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Weekly News 06.12.2013—12.12.2013 Volume 1, Issue 37 Inside this issue:

Antwerp port brings exclusive art exhibition to Mumbai 1

Vizhinjam looks for port op-erator again 2

Ministry developing more National Waterways: Vasan 2 Rail evacuation eases opera-tions at Nhava Sheva during recent stir

3

AP likely to get INR 5,000-cr. worth coastal investment 3 Indian seamen eligible for MEMA 3 India may follow Sri Lanka in banning terminal handling charges

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India may follow Sri Lanka in banning terminal handling charges—Continued

5

NATO Maritime Group passes through Suez Canal en route to counter-piracy mission

5

Proposed rly line in northern Iran to help India save logistics costs to C. Asia

5

Government identifies exports to Africa with growth potential 6 APM Terminals Inland Services South Asia expedites supply chain through cost-effective innovation

6

Ministry pushes for increased Customs duty on capital goods 7 Dighi Port signs MoU with Port of Ferrol 7 Ashish Kumar Bose appointed as first Chief Manager (Traffic) of JN Port

7

Humor 8

New guidelines to give tariff-setting flexibility to ports, BOT operators: Vasan

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During the recent visit of a Belgian trade mission to India, in which Antwerp port was also a part, an exhibition entitled "Masterpieces from Antwerp, Exclusive Paintings and Engrav-ings from the 17th Century" was ceremonially opened by Princess Astrid of Belgium, in the presence of Mr G. K. Vasan, Union Minister of Shipping, port representatives and other

dignitaries.

The exhibition includes priceless paintings from the collection of the Royal Museum of Fine Arts in Antwerp, together with prints from the Print Cabinet of the Plantin-Moretus Print Cabinet, also in Antwerp. Works by Flemish baroque masters such as Peter Paul Rubens, Anthony van Dyck, Jacques Jordaens and David Teniers can be admired. The exhibition runs from

November 27, 2013 to February 9, 2014 at the prestigious Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Vastu

Sangrahalaya (formerly Prince of Wales Museum), Mumbai.

For the port of Antwerp, as the driving force behind the exhibition, it is a unique opportunity to showcase the good relations between the two cities and their ports, highlighted a release. "These prints and paintings are real Flemish ambassadors that bear witness to the good relations between Mumbai and Antwerp," explained port alderman Mr Marc Van Peel. "They symbolize the determination to collaborate in the economic, cultural and educational fields and to further strengthen

the Antwerp-India network."

Information about the exhibition with a list of all the works on display, high-resolution pictures and

Visitor’s Guide can be downloaded from www.flemishmasterpiecesfromantwerp.com

Antwerp is a very significant import and export port for India, with more than 4 million tonnes of freight passing through the port on its way to or from India in 2012. Containers, steel and petroleum derivatives in particular account for a large part of this trade volume. Since 2006, the presence of the port of Antwerp in India has been further solidified with a perma-nent representative in the "Golden Triangle" (Mumbai, Pune and Nasik), close collaboration with the business world and local authorities, and a strategic stake held by Port of Antwerp Interna-tional (PAI) in Essar Ports. In addition to the maritime and economic relations with India, the City of Antwerp and Antwerp Port Authority are keen to develop cultural relations with the

country, the release stressed.

Antwerp port brings exclusive art exhibition to Mumbai

The Vizhinjam seaport project that is to come up near Thiruvananthapuram seems back in

business, with the Kerala government floating two crucial tenders.

The development comes in the wake of an expert appraisal committee recommending

conditional environmental clearance for the Rs 4,000-crore project. A final go-ahead from

the Union Ministry of Forests and Environment is now merely a formality, according to

sources.

The long-drawn project has had major problems with the ‘tendering’ process as the three

rounds prior to this failed to arrive at a logical conclusion.

Welspun Infratech was the sole bidder left in the last round of bidding after the Ministry

of Home Affairs rejected a rival bid. Vizhinjam International Seaport Ltd (VISL), promoter

of the project, has now issued a fresh request for qualification to develop the facility.

