Marine Transport

Publication Date	March 2009
Publisher	Cygnus
Product Type	Report
Pages	108
ISBN Number	not applicable
Product Code	CYG00080

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Summary

Introduction:

Shipping industry plays a significant role in the Indian economy as 95% of India's international trade by volume and 70% by value are seaborne. The fleet strength by the end of December 2007 was 850 vessels with 9.03 million Gross Registered Tonnage (GRT), of which overseas shipping accounted for 90.11% of the total capacity in terms of Gross Tonnage. According to the Planning Commission, Indian Shipping Industry's gross tonnage capacity will be increased up to 15 million GT (As per 3rd target) by the end of Eleventh Five Year Plan (2012) with an estimated investment of Rs. 800 billion.

Key Findings and Highlights

India has one of the largest merchant shipping fleet among the developing countries and is ranked 20th in the world. The fleet strength by the end of December, 2007 was 850 vessels with 9.03 million Gross Registered Tonnage (GRT)
The coastline of India is punctuated with 12 major ports: Kolkata, Chennai, Cochin, Ennore, Jawaharlal Nehru Port Trust (JNPT), Kandla, Mormugao, Mumbai, New Mangalore, Paradip, Tuticorin and Vishakhapatnam.
All major ports together have handled total 519.16 million tonnes of cargo in 2007-08, registering growth of 11.94% as compared to 463.77 million tonnes during 2006-07.
The Shipping Corporation of India Limited (SCI) is the largest shipping company in India with a significant presence on the global maritime map. It is the country's premier shipping line owning 79 vessels, with 2.73 million GRT and 4.76 million DWT as on December 31, 2007 and has a share of about 30.2% of the total Indian tonnage.
India's total cargo traffic by all ports is expected to grow at a CAGR of 10.96% during 2007-08 to 2011-12, out of which non-major ports would grow at a CAGR of 12.58% and major ports would grow at a CAGR of 10.32%.

Reasons to Buy

Provides information on industry structure with reference to global logistics industry, brief on intermediaries, market dynamics and cost structure, growth drivers, major issues and challenges, major players, regulatory issues and outlook.
The report is useful to logistics players for updating their industry knowledge; industry analysts to make use of statistics and other important facts and issues about marine logistics; foreign industry research houses and students enrolled in specialized curriculum in logistics.

