India's coastal shipping goes into growth mode

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30 Apr 2009

India's nascent coastal shipping sector is getting a boost as more companies start services for transporting container cargo from one local port to another, according to The Main Report Publications. The firms hope to attract a bigger chunk of the domestic container cargo which now moves by road.
Chennai-based Caravel Logistics started a new coastal shipping service on 24 April, linking Mundra port in Gujarat with Kochi in Kerala and Tuticorin in Tamil Nadu, managing director Saju Chacko said.
The firm has hired a Dutch container ship to run the service. It calls at each of the three ports once in 10 days.
"So far, we were dependent on some other ship operator to move the cargo containers. By hiring a container ship, we have all the links in the multimodal transportation chain under our control," Chacko said.
Caravel owns steel containers and tractor trailers and has finalised arrangements with private container train operators to move the containers from the premises or warehouses of cargo owners to ports, from where they are put on ships and sent to their final destinations.

Source: CargonewsAsia