An engineering, procurement and construction (EPC) bid has also been floated to appoint a contractor for the breakwater component of the

project.

The project is being developed on the basis of the landlord port model, wherein the state government will be in charge of laying the

infrastructure, and the port superstructure will be built by the operator.

All tasks pertaining to designing, engineering, financing, procurement, construction, operation and maintenance of the project will be carried

out by the successful bidder.

Bids will be invited on the basis of the lowest financial grant required by a bidder. A bidder may also offer to pay a premium in the form of

revenue share and/or upfront payment. The grant/premium amount shall constitute the sole criterion for evaluation of bids.

The bidder quoting the highest premium will be awarded the project. In case no bidder offers a premium, the project would go to the bidder

seeking the lowest grant.

Vizhinjam looks for port operator again

Ministry developing more National Waterways: Vasan

In a written reply to a question in the Rajya Sabha recently, the

Union Minister of Shipping, Mr G. K. Vasan, threw light on the new

National Waterways (NWs) being developed. They are:

(1) Ganga-Bhagirathi-Hooghly river system (Allahabad-Haldia-1,620

km) in the states of Uttar Pradesh, Bihar, Jharkhand and West Bengal

as NW-1, declared in 1986.

(2) River Brahmaputra (Dhubri-Sadiya-891 km) in the state of

Assam as NW-2 declared in 1988.

(3) West Coast Canal (Kottapuram-Kollam) along with

Udyogmandal and Champakara Canals - (205 km) in the state of

Kerala as NW-3 declared in 1993.

(4) Kakinada-Puducherry Canals along with Godavari and Krishna

rivers (1,078 km)—in the states of Andhra Pradesh, Tamil Nadu and

Union Territory of Puducherry as NW-4 declared in 2008.

(5) East Coast Canal integrated with Brahmani and Mahanadi delta

rivers (588 km) in the states of West Bengal and Odisha as NW-5

declared in 2008.

The Minister said that the Inland Waterways Authority of India

(IWAI) is developing the first three National Waterways for shipping

and navigation by providing a navigational channel with targeted

depth and width for most part of the year. These are provided with

aids for day and night navigation, fixed/floating terminals at select

locations for berthing and loading/unloading of vessels and intermo-

dal connectivity at a few chosen

locations. For development of Na-

tional Waterway-4 and 5, IWAI has

explored the feas ib i l i ty of

developing commercially viable

stretches under public-private part-

nership (PPP) mode with viability

gap funding (VGF), he pointed out.

Inland water transport is cheaper

compared to road and rail and is environment-friendly and suitable

for bulk cargo. A project for the transportation of 3 million tonnes

per annum of imported coal for 7 years from Haldia (Sandheads) to

NTPC’s power plant at Farakka through National Waterway-1 is

already under implementation, Mr Vasan said. IWAI has also identified

more such projects which, inter alia, includes transportation of coal

for NTPC’s power plant at Barh (near Patna), transportation of coal

from NTPC’s Bongaigaon power plant (near Jogighopa on National

Waterway-2), transportation of fertilizers on NW-1 and

transportation of foodgrains from Kolkata to Tripura through the

Indo-Bangladesh Protocol routes.

Cargo movement through National Waterways include fly ash from

Kolkata to Bangladesh, over-dimensional cargo and other general

cargo. River cruises, too, have been in operation on National

Waterway-1, 2 and 3, the Minister informed the Elders.

Rail evacuation eases operations at Nhava Sheva during recent stir

The last quarter of 2013, which is usually the start of the agro

export season, did not bring any cheers to the trade that uses Nhava

Sheva as a gateway port. This was due to the labor-related problems

at the private terminals, with the end result being that import

containers that were landing continued to get piled up at the

terminal container yards (CY). Due to this piling up, export-laden

trucks had to wait outside Port gates, leading to long queues. There

were numerous cases of trucks with exports having to wait for

about 2 days before getting a chance to enter the Port. The exports

thus missed connections.

The cascading effect of this was that ships which had berthing

windows at Nhava Sheva were constrained to bypass the facility and

discharge their local cargo at other ports.

