CONTENTS EXECUTIVE SUMMARY 1 1 INTRODUCTION 14 1.1 BACKGROUND 14 1.2 RESEARCH QUESTION 15 1.3 OBJECTIVES OF THE STUDY 15 1.4 SCOPE OF STUDY 15 1.5 METHODOLOGY 15 1.6 ANALYTICAL FRAMEWORK 17 2 INDIAN PORT SECTOR OVERVIEW 18 2.1 CONTAINERISATION IN INDIA 20 3 SUPPLY CHAIN INTEGRATION 24 3.1 CONCEPT OF SUPPLY CHAIN 24 3.1.1 SUPPLY CHAIN AND LOGISTICS 24 3.1.2 SUPPLY CHAIN MANAGEMENT 25 3.1.3 NEED FOR SUPPLY CHAIN INTEGRATION 26 3.1.4 ROLE OF LOGISTICS SERVICE PROVIDERS 27 4 PORT - SUPPLY CHAIN INTEGRATION 29 4.1 EVOLUTION OF PORT FUNCTIONS 29 4.2 CHANGING ROLE OF PORTS 30 4.3 ROLE OF PORT IN SUPPLY CHAIN 32 4.3.1 PLAYERS IN PORT SUPPLY CHAIN 33 4.4 PORT SUPPLY CHAIN INTEGRATION 34 4.4.1 CASE STUDIES 34 4.4.2 HORIZONTAL AND VERTICAL INTEGRATION 37 4.4.3 INSTITUTIONAL INTEGRATION 38 4.4.4 ROLE OF RAIL OPERATORS 42 4.5 SUPPLY CHAIN INTEGRATION AND PORT COMPETITION 43 4.6 PARAMETERS OF SUPPLY CHAIN INTEGRATION 44 5 PORT SUPPLY CHAIN INTEGRATION: TRENDS IN INDIA 46 5.1 CONCEPT OF DRY PORTS 46 5.2 DRY PORTS IN INDIA 47 5.2.1 INLAND CONTAINER DEPOT 47 5.2.2 CONTAINER FREIGHT STATION 48 5.2.3 PRESENT SITUATION 48 5.3 PORT LINKAGES 51 5.4 STUDY AREA PROFILE 52 5.4.1 Mundra Port 52 5.4.2 Pipavav Port 53 5.4.3 Kandla Port 53 5.5 HINTERLAND 53 5.6 HINTERLAND CONNECTIVITY 54 5.6.1 MUNDRA PORT 54 5.6.2 PIPAVAV PORT 55 5.6.3 KANDLA PORT 55 6 ASSESSMENT OF SUPPLY CHAIN 59 6.1 EXISTING SUPPLY CHAIN 59 6.2 LEVEL OF FUNCTIONAL INTEGRATION IN THE SUPPLY CHAIN 60 6.2.1 MUNDRA PORT 60 6.2.2 PIPAVAV PORT 61 6.2.3 KANDLA PORT 62 6.3 RELAITION BETWEEN INTEGRATION AND COMPETITIVENESS 63 6.4 ASSESSMENT OF COMPETITIVENESS 65 6.4.1 EVALUATION OF PORT LINK- TIME CYCLE STUDY 66 6.4.2 EVALUATION OF PORT: TOTAL LOGISTICS COST 73 6.4.3 WAREHOUSING AND VALUE ADDED SERVICES 76 6.4.4 Use of IT 77 7 CONCLUSION 78 ANNEXURES 77