacity
augmentation and logistic improvements. The discussions paved way for mutual
understanding of various port related issues.
He also
had an interactive session with the members of Ship Owners Association, Hong
Kong and explained the capacity augmentation achieved by the Indian Ports in
recent times and the business opportunities available in India and requested
the members to make use of the Indian ports.
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