India's hopes for a boost in transhipment cargo are dashed, despite cabotage break

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India’s quest to attract transhipment traffic to its largest ports looks to remain unfulfilled, according to experts speaking at last week’s TOC Container Supply Chain event in Dubai.

When the country’s newest terminal was officially opened in Vallapardam in 2011, it was hoped that the era in which Indian shippers relied on transhipment links through Colombo, Dubai or Singapore had come to an end – especially when this was followed by Delhi’s decision to suspend cabotage restrictions at the port for ...