Enayam Port

Tamil Research Institute
RAPID TECHNO-ECONOMIC FEASIBILITY REPORT FOR
DEVELOPMENT OF COLACHEL PORT AT TAMILNADU
FINAL REPORT
Shipping cost savings of 12-15%
Time Savings of 5-6 days
From Bangladesh, Myanmar & other
Indian subcontinent
Indian TS Hub
Port Klang
To US/ Europe
Current routes
Potential changed routes due
to Colachel
Singapore
Note: % of shipping cost savings calculated only on shipping voyage costs (fuel, opex etc.) and does not include port charges, inland transport charges
Figure 6: Potential time and cost savings for liners by using Colachel (I)
ii.
US/ Europe to Far East traffic currently trans-shipped/ relayed in the Middle Eastern TS hub
US/ Europe to Far East (including China) is the busiest trade route with volumes of ~30 Mn TEUs. Liners have
started using the Middle Eastern cluster ports, mainly Salalah and Jebel Ali as relay hubs for this route, with one
service bringing cargo from China to Salalah, while another service picks up this cargo and moves to US West
Coast. TS port in South India is well placed to attract some of this relay traffic as it will account for ~1 day
voyage time saving and 2-3% shipping cost savings.
Europe/ West Coast US to/from Far East
Current Route
Voyage time
(in days)
Route with
Indian TS hub
Voyage time
(in days)
Antwerp to
Salalah
~16
Antwerp to
Colachel
~20
Salalah to
Shanghai (relay)
~17
Colachel to
Shanghai (relay)
~12
Total voyage
time
~33
Total voyage
time
~32
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