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Indian ports' overall container handling trails every single Chinese port's

Of the world's top 20 ports, 14 are in China; no Indian port figures on this list

A file photo of shipping containers at the Port Newark Container Terminal in Newark, New Jersey. 	Photo: Reuters
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A file photo of shipping containers at the Port Newark Container Terminal in Newark, New Jersey. Photo: Reuters

Nirmalya Behera Bhubaneswar
Indian ports are far behind Chinese ones when it comes to handling of containers. India’s total containerised cargo capacity of 8.75 million TEUs (twenty-foot equivalent units) at its 12 major ports is less than a quarter of containerised goods handled at China’s single port of Shanghai.
 
"Shanghai container port handled four times more containers pegged at 36.5 million TEUs in 2015 compared to the combined throughput of 8.4 million TEUs in 2016-17 at all the major ports in India", according to study titled 'Indian ports sector: Challenges of scale and efficient operations' done by industry chamber Assocham.

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