Content

1. Executive Summary
2. Highlights
3. Logistics industry structure
- 3.1 Global Logistics Industry Overview
  - 3.1.1 Components of Logistics Cost
- 3.2 Indian Logistics Industry Overview
  - 3.2.1 Spending on Logistics in India
  - 3.2.2 Cost Component of Indian Logistics Industry
  - 3.2.3 Infrastructure Development - Boost to Logistics Industry
4. Transportation SysteMarine Transport
- 4.1. Shipping
  - 4.1.1 Classification of Shipping Industry
  - 4.1.2 Fleet Characteristics
  - 4.1.3 Ministry of Shipping
  - 4.1.4 Age Profile of Indian Shipping Fleet
  - 4.1.5 Carriers
- 4.2 PORTS
  - 4.2.1 Overview of the Ports Sector in India
  - 4.2.2 Cargo handled at major ports
  - 4.2.3 Cargo handled at nomajor ports
  - 4.2.4 Capacity at major ports
  - 4.2.5 Container Traffic in India
  - 4.2.6 Productivity of Ports
  - 4.2.7 Performance of ports
    - 4.2.7.1 Kolkata Port
    - 4.2.7.2 Jawaharlal Nehru Port Trust
    - 4.2.7.3 Paradip Port
    - 4.2.7.4 Visakhapatnam Port
    - 4.2.7.5 Chennai Port
    - 4.2.7.6 New Mangalore Port
    - 4.2.7.7 Tuticorin Port
    - 4.2.7.8 Cochin Port
    - 4.2.7.9 Mormugao Port
    - 4.2.7.10 Mumbai Port
    - 4.2.7.11 Kandla Port
    - 4.2.7.12 Ennore Port
  - 4.2.8 Upcoming Port Projects and Investments
    - 4.2.8.1 Kolkata Port
    - 4.2.8.2 Paradip Port Trust
    - 4.2.8.3 Vishakhapatnam Port Trust
    - 4.2.8.4 Ennore Port Trust
    - 4.2.8.5 Chennai Port Trust
    - 4.2.8.6 Tuticorin Port Project
    - 4.2.8.7 Cochin Port Trust
    - 4.2.8.8 New Mangalore Port Trust
    - 4.2.8.9 Murmugao Port Projects
    - 4.2.8.10 Mumbai Port Trust
    - 4.2.8.11 Jawaharlal Nehru Port Trust
    - 4.2.8.12 Kandla Port Project
  - 4.2.9 Recent trends
5. Intermediaries and support service providers
- 5.1 Reasons to utsource Logistics Functions
5.2PL Market Size
- 5.3 Function of Third Party Logistics
- 5.4 State of 3PL in India
- 5.5 Challenges in Adopting Third Party Logistics
- 5.6 Fourth Party Logistics (4PL)
- 5.7 Clearing & Forwarding Agents
- 5.8. Warehousing
6. Market Dynamics
- 6.1 Overview of Shipping and Port in India
- 6.2 Market Size
- 6.3 Demand Supply Scenario
  - 6.3.1 Shipping and Port
7. Growth drivers
- 7.1 Economic growth
- 7.2 Global trade
- 7.3 Corporate Trend
- 7.4 Improved infrastructure
- 7.5 Growth in the manufacturing sector and retail boom
- 7.6 Emergence of global manufacturing networks and increased FDI
- 7.7 Information technology
- 7.8 Liberalization and Deregulation
- 7.9 Development of E-commerce
8. Technology and Innovation
- 8.1. Recent Trends
  - 8.1.1 The Emergence of Horizontal Integration
  - 8.1.2 Increasing Importance of IT Infrastructure
  - 8.1.3 Increased Emphasis on ValuAdded Services
9. Major players
- 9.1 Shipping Corporation of India
  - 9.1.1 Business profile
  - 9.1.2 Financial performance
  - 9.1.3 Recent developments
  - 9.1.4 Strategies
- 9.2 Great Eastern Shipping Company
  - 9.2.1 Business profile
  - 9.2.2 Financial Performance
  - 9.2.3 Recent developments
  - 9.2.4 Strategies
- 9.3 Essar Shipping Ports & Logistics Limited (formerly known as Essar Shipping Limited)
  - 9.3.1 Businesses profile
  - 9.3.2 Financial performance
  - 9.3.3 Recent developments
  - 9.3.4 Strategies
- 9.4 Varun Shipping Company Ltd
  - 9.4.1 Key corporate data
  - 9.4.2 Business Profile
  - 9.4.3 Financial Performance
  - 9.4.4 Recent Developments
  - 9.4.5 Strategies
10. Cost Structure
- 10.1 Shipping Industry
11. Issues and challenges
- 11.1 Shipping Industry
- 11.2 Port Sector
  - 11.2.1 Infrastructure Bottlenecks
  - 11.2.2 Information technology
  - 11.2.3 Connectivity problems
  - 11.2.4 Regulatory aspects
  - 11.2.5 Labor problems
12. Government Initiatives, Schemes & Regulations
- 12.1 Introduction
- 12.2 Public Private Partnership (PPP) model for investments
- 12.3 Maritime Policy
- 12.4 National Maritime Development Programme
- 12.5 Development Proposal for NoMajor Ports
- 12.6 Rail/Road Connectivity
- 12.7 Regulations
  - 12.7.1 General Guidelines
  - 12.7.2 Dangerous goods in packaged form, solid bulk cargo and deck cargo
13. Outlook Shipping & Ports
- 13.1 Introduction
- 13.2 Shipping
- 13.3 Port 102
Annexure I: List of Abbreviations
Annexure II: Bibliography