Vallarpadam Terminal To Be A Transshipment Hub

• 18 Jul 2020

• The central government is resolving various issues at the Vallarpadam Container Terminal to actualize the vision to make it atransshipment hub of India and a pioneer hub in South Asia.
• Transshipment hub is the terminal at the port which handles containers, stores them temporarily and transfers them to other ships heading to onward destinations. 
• The Kochi International Container Transshipment Terminal (ICTT), locally known as the Vallarpadam Terminal, is located strategically on the Indian coastline. It successfully fulfills all the criteria which are needed to develop it as a transshipment hub.