Nine years after India opened up its economy, the country's ports are still suffering from inadequate capacity and low productivity. New port development schemes should alleviate the situation
Indian port traffic in 2005-06 is projected to reach 540 mill tons, which means that some 215 mill tons of additional annual handling capacity will be required between 2001 and 2006. But most ports in the country are already operating at over 100 per cent capacity....
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Approx 1400 words from WorldCargo News, November 2000,
page 67.
