World Bank2014-10-162014-10-162013-06https://hdl.handle.net/10986/20445Maritime transport carries more than nine-tenths of tonnage of world international trade. The international shipping industry, competitive and dominated by private companies, has delivered to trading nations increasing capacity, generally improving service levels, and declining unit shipping costs. To access and extract the maximum benefit from this vital transport resource each nation depends on the performance of its ports sector; not only on the capacity, quality and price of port services but also their connectivity to hinterlands and to the industrial and consumer markets they serve. Ports in India, as in many countries, face continued pressure to handle higher throughput, adapt to larger and more specialized vessels, improve productivity, and adopt new technology and information systems that can meet the increasingly demanding service standards expected by shippers, logistics companies and shipping operators. As in all economic sectors, the success of ports depends not only on investment in its infrastructure but on supportive policy and regulatory structures, and on the effectiveness of the institutions that deliver services to customers. This Report contains an analysis of the current status of India s ports sector, identifies potential constraints on the ability of ports to meet India s future development needs, and sets out a recommended policy framework to increase the efficiency and effectiveness of the sector.en-USCC BY 3.0 IGOAIMALTERNATIVE MODESBERTHBERTH PRODUCTIVITYBERTHINGBERTHSBORDER CROSSINGSBOTTLENECKSBULK CARGOBULK CARGOESBULK CONTAINERBULK CONTAINERSCANALSCAPITAL INVESTMENTCARGOCARGO HANDLINGCARGO HANDLING EQUIPMENTCARGO HANDLING OPERATIONSCARGO VESSELSCARGO VOLUMESCARRIERSCELLULAR VESSELSCHANNELSCOASTAL SHIPPINGCOMMODITIESCOMMODITYCONGESTIONCONSIGNMENTCONTAINER DEPOTSCONTAINER HANDLINGCONTAINER SERVICECONTAINER SHIPSCONTAINER TERMINALCONTAINER TERMINALSCONTAINER THROUGHPUTCONTAINER TRAFFICCONTAINER TRANSPORTCONTAINER VESSELSCONTAINERIZATIONCONTAINERSCRUDE OILCUSTOMSCUSTOMS PROCEDURESDOCKSDOMESTIC SHIPPINGDREDGINGDRIVINGDRY BULKDWTECONOMIES OF SCALEFINANCIAL PERFORMANCEFREIGHTFREIGHT RAILFREIGHT TRAINSFUELGOOD TRANSPORTHIGHWAYINFRASTRUCTURE CAPACITYINFRASTRUCTURE INVESTMENTINLAND CARGO TRANSPORTINLAND TRANSPORTINLAND WATER TRANSPORTINLAND WATERWAYINLAND WATERWAY TRANSPORTINLAND WATERWAYSINTEGRATED LOGISTICSINTERNATIONAL PORTSINTERNATIONAL SHIPPINGINTERNATIONAL TRADEINTERNATIONAL TRANSPORTJETTIESLOADINGLOCOMOTIVELOGISTICS CHAINLONGER DISTANCESMAJOR PORTSMANUFACTURINGMARITIME TRANSPORTMINISTRY OF TRANSPORTMODAL SHAREMODE OF TRANSPORTMODES OF TRANSPORTMULTIMODAL TRANSPORTNATIONAL HIGHWAYSNAVIGATIONNAVIGATION AIDSNUMBER OF BERTHSOIL PRODUCTSPASSENGERPASSENGER SERVICEPOLLUTIONPORT ACCESSPORT ACTIVITIESPORT ASSETSPORT AUTHORITIESPORT AUTHORITYPORT COMMUNITYPORT COMPETITIONPORT DEVELOPMENTPORT EFFICIENCYPORT FACILITIESPORT LANDPORT MANAGEMENTPORT OF LOADINGPORT OPERATIONSPORT OPERATORSPORT PERFORMANCEPORT PRIVATIZATIONPORT REFORMPORT SERVICESPORT USERSPUBLIC OWNERSHIPPUBLIC PORTSRAILRAIL CONNECTIONRAIL CORRIDORSRAIL COSTSRAIL FREIGHTRAIL LINESRAIL LINKRAIL NETWORKRAIL SYSTEMSRAIL TRANSITRAIL TRANSPORTRAIL TRANSPORTATIONRAILWAYRAILWAY NETWORKRAILWAY SECTORRAILWAYSREGIONAL TRANSPORTREGULATORY AUTHORITIESREGULATORY FRAMEWORKREGULATORY REGIMERESETTLEMENTROADROAD CONNECTIONSROAD HAULAGEROAD INFRASTRUCTUREROAD NETWORKROAD TRANSPORTROADSROUTEROUTESSAFETYSEABORNE TRADESEAPORTSSHIP REPAIRSHIPMENTSSHIPPERSSHIPPINGSHIPPING COSTSSHIPPING INDUSTRYSHIPPING ROUTESSHIPSSMALLER PORTSSMALLER VESSELSSOLID BULK CARGOESSUPPLY CHAINSTANKERSTERMINAL CAPACITYTERMINAL DEVELOPMENTTERMINAL OPERATIONSTEUTOTAL TONNAGETRADING PATTERNSTRAFFICTRAFFIC CONGESTIONTRAFFIC DISTRIBUTIONTRAFFIC GROWTHTRAFFIC VOLUMESTRAINSTRANSIT TIMESTRANSPARENCYTRANSPORT CAPACITYTRANSPORT CORRIDORSTRANSPORT COSTSTRANSPORT FACILITIESTRANSPORT INFRASTRUCTURETRANSPORT MODETRANSPORT MODESTRANSPORT NETWORKTRANSPORT SECTORTRANSPORT STRATEGYTRANSSHIPMENTTRUCKSTYPES OF CARGOVEHICLEVESSEL CALLSWAITING TIMEWAREHOUSING10.1596/20445