News / Ocean carrier integration offers derailing India’s rail freight strategy

Source Maersk

As the development of India’s high-stakes Dedicated Freight Corridor (DFC) gathers pace, rail freight is expected to become more appealing to hinterland shippers.

However, even as some shipping line plans to become integrators have gained momentum, efforts to combine rail infrastructure development, connections between major Indian ports and inland container depots (ICDs) have expanded substantially, the strategy has failed so far to deliver modal shift from road.

For example, rail freight accounted for 17.76% of the container volumes handled by Jawaharlal Nehru Port ...