Seeing the unfolding crisis, Navkar Corporation immediately

requisitioned container trains (rakes of 90 TEUs each) and started

the evacuation from Nhava Sheva to its CFS at Panvel. The frequency

of the trains, which started as a daily shuttle, increased to 5 shuttles

per day. By end-November, more than 23,000 TEUs of throughput

(imports and exports) had been achieved by rail and road.

The movement by rail called for very close monitoring of operations

by Navkar and closer coordination

with the terminals, Port admini-

stration and the rail authorities,

without which such a high through-

put would have been challenging.

The unloading and loading opera-

tions of containers on rail at Navkar CFS are completed in a few hours

at battling speeds, with the rake being turned around in minimum time.

Seeing the advantages of the rail option, which is backed by dedication,

frequency and speed, excise-sealed exports by road are now making

their way to Navkar’s buffer yard to avail of the rail alternative,

according to an official release.

Says Capt. Ashish Chandna, Chief Commercial Officer of Navkar CFS,

"Navkar will continue to maintain the tempo and the pace of rail

movement so that neither the exports nor the imports that use Nhava

Sheva terminals as a gateway port are affected. It is important that

30 per cent of container movement is carried out by rail. By

doing so, the roads will remain congestion-free and give all year round

smooth movement of supply chain logistics in the Nhava hinterland. It

is not just an option during a congestion phase."

Coastal Andhra

Pradesh is likely to

draw fresh in-

vestment worth Rs

5,000 crore from

the shipping sector

alone, the Shipping

Ministry informed

the Group of Min-

isters (GoM) in Telangana.

In a recent presentation to the GoM, the Ministry said the invest-

ment will come on account of the Major Port at Dugarajapatnam,

which is currently being developed in Nellore district.

According to the Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister, Mr Kiran Kumar

Reddy, the foundation stone for the port will be laid soon, with funds

expected to come from the Union government and the Japanese aid

agency, JICA.

The Dugarajapatnam port, located in Nellore, will see an estimated

investment of Rs 4,006 crore (by 2018) and Rs 9,632 crore by 2038.

The projected throughput is 35 million tonnes (mt) by 2018 and 150

mt by 2038, according to the ‘Footprint in AP’—presented by the

Ministry to the GoM. The port will have a draught of 18 metres.

The project was approved by the CCEA on May 9, and with RITES

completing the techno-economic feasibility study, the port limits were

notified on September 16. The appointment of transaction advisor is

underway and the Cabinet note for the formation of special purpose

vehicle is under circulation, the Ministry stated.

The process for beginning work on the project will commence on

January 1, 2014 and, post-appraisal, the project is expected to be

awarded by May 31, 2014, it is learnt.

The first phase is likely to be completed by 2018. The state

government will acquire the necessary land.

AP likely to get INR 5,000-cr. worth coastal investment

Indian seamen eligible for MEMA

Indian seamen registered in the foreign going sector are eligible for

monetary assistance under Monthly Ex-gratia Monetary Assistance

(MEMA) Scheme after retirement on superannuation at the age of 50

years and above, or on being permanently disabled and unable to

pursue the seafaring profession, the Minister of Shipping, Mr G. K.

Vasan said.

In a written reply to a question in the

Rajya Sabha, he said that the widows

of Indian seafarers are also eligible to

receive financial assistance from the

date of death of the eligible seaman

under the Scheme.

India may follow Sri Lanka in banning terminal handling charges

A budget proposal by Sri Lanka to ban container shipping lines

from collecting

terminal handling

charges is bound

to have rever-

berations across

the waters in

India.

A budget pro-

posal by Sri

Lanka to ban

container ship-

ping lines from

collecting ter-

minal handling

charges (THC)

from customers is bound to have reverberations across the waters

in India, where a similar trade practice has been a contentious

issue between the lines and the shippers (exporters and importers)

for many years.

“In order to prevent monopoly pricing in the shipping trade, no

shipping line will be permitted to levy terminal handling and other

charges in addition to freight and specified international charges for

container cargo. Relevant prohibition will be made effective

through amendments to the Finance Act, effective from January

2014,” Mahinda Rajapaksa, President and finance minister of Sri

Lanka, told the Sri Lankan Parliament in his 21 November budget

speech.

