The maritime sector is an important contributor to the country’s growth, accounting for about 95 per cent of the export-import trade by volume and 70 per cent by value. India’s maritime transport growth is driven by […]
The recent policy initiatives taken by the Ministry of Shipping (MoS) to increase transshipment volumes at Indian ports is expected to add a new dimension to the maritime sector. Speaking at the 16th annual conference […]
To improve efficiency in operations and supplement public investments, private participation in the Indian port sector is critical. Public-private partnership (PPP) projects in the sector have been attempted on almost all variants of the build-operate-transfer model. […]
Over the past few years, the Indian port sector has seen a number of positive developments – greater private participation, port modernisation and the promotion of ease of doing business. Progress was noted in the […]
Inland water transport (IWT) is a competitive alternative mode of transport to road and rail. With the growth in traffic handled by national waterways (NWs), expansion and modernisation of existing NWs and development of new […]
India requires an efficient ship repair industry as more than 55 per cent of the country’s existing fleet is over 16 years old and the demand for repairing services is on the rise. At present, […]
Modernisation and mechanisation have become a key focus area for port operators in recent years. This has primarily been driven by the need for increasing efficiencies in cargo handling, reducing costs and improving customer service. […]
In comparison to their global counterparts, Indian ports are still at a nascent stage of technology adoption. Factors such as shortage of trained and skilled manpower for operating advanced equipment, a general reluctance to adopt new […]
Indian ports handle around 9 per cent of global container traffic and the domestic containerisation level stands at around 40 per cent, as compared to 44 per cent globally. Indian ports cumulatively handled 15.07 million […]
The share of regasified LNG (RLNG) in total natural gas consumption has been steadily increasing since 2012-13. While it was 38 per cent in 2012-13, it stood at 51 per cent as of December 2018. […]
India’s total trade stands at $1,044 billion, of which merchandise trade accounts for 73 per cent and the remaining is accounted for by services trade. Under merchandise trade, annual seaborne trade facilitated by ports is […]
The port sector has seen rapid growth in the past three years in terms of policies and regulations, incentives and schemes, and project uptake. The government has approved the long-awaited amendments to the model concession […]
The logistics sector forms the backbone of an economy as it facilitates efficient and cost-effective movement of goods. India regrettably still loses around 14 per cent of its GDP due to inherent inefficiencies in the […]
The Indian automobile sector has been growing at a rate of 11 per cent and has emerged as the fifth largest automobile market in the world. The alarming air pollution level in the country, to […]
Given the ever-increasing volume of traffic in Indian cities, a well-planned urban transport system assumes vital importance. To this end, the government is exploring the possibility of increasing the share of electric vehicles (EVs), a […]
“There is a need for major technological innovations and disruptions in e-mobility”Over the past two to three years, the government has been increasingly advocating electric mobility with the aim of increasing the share of electric […]
The government has set yet another ambitious target to increase the sales of electric vehicles (EVs) to 30 per cent by 2030. In the past few years, the government has taken several measures such as […]
India’s shift to electric vehicles (EVs) is inevitable in order to reduce pollution levels in Indian cities. Signatory to the Paris Climate Agreement, the country is obligated to bring down its share in global emissions […]
Introduced in 2009 by the National Highways Authority of India (NHAI), the operations, maintenance and tolling (OMT) model has emerged as a distinct industry in itself. This is on account of the fact that both […]
During the initial phases of highway development, the focus was primarily on timely delivery of projects. Over time though, a marked change has been observed, as the focus has shifted to user experience, safety, speed […]
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