Average pre-berthing time at major Indian ports 1990-2022
In the financial year 2022, the average time before a cargo ship was berthed on a major port in India was just under one day. This was the lowest pre-berthing time during the presented period. In simple words, pre-berthing time was the time the ship or the vessel needed to wait before it could enter in the berth. The port sector of the South Asian country handled over 1.3 billion metric tons of cargo in 2022. A major portion of this cargo was handled by the major ports.