In a significant trade development that presents some cost relief for Indian hinterland shippers amid high freight rates, Adani Ports and Special Economic Zone Limited (APSEZ) has eventually agreed to recall its notices seeking to levy extra user fees on container trains operating to/from Mundra Port, according to industry sources.
Mundra is the busiest container handler in India and freight loads out of inland container depots (ICDs) constitute a major portion (pegged at 50%) of its volumes.
The...