Enayam Port

Tamil Research Institute
RAPID TECHNO-ECONOMIC FEASIBILITY REPORT FOR
DEVELOPMENT OF COLACHEL PORT AT TAMILNADU
FINAL REPORT
India today does not have any large trans-shipment hub ports. Most of the trans-shipment of Indian cargo
happens in foreign trans-shipment hubs. Colombo alone handles around 1.2 Mn TEUs of India's trans-shipment
cargo, while Colombo, Singapore and Klang together account for ~80% of India's trans-shipment cargo. Other
trans-shipment hubs for India include Jebel Ali, Dubai, and Salalah. Among the Indian ports, majority of transshipment
happens Colombo, from Singapore East Coast ports & of Klang Tuticorin, are Chennai, the main and Kolkata. hubs, The handling following figure gives a
detailed trans-shipment hub wise breakup of Indian container cargo.
~80% India's trans-shipment cargo
Volume of Indian cargo trans-shipped at different TS hubs
Container cargo
(in '000 TEUs)
1,500
Accounts for ~ 80% of TS cargo
1,175
Fragmented
across multiple
ports; share of
each port is low
1,000
500
627
322
561
0
Total cargo
handled
(in Mn TEUs)
Singapore
4.9
Klang
KOLKATA
HALDIA
Colombo
4
Dubai
32.6 10.4 13.6
VISAKHAPATNAM
CHENNAI
V.O. CHIDAMBARANAR
COCHIN
96
Jebel Ali
J.N.P.T.
Mundra
Other
International
Ports
Others
Note: All TS cargo is calculated once; TS hubs double count the cargo as they handle the cargo twice
Source: BCG estimates, IHS international trade data, Major ports data, Expert interviews
Figure 40: Key trans-shipment hubs for Indian container cargo
Projections of Indian Container Cargo
Container cargo volumes for any country are a direct function of imports and exports of the country which in turn
is driven by manufacturing industries and consumption demand in the country. GDP is a proxy for both
manufacturing industry and consumption. As seen in the next figure, GDP is highly correlated with the container
traffic volumes and hence, is a reliable indicator of container traffic.
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