Short Sea / Feeder Coastal

Shipping
Short Sea Shipping / Coastal Shipping

A Key to achieve inter-modal transport system

Competitive benefit:
• Lower Freight Cost
• Environment friendly attributes

Fuel Consumption:
• 15% of that by ROAD Per ton-kilometer
• 54% of that by RAIL Per ton-kilometer
• Emissions are also lower than in Rail & Road Transport

Coast to Coast Carriage Cost:

• 21% that by ROAD
42% that by RAIL
Indian Transport Scene:

More Suitable to Handling Bulky Consignments, Project Cargo.

Indian Transport:
• Road – 65 %
• Rail – 35 %

Leads to substantial cost on economy

Congestion, Accidents, Energy Consumption &

environmental damage through pollution.

TCS says 4 Mn.Tonnes can be diverted to Coastal Shipping

CASE STUDY : Ambuja Cement

Pioneered Bulk transport of Cement using Coastal shipping

7 ships
200,000 Tonnes of Cement between Guj & Maharashtra & further South.
Average 3500 Tonnes daily from Kodinar to Mumbai

3500 tonnes - 350 trucks – 700 kms - seven days

3500 tonnes – single ship - 300 kms – 24 hours “Fresh & Oven Hot”
International Short Sea Shipping Scene:

Throughput of Various Countries

China – 870 Mn. Tonnes

Japan – 549 Mn. Tonnes
S.Korea – 141 Mn. Tonnes
Indonesia – 133 Mn. Tonnes

European Union – 43% share of Cargo Transportation

United States - 15% share of Cargo Transportation

Cargo at Antwerp – 50% moved to Hinterland by Barges

SHORT SEA SHIPPING POTENTIAL

Indian Coastline - 7500 kms

Covered by 12 Major and 185 Minor Ports

Potential to be tapped in Short Sea/Coastal shipping

•Short sea shipping Networks
•Inland Waterway Linkages
•Coastal Ferry Services
•Domestic Cruise Industry
•Other Marine and offshore industries
SHORT SEA SHIPPING POTENTIAL

Foresee the Development

•Substantial Increase in heavy goods vehicle traffic.

•Rebalance the modal shares
•Bypass land bottlenecks
•Safe

“To make full use of short sea shipping, it needs to be

seamlessly integrated into logistics chains and offer
door to door solution to Customers” – Impex Interim
Short Sea Shipping in Logistics Chain

One-stop Shops
Will offer a Single Contact Point
Responsibility by One
Management & Commercialisation at One Place

Competition between Modes => Co-operation between Modes

<<< Door-to-Door>>>
<<< Win-Win Situation>>>
Layout – Inland/feeder/coastal/short-sea Shipping

•Sailing Schedule from main destination

•Navigation Area the town/terminal which can be included
•Schedule of cargo arrival
•Schedule of cargo departure
•Subdivide the schedule into days of the week
•Reverse movement – empty or load
•Collaboration between Shipping lines and road hauliers (Combined
Transport)
•What is important : Distance, Journey Time and Cost
•Examine the history of incidents, accidents and responses
•List of industries/SEZs/FTZs/Logistics Park on the coastal area – India or
abroad.