NEW DELHI: In order to promote transportation of automobiles through coastal shipping, Ministry of Shipping has decided that all major ports will provide discount of 80% for two years on vessel related charges (VRC) and coastal related charges (CRC) for coastal transportation of vehicles through Ro-Ro Ships.
An order in this regard was issued on 20th September. In order to make this discount sustainable for the shipping service providers, the major ports will also carry out intensive marketing for demand generation.
As per the earlier scheme, coastal vessels including Ro-Ro vessels used to get a discount of 40% over that of the foreign going vessels. “With increase in discount to 80%, it is expected that the shipping service providers will be able to attract more auto-mobile cargo through the coastal route and decongest the already congested roads and railways and also make the Ro-Ro ship service operations more sustainable,” a release from shipping ministry said.
