As Kochi port prepares to commission its prestigious Vallarpadam Terminal shortly, the shipping community has sought the relaxation of the Cabotage Law, allowing foreign flag carriers to carry cargo between Indian ports, the Hindu Business Line reported.

The Vallarpadam Terminal can develop as a transhipment terminal for the sub-continent only if foreign flag vessels are permitted to carry export/import transhipment containers from any of the Indian ports to the ICTT or vice-versa.