India has a large coastline, stretching over 7 517 km, interspersed with more than 200 ports In FY 2018-19 total throughput of Indian container terminals was registered as 17 02 MTEU against the total installed container handling capacity was at 28 65 MTEU, reflecting capacity utilization of around 59%. ASCELA, being involved in development of various ports in India, has been monitoring recent developments in maritime sector to analyze infrastructure growth opportunities to enhance cargo handling and capacity utilization of Indian ports.