News / India's container market is cooling, but 'kinks' in supply chains persist

India’s container shipping market has “cooled” in recent weeks, but a lack of capacity at east coast ports is a headache for exporters.

Throughput figures from the Indian Ports Association show the country’s top 12 container ports enjoyed nearly 30% growth between April and October, with total volumes of 6.42m teu.

However, volumes at the east coast port of Kolkata were down 18% compared with 2019, in contrast to an average increase of 8% across the other major ports, during the same ...