Port of Chennai

In a trade advisory, the port trust announced substantial tariff reductions for domestic and foreign ocean carriers handling export-import containers for transshipment.

The Chennai Trailer Owners Association had issued a strike notice to press for transportation rate increases, a 15-day payment settlement system, and more effective measures to streamline traffic.

Chennai’s efforts to regain lost ground in container handling have lately been complicated by its deteriorating quayside and landside productivity rates.

Two joint, weekly intra-Asia routes — connecting major ports on India's east and west coasts — are scheduled to start from Shanghai, China, at the end of this month.

Chennai's turn times, average gross crane rates, and average output per ship berth day declined substantially in November, according to JOC.com data.

India’s efforts to bring down cargo dwell times as part of a larger ease-of-doing-business program have yet to translate into steady improvements.

Although the gain is encouraging for public ports, the threat private ports pose to their market share remains.

India’s major, or public, ports together account for roughly 70 percent of the country’s total container trade.

The Chennai port is transforming from a congestion-ridden harbor.

Several changes seemingly had a positive impact on Chennai’s productivity levels in the last month.

Chennai’s rail share in the first two fiscal months was slightly higher than that in the same period of 2016.

The biggest beneficiary has been Jawaharlal Nehru Port Trust.

Container volumes at major ports surged in the first month of fiscal year 2017 to 2018.

If negotiations fail, it would be the second nationwide stoppage at major ports in two years.

Converting cargo from road to rail, aimed at easing chronic congestion at Chennai Port, continues to be a struggle.

India’s major ports face a fresh threat of labor stoppages.

Chennai Port has benefited from aggressive efforts to increase productivity, but it faces serious competition.