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A vital step in Indias further development is expanding the road and rail networks, and modernizing harbors and airports. In the process of globalization , which is expanding Indias position in world trade, transport volume has climbed rapidly in recent years. The expansion of the logistics infrastructure has been unable to keep up with this pace. For this reason, transport capacities have already reached their limits. The transshipping times for ships in Indian harbors are three to four times longer than the average time in the West. Logistics costs are also very high in international comparison because of the poor infrastructure. For this reason, India will have difficulties positioning itself as a global logistics hub in years ahead. Road transport is especially important for Indias transport system. After all,
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India has one of the worlds largest road networks, with a total length of 3.3 million kilometers. But much of this network does not meet Western standards. For instance, a truck takes five to six days to cover the 2,061-kilometer-long route between Bangalore and Delhi. The government is indeed trying to introduce counter-measures and shift freight transports from the roads to the rails. But, first, the rail infrastructure must be expanded and the connections to harbors and airports improved. Many sub-areas of the 63,000-kilometer-long rail network still use the technology of 1947, the year that British colonialists left. Only about onequarter of the routes are electrified. One other challenge is the four gauge widths used in the rail network [2, 3].
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Terminals, Essar Shipping, Transport Corporation of India, Reliance Logistics, Blue Dart Express, Varun Shipping Company and BLR India. International service providers are Schenker, DHL, Arvato, Khne & Nagel and TNT [2].
Recommended reading
Fundamentals of Logistics Management | Grant / Lambert / Stock / Ellram 2005
References
[1] The World Fact Book | Central Intelligence Agency 2007 [2] Indien | Alex 2006. In: Transport und Logistik | Bundesagentur fr Auenwirtschaft (Hrsg.) [3] Stckgut steckt noch in den Kinderschuhen | Jahncke 2007. In: DVZ 61(2007)122 [4] DVZ Sonderbeilage - Indien | 2006. In: DVZ 60(2006)58 [5] Indien boomt, ist aber kein zweites China | Gillies 2006. In: Logistik Inside 6(2006)5
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