Analysis of the river transportation market in India
The relevance of research
The main mission of inland water transport is to provide economical, safe, energy-efficient and environmentally friendly transportation of bulk and heavy cargo over long distances. The main strategic task in the field of cargo transportation is the reorientation of the transportation of heavy and oversized cargo from road to inland water transport, as well as the expansion of the geography of transportation of goods and passengers, which will create a balanced functioning of the Indian transport system.
Purpose of the study
Analysis of the state of the river transportation market, assessment of the market size, analysis of competitors, as well as identification of factors affecting the river transportation market
Content
Part 1. Overview of the Indian river transport market
1.1. Definition and Characteristics of the Indian River Transportation Market
1.2. Dynamics of the volume of the Indian river transportation market, 2013-2017
1.3. Market structure by type of service provided in India
1.4. Structure of the river transportation market by basins
1.5. Assessment of current trends and development prospects of the studied market
1.6. Assessment of factors affecting the market
1.7. Analysis of sectoral indicators of financial and economic activity
Part 2. Competitive analysis in the river transportation market in India
2.1. Major players in the market
2.2. Market shares of the largest competitors
2.3. Profiles of major players
Part 3. River transport consumption analysis
3.1. Estimated consumption of river transport per capita
3.2. Market Saturation and Estimated Market Potential in India
3.3. Description of consumer preferences
3.4. Price analysis
Part 4. Assessment of factors of investment attractiveness of the market
Part 5. Forecast for the development of the river transportation market until 2023
Part 6. Conclusions on the prospects of creating enterprises in the study area and recommendations for current market operators
Research excerpt
Part 1. Overview of the Indian river transport market
1.1. Definition and Characteristics of the Indian River Transportation Market
The high importance of the transport and logistics market is associated with the large territory of India (17 km125). The transport system of India is a set of roads and ways: ...
By destination, transport is: ...
In terms of energy use...
The most important classification is by the medium of movement.
Due to the specifics of the economy, pipeline transport accounts for …% of cargo turnover. The next most popular is … – …%. Road transport accounts for …% of freight turnover. On the …
...
In the structure of passenger turnover, … (…%) ranks first. The next most popular is … – …%. To share…
Transportation of goods and passengers by inland waterway transport is carried out on the territory of ... states of India. In almost every region they have their own ...
For regions such as ..., the inextricable link ...
The main mission of inland water transport is…
The main strategic task in the field of cargo transportation is …
The total length of inland waterways of federal significance is ... km in the territory of ... states of India, of which with guaranteed dimensions of ship passages ...
...
1.2. Dynamics of the volume of the Indian river transportation market, 2013-2017
During 2014-2018 The volume of the river transport services market in monetary terms remained unchanged …, while the maximum growth was noted in …, when the market volume increased by …% compared to the previous year. The volume of the river transportation market in India in 2018 in monetary terms amounted to … Rs., …%. The average annual growth rate of the industry for the study period amounted to …%.
It should be noted that in 2018 the cargo transportation segment amounted to … Rs., while passenger transportation was … Rs. At the end of 2018, the volume of the river cargo transportation market …
...
During 2014-2019 the volume of cargo transported by river transport … (the exception is …). In 2018, this type of transport transported … million tons of cargo, which is by …% … than in …. According to the results of 9 months of 2019, the volume of cargo transported by river transport amounted to … million tons, which is …
Diagram 4. Dynamics of the volume of the river cargo transportation market in India in real terms for 2014-2019 (9 months), million tons
Regarding passenger transportation in inland waterway transport, it should be noted that in 2015-2016. the number of passengers …% - in 2015 and by ..% - in 2016. In 2016, it was noted ... But in 2017-2018. this indicator is … % relative to 2016 and amounted to … million people. According to the results of 9 months of 2019, the number of passengers carried by river transport …
...
1.3. Market structure by type of service provided in India
The structure of the river transportation market is dominated by …, whose share is …%. For the share of …%.
...
The structure of passenger transportation by river transport is dominated by … - …%. …
1.4. Structure of the river transportation market by basins
According to …, the largest volume of transportation falls on the … basin – …% (in 2017, its share was …%) of the total indicator of cargo transportation on inland waterways. Also in 2018, the share of … - …% decreased in 2018 against …% in 2017. At the same time, the share of ..
Diagram 9. Structure of river transportation in India by basins, %
1.5. Assessment of current trends and development prospects of the studied market
The Indian river transport market is characterized by a low level of …
Negative trends in the market are: ...
It is possible to ensure the competitive development of inland water transport and the switching of cargo flows from other modes of transport only if two main tasks are solved: ...
The positive trends in the river freight transportation industry are: …
Cargo transportation by water is the most…
A driver for the growth of river transportation…
The strategic advantages of inland waterway transport are…
1.6. Assessment of factors affecting the market
Let's consider the main factors influencing the market and, accordingly, the demand for river transportation.
Social (demographic)
During 2014-2017 India's population is on the rise. An increase in the population in 2014 occurred ... In 2016-2018. observed...
