With the ?click & shop? model gaining momentum in India, more and more shoppers are taking the online route to purchase a range of products starting from grocery, apparels, electronics, to furniture. The e-commerce logistics in India suffers with several bottlenecks including inadequate infrastructure and delivery inefficiencies that result in delay in delivery, choked airports, and products getting misplaced among others.
After conquering space with the Mars Orbiter Mission, India attempts to conquer the seas with the proposed Sagar Mala project. After a ten year downtime, the project has been revived and driven with much gusto by the Ministry of Shipping. If the current momentum of work is anything to go by, in ten years India would have created its piece de resistance silencing naysayers and altering forever the way India does business with the world.
It was an evening where the famous and the familiar working at the sea and the shore came together to celebrate each other?s strengths. The Gateway Awards 2014 was organised to recognise, cherish and honour the contribution of men and their machines to sea trade
Container traffic in India has seen strong traction in the last few years with the country improving its trade and bilateral ties, partnering with more countries in Asia and Far East than in the past. This has helped widening the basket of export and import commodities.
India Maritime Week Version 2.0, stands by its commitment to help every sector grow in the industry. For, by and to the shipping trade. The industry gauged the collective responsibility of all its stakeholders for a bigger, better and brighter future for the country’s sea trade.
AFTER BIFURCATION, THE NEWLY CARVED STATE OF ANDHRA PRADESH SAILS ON A HOPE TO BOOST THE ECONOMY BY DEVELOPING THE COAST LINE INTO A MAJOR MARITIME HUB. INDUSTRIAL CORRIDORS FROM VIZAG TO CHENNAI WILL LINK THE PORT CITIES FUELLING GROWTH. IN ADDITION, MANUFACTURING AND INDUSTRIAL CLUSTERS BEING PLANNED WILL HELP THE STATE AUGMENT EXPORTS AND IMPROVE ITS FISCAL HEALTH.
With a stable government at the Centre and an increased focus on infrastructure segment, project cargo movement is set to gain momentum. Logistics players are looking at taking advantage of the new opportunities coming up in power and manufacturing segments.
Despite a sluggish trend in automotive exports, the segment offers huge growth opportunity in future. Being a cost competitive manufacturing base, India is an attractive destination for foreign automobile companies and most of them are looking at ramping up production facilities. But, with most ports in India lacking dedicated Ro-Ro terminals and facing connectivity and congestion issues, the country has to look at addressing issues related to infrastructure and logistics to take advantage of the projected growth in exports.
Energy security issues and high spend in exploration and production by private and government-owned companies have made India an attractive market for offshore shipping service providers. If the government is able to support this surge in demand with policy guidelines, the segment will grow further.
With the ?click & shop? model gaining momentum in India, more and more shoppers are taking the online route to purchase a range of products starting from grocery, apparels, electronics, to furniture. The e-commerce logistics in India suffers with several bottlenecks including inadequate infrastructure and delivery inefficiencies that result in delay in delivery, choked airports, and products getting misplaced among others.
After conquering space with the Mars Orbiter Mission, India attempts to conquer the seas with the proposed Sagar Mala project. After a ten year downtime, the project has been revived and driven with much gusto by the Ministry of Shipping. If the current momentum of work is anything to go by, in ten years India would have created its piece de resistance silencing naysayers and altering forever the way India does business with the world.
It was an evening where the famous and the familiar working at the sea and the shore came together to celebrate each other?s strengths. The Gateway Awards 2014 was organised to recognise, cherish and honour the contribution of men and their machines to sea trade
Container traffic in India has seen strong traction in the last few years with the country improving its trade and bilateral ties, partnering with more countries in Asia and Far East than in the past. This has helped widening the basket of export and import commodities.
India Maritime Week Version 2.0, stands by its commitment to help every sector grow in the industry. For, by and to the shipping trade. The industry gauged the collective responsibility of all its stakeholders for a bigger, better and brighter future for the country’s sea trade.
AFTER BIFURCATION, THE NEWLY CARVED STATE OF ANDHRA PRADESH SAILS ON A HOPE TO BOOST THE ECONOMY BY DEVELOPING THE COAST LINE INTO A MAJOR MARITIME HUB. INDUSTRIAL CORRIDORS FROM VIZAG TO CHENNAI WILL LINK THE PORT CITIES FUELLING GROWTH. IN ADDITION, MANUFACTURING AND INDUSTRIAL CLUSTERS BEING PLANNED WILL HELP THE STATE AUGMENT EXPORTS AND IMPROVE ITS FISCAL HEALTH.
With a stable government at the Centre and an increased focus on infrastructure segment, project cargo movement is set to gain momentum. Logistics players are looking at taking advantage of the new opportunities coming up in power and manufacturing segments.
Despite a sluggish trend in automotive exports, the segment offers huge growth opportunity in future. Being a cost competitive manufacturing base, India is an attractive destination for foreign automobile companies and most of them are looking at ramping up production facilities. But, with most ports in India lacking dedicated Ro-Ro terminals and facing connectivity and congestion issues, the country has to look at addressing issues related to infrastructure and logistics to take advantage of the projected growth in exports.
Energy security issues and high spend in exploration and production by private and government-owned companies have made India an attractive market for offshore shipping service providers. If the government is able to support this surge in demand with policy guidelines, the segment will grow further.