Every year, about two million standard cargo containers are

shipped into and out of India via the Colombo port, considered a

trans-shipment hub in the region.

Expectedly, shippers in India have hailed the plan unveiled by the

island nation to outlaw THC by reining in carriers, saying that at

least one government in the Indian subcontinent has emboldened

itself to introduce shipper-centric reforms.

In the late 1990s, the tariff regulator for the ports owned by the

Indian government had tried to regulate THCs charged by the

container carriers from customers. But the attempt had to be

abandoned after the lines went to court and secured a stay against

the regulator’s move.

Sri Lanka’s decision has nudged Indian shippers to renew demands

on regulating the controversial charge collected by the shipping

lines from the trade.

THC is a charge levied by the port and other service providers

from the shipping lines, who, in turn, recover it from their

customers.

While the THC levied by the Indian government-owned ports

from the shipping lines are a notified tariff item regulated by the

Tariff Authority for Major Ports, or TAMP, THC recovered by the

shipping lines from the customers is not regulated by any agency. TAMP

does not have powers to regulate THC collected by the shipping lines

from their customers

THC is supposed to be a reimbursement of the actual amount paid by

the shipping lines to the ports, terminals and other service providers.

But in actual practice that is not the case, according to shippers.

Shippers say that THC is a substantial amount and sometimes exceeds

70-80% of the ocean freight. There is a big difference between what

they are paying to the ports and what they are recovering from

customers as THC.

Besides, exporters claim that the shipping lines are resorting to a so-

called double-dipping by using THC to pass on the trade risk to the

shippers.

Typically, the money paid by the shipping lines to the ports is a part of

their operating costs and is factored in the freight rates.

Ocean freight includes cost of loading cargo containers onto ships and

unloading containers from ships. Despite this, the expenses incurred for

loading and unloading containers are recovered from shippers

separately as THC, leading to double-dipping by the lines.

Exporters argue that the exorbitant THC charged by the lines

contributes to high transaction costs, making India’s exports uncompeti-

tive in the global market.

THC is increased arbitrarily, often without consulting the exporters.

The shipping lines have been hiking THC without disclosing the actual

expenses incurred by them for the amount recovered. Overseas

customers don’t pay these charges as they are incurred within the

country of export. Shippers have consistently favored an all-inclusive

cost without any of the extra charges and have sought government

intervention to prohibit lines from collecting THC in India.

Sometime in 2007-08, India’s shipping ministry drafted a legislation to

introduce much-needed transparency in the functioning of various

service providers in the maritime transport logistics chain dealing mainly

with containerized cargo.

The shipping trade practices Bill sought to make it mandatory for

service providers such as container carriers, forwarding agents, freight

forwarders, cargo consolidators and other multi-modal transport opera-

tors providing warehousing services including container freight stations,

inland container depots and services relating to stuffing and de-stuffing

of cargo containers, to be registered in India to be able to do business.

These service providers would also be required to publish their rates,

including the break-up of the various components of THC charged by

the lines, and display it on their premises or on their website ahead of

accepting shipments from customers. Such rates are now set by the

service providers themselves, which India’s exporters and importers say

are arbitrary.

Shippers in India have hailed the plan unveiled by the island

nation to outlaw terminal handling charges by reining in

carriers, saying that at least one government in the Indian

subcontinent has emboldened itself to introduce shipper-

centric reforms. Photo: Bloomberg

India may follow Sri Lanka in banning terminal handling charges—Continued

NATO Maritime Group passes through Suez Canal en route to counter-piracy mission

Recently, two ships from Standing NATO

Maritime Group TWO (SNMG2) passed

through the Suez Canal en route to taking

command of NATO’s ongoing counter-piracy

Operation OCEAN SHIELD.

