06 - Transshipment Hubs in the Bay of Bengal Region Abstract

While focusing on the transshipment hubs in the Bay of Bengal region, this policy brief addresses the connectivity and cooperation deficit in the maritime sector, and the associated untapped potential that hinders regional development. [...] Despite this, the countries developing a common framework for the in the region have not been able to leverage economic well-being of the countries and the the full potential of their location. [...] In the Bay of Bengal The Hub and Feeder Ports in the region, for instance, the hub and spoke Bay of Bengal Region networks are centred on the Port of Colombo, as illustrated in Figure 1, which helps in In the Bay of Bengal region, the Port of overcoming the infrastructure limitations at Colombo is a significant transshipment hub Indian feeder ports, such a draft, terminal serving the South Asian a. [...] Transshipment hub port and Hambantota ports would threaten selection criteria by shipping lines: The case of the transshipment hub status of Colombo hub ports around the Bay of Bengal. [...] Thus, the Bay of Bengal authority and the global terminal operator of the Initiative for Multi-Sectoral Technical and competing ports in Sri Lanka.