Eastern Maritime Corridor:
The Red Sea crisis has shifted attention to the Eastern Maritime Corridor (EMC) – the proposed trade route for coking coal, crude oil, LNG, fertilizers and containers.
- Eastern Maritime Corridor (EMC) is a proposed sea route between the Indian port of Chennai and the Russian port of Vladivostok.
- Once complete, it will take 24 days, down from presently over 40 days, to transport goods from India to Far East Russia.
- The EMC will cover a distance of about 5,600 nautical miles, which is significantly shorter than the current route via the Suez Canal.
- For India, it will provide a shorter and more efficient route to access the markets of the Far East, such as China and Japan.