SNMG2 flagship ESPS ALVARO DE BAZAN and

Turkish frigate TCG GELIBOLU will soon join

the Ukraine frigate UPS HETMAN SAGAI-

DACHNY to form NATO counter-piracy task

force 508 (CTF-508).SAGAIDACHNY is already

part of CTF-508 under the command of SNMG1

flagship HNoMS FRIDTJOF NANSEN.

This period of transition follows six months of

support by SNMG2 to NATO counter-terrorism

Operation ACTIVE ENDEAVOUR in the Medi-

terranean, as well as multinational exercises

BRILLIANT MARINER 2013, DOGU AKDENIZ

2013, and BREEZE 2013.

"We are really proud of facing the two most

challenging threats to the maritime environ-

ment: terrorism and piracy," said

Commander SNMG2 Rear Adm. Eugenio

Diaz Del Rio.

Packing firepower

SNMG2 Mediterranean deployment statistics:

* 16 fuel replenishment at sea with 6

different oilers

* 18 anti-submarine exercises with 4

different submarines

* 50+ surface warfare exercises

* 20+ anti-air warfare exercises

* 40+ maneuvering exercises

* 18 port visits in 9 countries, strengthening

relationships with Navies and local

governments

* 6 Spanish Ambassador visits

* Visits by SACEUR and COM MARCOM

* Engagements with 4 Chiefs of Navy

Standing NATO Maritime Groups 1 and 2

alternate command of the counter-

terrorism operation every six months.

SNMG2 is one of four NATO standing

maritime forces which form the core of the

maritime NATO Immediate Reaction

Forces.

Proposed rly line in northern Iran to help India save logistics costs to C. Asia

Once the proposed

70-km railway line in

n o r t h e r n I r a n

becomes operational,

India could save

crores of rupees in

logistics to Central

Asia, with which the

country’s trade stood

at $ 746 million in

2012-13 aga inst

China’s $ 46 billion.

The line links the

Iranian city of

Gorgan, 400 km from Tehran, to the Iran-Turkmenistan border.

India is also trying to speed up efforts to build a port in Iran’s

Chabahar, which is close to Gorgan.

Though the Central Asian republics are closer to India than many of its

trading partners, movement of goods from Central Asia has been

impossible due to the Himalayas and Pakistan’s refusal to allow Indian

goods to pass through its terri-

tory.

It was due to logistics

problems that economic

relations between Central Asia

and India were low, a senior

official of Kazakhstan in India

pointed out.

Container shipping lines are op-

posed to regulating THC and have

refuted charges made by shippers

that they were over-charging

customers by recovering a higher

THC than what they were paying to

the port and terminals.

The draft Bill is gathering dust in the shipping ministry.

Rajapaksa looked at anti-competitive practices pragmatically without

intervening in pricing (shipping rates are not regulated globally) but

proposed a mechanism to ensure fair trading practices from which all

stake-holders of the supply chain and consumers in particular would

benefit. The reforms proposed in the Sri Lankan budget will ensure

transparency and eliminate unethical and unfair trade practices followed

by service providers in the container shipping trade.

India can take a cue from Lanka’s decision.

Government identifies exports to Africa with growth potential

APM Terminals Inland Services South Asia expedites supply chain through cost-effective innovation

Aiming to increase bilateral

trade with Africa, the Gov-

ernment has identified certain

sectors of India's exports to

African countries that are

presently quite low, the

Commerce Ministry said.

Minister of State for

Commer c e S u d a r s a n a

Natchiappan informed that "the sectors identified as having consider-

able potential for growth in exports from India to Africa are, namely,

transport equipment, pharmaceutical products, machinery, plastic and

linoleum products, textiles", a Ministry release here said.

The minister further informed that in order to enhance India's

exports in these sectors, trade promotion events and bilateral

meetings with governments of various African countries have been

held in recent year.

"India Show events have been held in South Africa during 2010, in

Ethiopia during 2011, in Ghana during 2012, and in Tanzania during

2013," the statement added.

India-Africa bilateral trade during fiscal 2012-13 was worth $70.25

billion, while a target has been set of $90 billion by the year 2015.

