Maritime, Admiralty and Logistics Scenario in India.

Indian Maritime, Shipping, Logistics and Port industry, once, enjoyed the protection from the Government, which has been gradually diminishing over a period of time.

Economic liberalization has led to the widening of Indian markets, stiffer international competition, permitting Indian ship owners to raise funds abroad and allowing for the privatization of ports, terminals and shipyards. However, it is a long way to go for the Indian industry because of financial constraints and inadequate infrastructural growth.

1. Share of Indian shipping companies in carrying Indian cargo as a percentage of India's Total International overseas Trade:

It was as high as 40% overall (Liquid, Dry Bulk and General Cargo including Containerized cargo) in the 1980s; it was about 33% in 1990s, that number is now down to just over 7% overall.

 

Share of Indian Shipping Companies as a Percentage of India's Total International Sea Trade:

Overall	7.4%
In POL Category	14%
In Dry Bulk Category	7.5%
In Gen/Container Cargo Category	7%

2. Indian Coastal shipping:

Indian Coastal shipping moves just 7% of the local domestic freight despite a coastline of 7,517 km dotted with 12 state owned ports and around 200 state government, private ports and terminals.


3. Indian Ports (Government Ports, Private Terminals in Government Ports, Private Ports):

India has 12 Government owned Major ports which account for about 55% of total cargoes handled at Indian Ports. While the Govt own these 12 Major Ports, private operators such as Maersk's APM Terminals, Dubai Ports World and PSA have been running various private terminals, after signing long term 30 years revenue sharing agreements. About 200 non major ports, outside Government's control, account for nearly 45% of India's port traffic.


4. Indian Shipyards (Government and Private Yards):

India has around 28 shipyards, six of which are owned by Centre, two by State Govts and the rest are owned by private sector. Presently, the ship building capacity of these yards is about 2.8 million DWTs a year which is about 1% share of the World ship building market. The Indian market share has fallen to seventh place, with the big three China, South Korea and Japan controlling about 87% of the world Shipbuilding market.


5. India's Containerized Traffic:

India's container traffic is estimated to reach 25 Million TEUs by 2025 from around 14 Million TEUs presently. JNPT handles about 30% of the total containerized traffic handled by all Indian ports and about 55% of the containerized traffic handled by Government controlled Major Ports.