INDIAN SHIPPING INDUSTRY AT A GLANCE IN 2016-2017 India is the sixteenth largest maritime country in the world, with a coastline of about 7,517 km. Cargo traffic handled by India major ports increased 5.1 per cent year-on-year to 315.4 million tonnes (MT) during April-September 2016. In terms of composition of cargo traffic, the largest commodity was P.O.L. (37.1 per cent), followed by coal (23.4 per cent), container traffic (19.6 per cent), other cargo (11.9 per cent), iron ore (5.66 per cent) and Fertilizer and FRM (2.5 per cent).
In FY 2015-16, the Indian Port sector witnessed capacity addition of 94 Million Tonnes Per Annum (MTPA), which is the highest in the history of major ports. The Indian ports sector received FDI worth US$ 1.64 billion between April 2000 and December 2016.
