1.4 STRUCTURE OF THE REPORT
Besides the introduction chapter, the report is organized in seven more chapters and
Annexures.
Chapter 2.0: gives an overview of the Indian shipping industry, ports and IWT
Chapter 3.0: outlines state of the coastal industry and traffic profile
Chapter 4.0: traffic projections
Chapter 5.0: economics of coastal movement and scope and feasibility for diversion of
traffic from other modes of transport
Chapter 6.0: outlines the process for selection of some minor ports and financing their
basic infrastructure requirements and broad costs estimates, application of
the mathematical model to minimize the subjectivity
Chapter 7.0: strategy for integration of coastal shipping and IWT
Chapter 8.0: recommendations and an action plan for “Development of Coastal
Shipping and Minor Ports”.
Annexures
A – 1 Proceedings of the Stakeholders’ Workshop
A – 2 Coastal Traffic Data
A – 3 Locations of Industries along the Coast
A – 4 Economics of Coastal Shipping
A – 5 Economics of Integrating Coastal Shipping with IWT
A – 6 Minor Ports Data
A – 7 Bibliography
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