Enayam Port

Tamil Research Institute
RAPID TECHNO-ECONOMIC FEASIBILITY REPORT FOR
DEVELOPMENT OF COLACHEL PORT AT TAMILNADU
FINAL REPORT
Jebel Ali
Salalah
~20 MnTEU
~4.5 MnTEU
Colombo
Port Klang, Tanjung
Pelepas
Singapore
1 2 3
1. Relay Hub for US
East Coast/ Europe
to Far East Traffic
1. TS hub for India &
India-sub continent
to US East
2. Relay hub for Africa
to Asia traffic
Coast/Europe
traffic
~50 MnTEU
Figure 5: Major TS hub clusters in Asia
1. TS hub for India & Indiasub
continent to US East
Coast /Europe traffic
2. TS hub for US East
Coast/Europe to Far East
traffic
While, most of the transhipment trade happens in the South East Asian and Middle East cluster, the South Asian
location (including Southern tip of India) is in-fact the most efficient location for transhipment of cargo moving to
Africa, EU or East Coast of America.
i. Indian-subcontinent to US/ Europe traffic currently trans-shipped in Singapore cluster
Currently, ~70% of cargo from Bangladesh and Myanmar gets trans-shipped in Singapore. A trans-shipment hub
at the Southern tip of India can save voyage time by 5-6 days for cargo bound to Africa, EU or East coast of
America, resulting in potential cost savings of 12-15%. Currently, only Colombo port is the alternative in the
South Asia zone with a capacity of ~5 Mn TEU. Whereas, the South East Asian cluster already handles more
than 50M TEUs. Thus, due to this significant scale difference South East Asia continues to be the main
aggregation point. Emergence of new hubs such as Colachel and further growth of Indian container cargo
traffic can change this scenario in the near future.
Indian sub-continent to/from Europe/ West Coast US
Current Route
Voyage time
(in days)
Route with
Indian TS hub
Voyage time
(in days)
Chittagong to
Singapore (feeder)
5-6
Chittagong to
Colachel (feeder)
4-5
Singapore to
Antwerp
25-26
Colachel to
Antwerp
20-21
Total voyage time 30-31
Total voyage
time
25-26
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