Coastal shipping cargo movement to double by 2025

Transportation of cargo through coastal shipping and inland water navigation is cost effective

The Shipping Ministry aims to double the share of transportation of cargo through coastal shipping and inland water navigation by 2025 from six per cent under Sagarmala programme.

At present, about 54 per cent of the cargo is transported through the roads, 33 per cent by rail, seven per cent by pipelines and six per cent by coastal shipping.

"In the total modal mix in India, coastal shipping accounts for six per cent. We aim to double it by 2025. Doubling it will be gigantic task," said Rabindra Kumar Agarwal, joint secretary (Sagarmala) at Shipping ministry at a