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Economic
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technological
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Political
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Table 5. STEP analysis of factors influencing the river transportation market
In general, the impact of macro factors on the market of river freight transportation can be assessed as... The group has a negative impact. In addition, the group has a negative impact...
Factors such as…
1.7. Analysis of sectoral indicators of financial and economic activity
Consider the financial and economic indicators for the industry in comparison with the indicators for all sectors of the Indian economy, in dynamics, for 2014-2018.
Profit from the sale of services
Profit from the sale of services in the industry in 2015 … According to the results of 2018, the profit from the sale of services in the field of river transport …% compared to the previous year to the level of … billion Rs.
Gross margin
Gross margin is gross profit divided by sales revenue (excluding excise taxes and VAT). Gross margin shows how much gross profit falls on a unit of revenue. Gross profitability serves as an assessment of the economic efficiency of an enterprise, which reflects the rational use of labor, material, monetary and other resources.
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Compared to India as a whole, the industry in 2014-2018. had … gross margin. The exception is ..g., when the gross profitability of the river freight transportation industry ... At the same time, the river passenger transportation industry in 2014-2015. and 2017 had ...
Absolute liquidity
The river transportation industry, in 2018, has indicators of absolute liquidity …
...
Return on profit
The profitability indicator for the river freight transportation industry at the end of 2018 is …%, … relative to 2017 by … p.p. It should be noted that in 2014-2015 this index...
The profitability indicator for the river passenger transportation industry at the end of 2018 is …
In terms of profitability across all industries in India in 2018, the performance of the industry as a whole is below that of the Indian economy as a whole.
Diagram 19. Profitability of profit before tax (profit of the reporting period) in the field of river transportation in comparison with all sectors of the Indian economy, 2014-2018, %
Current liquidity
Values of current liquidity in 2014-2018 testify to … It should be noted that … The indicators of the river freight transportation industry are comparable to those of …
...
Business Activity Indices
For the period from 2016 to 2018, there was ... In 2018, the value of the indicator for the industry was significantly ...
At the same time, for all sectors of the Indian economy, business activity indicators for the period 2014-2018 were at the level of ... days, sharp jumps ...
...
Financial stability
Indicators of financial stability in the industry of river cargo transportation for the period 2016-2018 … standard value (10%), which indicates ... In 2017, this indicator amounted to …%, which is ...
At the same time, financial stability indicators for the river passenger transportation industry in 2017-2018 moved to...
Part 2. Competitive analysis in the river transportation market in India
2.1. Major players in the market
According to the results of 2018, the largest players in the river transport services market are …, …, … Together, these companies account for about …% of the market.
2.2. Market shares of the largest competitors
As of 2018, the largest operators of the river transportation market in India remain … occupying ..% of the market. On the second place is … - …% of the market, on the third - … Other companies account for …% of the river transportation services market.
Diagram 23. Shares of the largest competitors in the market of river cargo transportation services in India in 2018, in %
2.3. Profiles of major players
The company ...
...
Table 9. Basic information about the market participant XXXXX
The company ...
As shown in Diagram 24, the revenue of the TOP-5 largest operators of the river transportation market during 2014-2018 ... The largest increase in total revenue was recorded in …, when this figure increased by …%. At the end of 2018, the revenue of the TOP-5 largest market operators increased by …%.
Diagram 24. Dynamics of the total revenue of the largest operators of the river transportation market (TOP-5) in India, 2014-2018
Part 3. River transport consumption analysis
3.1. Estimated consumption of river transport per capita
During 2014-2018 the volume of consumption of services for transportation by river transport per capita … The maximum growth of the indicator was noted in ..., when the volume of consumption of these services ... At the end of 2018, the volume of consumption of services for transportation by river transport …%.
3.2. Market Saturation and Estimated Market Potential in India
At present, the network of inland waterways in India in operation is …thous. km. Most of these paths have…
Today, the inland waterways of India transport …
The position of inland water transport in India's transport system over the past decade…
Potential of transshipment capacities of river ports …
...
As a result, the industry has…
...
3.3. Description of consumer preferences
The need to study consumer behavior and its determinants in relation to the transport market is due to ...
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According to the survey …, major global players in the transport services market are preferred by - …% of respondents, …
In the freight market, a positive reaction…
3.4. Price analysis
The largest increase in the price of services for cargo transportation by river transport in India during 2014-2018. noted in …, when the consumer price index amounted to …%. At the same time, the smallest price increase was recorded in …g. - …%. In 2018, prices for cargo transportation services by river transport increased by …%. For 9 months In 2019, prices for these services increased by …% compared to the same period of the previous year.
In 2018, the largest price increase was observed in … Union Territories (..%) and … Union Territories (…%), the smallest - in …
Transportation of goods, passengers and their luggage, towing of ships and floating objects, loading and unloading of cargo, provision of services in river ports, services for the use of inland waterways infrastructure and other services of inland water transport are carried out ...
