Indian coastal freight attracts major carriers, but regional tension disrupts
India’s growing coastal freight demand looks like the next target for foreign container lines amid ...
A sequential uptick in container trade and renewed transhipment growth expectations from the large-scale crisis plaguing Sri Lanka’s Colombo Port, is encouraging India to think again about alternative hub port options in the region.
A near-$1bn investment strategy for the development of sophisticated container transhipment infrastructure at Tuticorin Port (VOCPA) illustrates this, especially after previously unsuccessful attempts.
Tuticorin is one of India’s 12 “major” ports and the second-busiest east coast container handler after nearby Chennai.
In a fresh tender process, the port has relaunched ...
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