Trade
World’s Biggest Ship Skips India in Blow to Its Trade Goals
- Ever Alot vessel has docked in Sri Lanka, Malaysia; not India
- Poor shipping links hurt India’s score in value chain index
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Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s goal of making India the world’s factory risks being held back by the country’s inability to attract bigger container ships due to inadequate port infrastructure.
Most harbors along India’s coast aren’t deep enough to handle vessels like the Ever Alot, the world’s largest boxship at 400 meters long and with a capacity of more than 24,000 twenty-foot equivalent units. Neighboring Sri Lanka as well as Malaysia have in recent months received visits from the Ever Alot, which can rival the Empire State Building in length.