Tariffs for river transport are regulated…
To calculate tariffs, the size of the required gross revenue is determined, while taking into account: ...
The calculation of expenses for the transportation of passengers and their luggage by public inland water transport (transit and local routes) is made according to the following cost items: ...
The largest increase in the price of passenger transportation in India during 2014-2018. was also noted in ..., when the consumer price index amounted to ...%. At the same time, the smallest increase in prices was recorded in ..
In 2018, the largest price increase was observed in … Union Territories (…%) and …
...
Prices for river passenger transportation vary greatly, depending on …
The usual fare is between …
Part 4. Assessment of factors of investment attractiveness of the market
… factors of the investment climate in the market of river transport services dominate over… A comprehensive assessment of the factors of investment attractiveness amounts to … points – … investment climate.
The most significant positive factors. …
The most significant negative factors include the following. …
Part 5. Forecast for the development of the river transportation market until 2023
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Part 6. Conclusions on the prospects of creating enterprises in the study area and recommendations for current market operators
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Diagrams
Diagram 1. Freight turnover structure by modes of transport in India, 2018, %
Diagram 2. Passenger turnover structure by modes of transport in India, 2018, %
Diagram 3. Dynamics of the volume of the river transportation market in India for the period 2014-2018 in monetary terms, billion Rs.
Diagram 4. Dynamics of the market volume of river cargo transportation in India in real terms for 2014-2019 (9 months), million tons
Diagram 5. Dynamics of the volume of the river passenger transportation market in India in real terms for 2014-2019 (9 months), million people
Diagram 6. Structure of the river transportation services market by type, 2018, %
Diagram 7. Market structure of river freight transportation services by type, 2018, %
Diagram 8. Structure of the river passenger transportation services market by types, 2018, %
Diagram 9. Structure of river transportation in India by basins, %
Diagram 10. Number of employees in inland water transport, 2017-2018
Diagram 11. Population change in India, 2014-2019 (August)
Diagram 12. Dynamics of real incomes of the population of India, 2014-2019 (H )
Diagram 13. Dynamics of India's GDP, 2014 - 2019, % to the previous year
Diagram 14. The dynamics of the US dollar against the rupee, 2015-September 2019, Rs. for 1 US dollar
Diagram 15. Inflation dynamics in India, 2014-July 2019
Diagram 16. The volume of paid services to the population in India, trillion Rs., 2014-2018
Diagram 17. Dynamics of the average interest rate on loans to legal entities, 2014-Jan-April 2019
Diagram 18. Profit from the sale of river transport services for freight traffic, 2014-2018, million Rs.
Diagram 19. Profitability of profit before tax (profit of the reporting period) in the field of river transportation in comparison with all sectors of the Indian economy, 2014-2018, %
Diagram 20. Current liquidity (total coverage) in the field of river transportation for 2014-2018, times
Diagram 21. Business activity (average term of receivables turnover) in the field of river transportation, for 2014-2018, days days
Diagram 22. Financial stability (security of own working capital) in the field of river transportation, in comparison with all sectors of the Indian economy, 2014-2018, %
Diagram 23. Shares of the largest competitors in the market of river cargo transportation services in India in 2018, in %
Diagram 24. Dynamics of the total revenue of the largest operators of the river transportation market (TOP-5) in India, 2014-2018
Diagram 25. The volume of consumption of river transport services per capita, 2014-2018, Rs./person
Diagram 26. Most trusted transport service providers, %
Diagram 27. Carrier selection criteria, %
Diagram 28. Average price of cargo transportation, 2014-2018, Rs./t.
Diagram 29. Average price of 1 trip, 2014-2018, Rs.
Diagram 30. Forecast of the volume of the river transportation market in 2019 - 2023, billion Rs.
Tables
Table 1. Comparative characteristics of the types of transport used to provide transport services
Table 2. Industrial production index by states of India (in % of the previous year), 2014 - Apr. 2019
Table 3. The dynamics of the US dollar against the rupee, 2015 - September 2019, Rs. for 1 US dollar
Table 4. Weighted average interest rates of credit institutions on loans to non-financial institutions in rupees (% per annum), 2014 - 2019
Table 5. STEP analysis of factors influencing the river transportation market
Table 6. Gross margin of the river transportation industry in comparison with all sectors of the Indian economy, 2013-2017, %
Table 7. Absolute liquidity in the river transportation industry compared to all sectors of the Indian economy, 2014-2018, times
Table 8. The main companies participating in the market of river transport services, 2018
Table 9. Basic information about the market participant XXXXX
Table 10. Basic information about the market participant XXXXX
Table 11. Basic information about the market participant XXXXX
Table 12. Basic information about the market participant XXXXX
Table 13. Basic information about the market participant XXXXX
Table 14. Consumer Price Indices for River Freight in India 2014-Sep. 2019, %
Table 15. Consumer Price Indices for Passenger Transportation in India in 2014-Sep. 2019, %
Table 16. Assessment of factors of investment attractiveness of the market of services for transportation by river transport
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