Lok Sabha Question No. 3690 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2016-12-08
Subject: Container Business
Ministry: SHIPPING
Asked by: VASANTHI M.

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF SHIPPING

## LOK SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.3690

## TO BE ANSWERED ON 8 th   DECEMBER, 2016

## CONTAINER BUSINESS

## 3690.   SHRIMATI VASANTHI M.:

Will the Minister of SHIPPING  be pleased to state:

- (a) whether it is a fact that India accounts for a mere 6% of the global container business;
- (b) if so, the details thereof;
- (c) the details of container usage rate in percentage terms for shipping of various categories of items/cargo during each of the last three years and the current year, category-wise; and
- (d) the steps taken by the Government to improve the container business?

## ANSWER

## MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF SHIPPING (SHRI MANSUKH L. MANDAVIYA)

(a)to(d): In terms of data available from United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) Report,  the  share  of  India's  Container  Business  in  Global  Container  Business  is  roughly  2%.  The details of container usage rate in percentage terms for shipping of various categories of items/cargo during each of last three years and current year up to October, 2016, cargo-wise is given below:

|                     | (In 000 Tonnes)   | (In 000 Tonnes)   | (In 000 Tonnes)   | (In 000 Tonnes)   | (In 000 Tonnes)   | (In 000 Tonnes)   | (In 000 Tonnes)         | (In 000 Tonnes)         |
|---------------------|-------------------|-------------------|-------------------|-------------------|-------------------|-------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------|
| Commodities         | 2013-14           | 2013-14           | 2014-15           | 2014-15           | 2015-16           | 2015-16           | 2016-17* Upto Oct. 2016 | 2016-17* Upto Oct. 2016 |
|                     | Tonnage           | %Share            | Tonnage           | %Share            | Tonnage           | %Share            | Tonnage                 | %Share                  |
| POL Crude + Product | 187254            | 33.71             | 188771            | 32.47             | 195941            | 32.31             | 122038                  | 32.98                   |
| Iron Ore**          | 26222             | 4.72              | 17909             | 3.08              | 15354             | 2.53              | 20898                   | 5.65                    |
| Fertilizer          | 13724             | 2.47              | 16196             | 2.79              | 15898             | 2.62              | 9360                    | 2.53                    |
| Coal - Thermal      | 71641             | 12.90             | 85339             | 14.68             | 98603             | 16.26             | 56056                   | 15.15                   |
| - Coking            | 32751             | 5.90              | 32525             | 5.59              | 27352             | 4.51              | 28589                   | 7.73                    |
| Container -Tonnage  | 114671            | 20.64             | 119443            | 20.55             | 123119            | 20.30             | 72004                   | 19.46                   |
| - TEUs              | 7457              | -                 | 7960              | -                 | 8197              | -                 | 4923                    | -                       |
| Other Misc.         | 109224            | 19.66             | 121161            | 20.84             | 130198            | 21.47             | 61102                   | 16.51                   |
| TOTAL               | 555487            | 100.00            | 581344            | 100.00            | 606465            | 100.00            | 370047                  | 100.00                  |

(*) Provisional

(**) Includes pellets also

Government is regularly monitoring the Port modernization & infrastructure projects for increasing the capacity of the ports and to bring them to international standards through construction &modernisation of berths, installation of state of  art  equipment  for  handling  Containers  and  dredging  projects  to accommodate large size container vessels at major ports.  For giving boost to Container business, the Government  is  contemplating  development  and  setting  up  of  transshipment  ports  at  Enayam  and Vizhinjam.

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