Authors

1. Mr. Ashutosh Kar
2. Dr. Deepankar Sinha
3. Dr. Ram Singh

Affiliation

• Assistant Professor, NSHM College of Management Technology, B.L Saha Road, Kolkata
• Associate Professor, Indian Institute of Foreign Trade, Kolkata
• Associate Professor, Indian Institute of Foreign Trade, Kolkata

Abstract

Ports are economic entities that carry out cargo operation. Different types of cargo require different
type of infrastructure. In long run ports face change in their cargo mix due to several reasons. For
instance, export iron ore from India was banned in 2011, leading to change in cargo composition of
ports such as Haldia. However, infrastructure meant for iron ore need not be applicable for thermal
coal. This paper identifies the constraints in deciding on the cargo mix that the port would support and
plausible course of action in this regard. Two ports, namely New Mangalore port and Haldia Dock
Complex have been considered as case studies to identify their cargo mix, the shift in such mix and
future course of action to offset the loss arising out of stoppage of flow of cargo for which the port was
originally designed to handle. This paper aims at studying strategic and operational issues related to
cargo mix of these two ports of India. This study makes two propositions in relation to cargo mix of a
port.

Keywords

Cargo Mix, Infrastructure, Cargo Handling

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