The combined overall, average dwell time at major ports, which together represent roughly 70 percent of Indian containerized cargo, edged up.

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.

India’s top container gateway is leading the gains.

The biggest beneficiary has been Jawaharlal Nehru Port Trust.

Congestion at Jawaharlal Nehru Port Trust cut deeply into container volumes moving via India’s major public ports.

The government of India has set the date by which all major, or public, ports should have in automated gate technologies.

An analysis of productivity data collected by JOC.com shows all dominant container ports booked significantly lower dwell times year-over-year in the first eight fiscal months through the end of November.

Container volumes at India’s major public ports are continuing to grow at a healthy pace thanks to capacity upgrades and productivity improvements.

A strike by truckers at DP World-operated International Container Transshipment Terminal, or Vallarpadam, in India’s Port of Cochin entered its fifth day on Monday, forcing shippers to reroute some cargo via nearby ports, mostly Tuticorin.

Container volumes grew 6.7 percent year-over-year in fiscal year 2014-2015 at India’s major ports owned by the federal government, according to provisional port figures compiled by JOC.com.

Container throughput at major ports in India tumbled 5.16 percent year-over-year from April through November, but total cargo tonnage inched up 1.43 percent, according to provisional figures released by the Indian Ports Association.