MORE ships have been turning to indian ports recently due to political and economic uncertainty in Sri Lanka, on top of congestion at the Colombo port, reports Sri Lanka's Times Online.
Five to 10 per cent of regular traffic from Colombo has been diverted to Indian ports in the last month, with Chennai, Ennore, Mundra, and Thoothukudi's VO Chidambaranar Port benefiting the most.
Due to the situation, traffic at the Kochi International Container Transshipment Facility (ICTT) in Vallarpadam, India's first transshipment terminal, increased 62 per cent to 13,609 TEU in March 2022, compared to 8,394 TEU in March 2021.
The transshipment container traffic in Kochi saw an increase from 36,183 TEU in 2019-20 to 86,000 TEU in 2020-21 and 156,000 TEU in 2021-22.
'In recent times, we have seen considerable diversion of transshipment traffic from Colombo to Kochi. There are vessels that are skipping Colombo cargo, because of the longer time taken for transshipment,' said Cochin Port Trust chairman M Beena.
'Kochi is a natural alternative to Colombo now.'
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Five to 10 per cent of regular traffic from Colombo has been diverted to Indian ports in the last month, with Chennai, Ennore, Mundra, and Thoothukudi's VO Chidambaranar Port benefiting the most.
Due to the situation, traffic at the Kochi International Container Transshipment Facility (ICTT) in Vallarpadam, India's first transshipment terminal, increased 62 per cent to 13,609 TEU in March 2022, compared to 8,394 TEU in March 2021.
The transshipment container traffic in Kochi saw an increase from 36,183 TEU in 2019-20 to 86,000 TEU in 2020-21 and 156,000 TEU in 2021-22.
'In recent times, we have seen considerable diversion of transshipment traffic from Colombo to Kochi. There are vessels that are skipping Colombo cargo, because of the longer time taken for transshipment,' said Cochin Port Trust chairman M Beena.
'Kochi is a natural alternative to Colombo now.'
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