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KPCT, Maersk launch weekly mainline service to China

The Dollar Business Bureau Krishnapatnam Port Container Terminal (KPCT) has launched a weekly mainline service to China which will be operated by Maersk line in partnership with Hanjin Shipping of Korea. Maersk Line MD Franck Dedenis and KPCT Director and CEO Anil Yendluri inaugurated the mainline service at Krishnapatnam Port on Monday. This new service will offer competitive services to the exporters and importers of South Indian states particularly Andhra Pradesh, Telangana, Karnataka and Tamil Nadu to transit bulk cargo to the ports of China, South-East Asia, and other Asian countries. Currently, it takes 40-45 days for the cargo from South India to reach the consignee in China. This will be reduced by 50% with the launch of the direct mainline service. Anil Yendluri said that Bangalore, Hyderabad ...

Krishnapatnam Port plans to become Indias largest container terminal by 2020

Sisir Pradhan | @TheDollarBiz   Krishnapatnam Port, on the eastern coast of India, plans to become the single largest container terminal in India by FY2020 with a total annual capacity of 6.0 million TEUs, up five-times from the current capacity of around 1.2 million TEUs per annum, Krishnapatnam Port Company Limited CEO Anil Yendluri told The Dollar Business. According to the Ministry of Shipping, global container throughput will reach 1 billion TEUs by 2020 and India’s container traffic (excluding transshipment) is likely to grow between 18% and 23% in the next 4-5 years. The growth in container traffic exhibits a strong linkage to GDP growth and most developing container traffic at Indian ports has registered growth at a CAGR of ...