News / Indian government intervenes to help exporters facing higher costs

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Frustrated by high shipping costs, India’s exporters have won some government support – albeit a little belatedly, as supply-demand dynamics have begun to settle.  

Container Corporation of India (Concor) has significantly rationalised its container storage and handling tariff policies, both for empty and laden boxes. An offshoot of Indian Railways, Concor is the largest container rail operator in the country.  

Shippers now have an extended 90-day ’free time’ for storage of empty containers at Concor’s inland terminal in Nhava Sheva, one of ...