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1919 |
ss Loyalty makes historical trip between Bombay and London with a swadeshi flag on 5th April; First national shipping company Scindia Steam Navigation Company set up |
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1923 |
Indian Mercantile Marine Committee set up; "Indian Carriage of Goods by Sea" Act came into force |
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1927 |
Training Ship Dufferin established |
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1929 |
Indian National Steamship Owners' Association (INSOA) set up |
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1945 |
Reconstruction Policy Sub-Committee on Shipping under chairmanship of Shri C.P. Ramaswami Aiyar set-up; recommended 100% carriage of coastal and overseas stategic cargoes, 50% in dry bulk sector and 40% liner cargoes by Indian ships |
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1946 |
Indian delegation took part in maritime conference of ILO |
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1947 |
Gross tonnage of Indian fleet stands at 0.19 million tonnes |
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1948 |
Directorate Marine Engineering Training (DMET) established; First Indian built ship "Jalausha" launched by the then PM, Late Jawaharlal Nehru |
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1949 |
Directorate General of Shipping established; INSOA launches its journal "Indian Shipping" |
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1952 |
Coastal trade reserved for Indian shipping companies |
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1957 |
Sumati Morarjee elected President of INSOA, becoming the first woman head of any shipowners organization in the world |
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1958 |
Transchart established; National Shipping Board setup to advise government on the shipping matters, Merchant Shipping Act formulated |
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1959 |
Shipping Development Fund Committee (SDFC) established |
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1962 |
Indian gross tonnage crosses 1 million tonne mark |
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1963 |
Dr. Nagendra Singh appointed President of International Maritime Organization (IMO) |
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1964 |
From this year onwards National Maritime Day is celebrated every year on 5th April to commemorate the maiden voyage of ss Loyalty |
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1968 |
Gross tonnage crosses 2 million tonne mark; INSOA changed to INSA |
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1972 |
T. S. Rajendra replaces T. S. Dufferin |
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1973 |
Dr. C.P. Srivastava appointed as Secretary General of IMO |
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1974 |
Gross tonnage crosses 3 million tonne mark |
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1975 |
Gross tonnage crosses 4 million tonne mark |
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1976 |
Gross tonnage crosses 5 million tonne mark |
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1979 |
INSA incorporated as a Company |
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1982 |
Gross tonnage crosses 6 million tonne mark |
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1987 |
Shipping Development Fund Committee abolished; Shipping Credit & Investment Company of India (SCICI) establishe |
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1992 |
Partial disinvestment of Government's stake in SCI |
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1993 |
T. S. Chanakya, a shore based acadamy, replaces T. S. Rajendra |
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1996 |
Gross tonnage crosses 7 million tonne mark |
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1997 |
SCICI merges with ICICI |
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1998 |
Cost Plus Formula in carriage of crude oil dismantled by government and market related freight rates implemented |
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2001 |
Expert Committee under chairmanship of Dr. Rakesh Mohan set-up to review Indian shipping and recommend measures for its revival |
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2002 |
Scope of Sec.33AC of I.T. Act expanded; APM dismantled |
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2003 |
Sagarmala Programme announced by Prime Minister |
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2004 |
Tonnage Tax for shipping industry introduced and INSA COMPLETES 75 YEARS |
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