India’s Port Limitations Hinder Its Pursuit of China’s Factory Edge

Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s goal of making India the world’s factory risks being held back by the country’s inability to attract the biggest ships sailing the seas.

Most harbors along India’s coast aren’t deep enough to handle vessels like the Ever Alot, the world’s largest boxship at more than 400 meters long and with a capacity of more than 24,000 20-foot equivalent container units.