The Indian government has announced that, in partnership with the private sector, it is to invest $60bn into the national port network by 2020 to accommodate increasing levels of growth.
One of the crucial measures adopted will be to deepen draft to ensure ports can accommodate modern container vessels.
India has a long coastline, spanning 7600 kilometres, forming one of the biggest peninsulas in the world. It is serviced by 13 major ports (12 government and 1 corporate) and 187 notified minor and intermediate ports.
The classification of Indian ports into major, minor and intermediate has an administrative significance.
