India's new government may chart fresh course on coastal cargo transport policy

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Cabotage laws in India have long been debated ? as many things are in the world’s largest democracy. But, under the new government, it seems as if there may be a relaxation in laws preventing foreign-owned ships from engaging in domestic shipping. The rule has already been relaxed at DP World’s Vallarpadam terminal at Cochin, but pressure from other ports and a potential boost to Indian port business looks likely to convince the government to act. Not least, perhaps, because ...