Section 9 of The Coastal Shipping Act, 2025: National Database of Coastal Shipping.
The Coastal Shipping Act, 2025
About this Act
An Act to consolidate and amend the law relating to regulation of coastal shipping, promote coasting trade and encourage domestic participation therein, to ensure that India is equipped with a coastal fleet, owned and operated by the citizens of India for its national security and commercial needs, and for matters connected therewith or incidental thereto.
(1) The Director -General shall maintain a web portal of a database to be called the National Database of Coastal Shipping in such form and manner as may be prescribed.
(2) 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.
(3) The Director -General shall make available the National Database of Coastal Shipping in electronic form on a web portal for access to the public and it shall be updated every month.
(2) 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.
(3) The Director -General shall make available the National Database of Coastal Shipping in electronic form on a web portal for access to the public and it shall be updated every month.