News / Indian shippers re-route more transhipment cargo to Nhava Sheva and Mundra

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Cargo owners at India’s hinterland points of Chennai and Kolkata are rerouting more shipments to JNPT (Nhava Sheva) or Mundra instead of feedering to hub or intermediate ports in South Asia for mainline, long-haul connectivity.

These are usually Colombo (Sri Lanka), Singapore and Port Klang (Malaysia) .

What became the driving force in helping shippers alter their long-time supply chain pursuits away from transhipment is the introduction of block-train services by major container lines, especially Maersk, to connect the eastern interior with ...