While exports from India to Africa in 2012-13 have registered an

annual growth of 18.11 per cent over exports in the financial year

2011-12, imports from Africa to India have registered a decline of

6.79 per cent over the previous year (2011-12).

At the second meeting of India-Africa Business Council (IABC) held

Oct 1 at Johannesburg, South Africa, members from the five working

proups from both sides met and have recommended a concrete

action plan of engagement at bilateral, sub-regional and Pan-African

levels to further trade, investment, technology transfer, skill

development, capacity building and small industries' development, the

statement said.

The minister also said that under the framework of India Africa

Forum Summit (IAFS), food as well as energy security have been given

high priority and provisions made for training, sharing of expertise

and setting up of capacity building institutions in this area.

Introduces token management system to increase customer

satisfaction

APM Terminals Inland Services South Asia (APMT IS SA) has

constantly introduced innovations through technology, in an effort to

simplify the supply chain and increase customer satisfaction.

APMT IS SA has continued on the innovation path by introducing a

touch screen customer service kiosk, similar to the kiosk in the retail

banking industry. RFID mapped to the container freight station (CFS)

management system (CONTRACK) is linked to this kiosk. The kiosk,

located in the Customs area, enables the CHA to check the arrival

status of the container at the CFS and its exact location within the

CFS. On entering container details, the kiosk prints a receiving note

to the CHA on the arrival status, which is then presented as part of

the documentation process for clearance of the container.

"These cost-effective innovations provide real time visibility of each

container location in the CFS. The visibility is available to customers

and their representatives at strategically placed kiosks inside the CFS

and also results in better queue management, a pedestrian-free yard

and drives in customer satisfaction," said Mr Subhasis Ghosh, Managing

Director, APM Terminals India Pvt. Ltd and Director, APM Terminals

Inland Services, South Asia.

CONTRACK, launched in 2012, was integrated with RFID technology

to enable container tracking and improve customer service, operations

planning and safety standards.

In the RFID-enabled container tracking solution, all incoming

containers get tagged at the time of ‘Gate in’ with RFID tags. Zone-

wise yard mapping is done with global positioning system (GPS) to

replicate the location in the system. Reach stackers are mounted with

RFID reader/GPS and General Packet Radio Service (GPRS) combined

device. As the container moves, the current position gets updated in

the system in real time with the help of GPRS communication,

highlighted a release.

New guidelines to give tariff-setting flexibility to ports, BOT operators: Vasan

The "Guidelines for Determina-

tion of Tariff for Projects at

Major Ports, 2013", introduced

by the Ministry of Shipping in

July, would pass on flexibility to

the ports and build-operate-transfer (BOT) operators in the

determination of tariff, subject to a tariff ceiling, the Minister of Ship-

ping, Mr G. K. Vasan told the Rajya Sabha in a written reply recently.

The guidelines were prospective, he said.

The Ministry of Heavy Industries has

told the Parliamentary Standing Com-

mittee on Industry that it favors an in-

crease in Customs duty on capital

goods.

In its response to the panel’s recom-

mendation, the Ministry said the current

levy of 7.5 per cent was much lower

than the WTO bound rate of Customs

duty for capital goods, which varied

between 25 and 40 per cent.

Earlier, the panel had said that it was in favor of non-tariff trade barriers

and effective implementation of the schemes for modernization of the

capital goods sector to strengthen the domestic industry.

"In order to protect the domestic capital goods industry, the

Department of Industries (in the Commerce Ministry) would like

to recommend the higher rate of Customs duty of 15 per cent

which is still much lower than the WTO bound rates," the Minis-

try said, adding that the issue will be taken up with the Commerce

Ministry.

On concerns regarding the import of secondhand machinery, the

Ministry is holding discussions with the Ministries of Textiles and

Road Transport and Highways and a decision will be taken soon.

As regards free trade agreements (FTAs), the Ministry said it

supported the industry against inclusion of machinery for reducing

the import duty further under various FTAs.

Ministry pushes for increased Customs duty on capital goods

Dighi Port Limited has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU)

with the Spanish Port of Ferrol in Mumbai on 27th November 2013.

The MoU enables sharing of technical know-how and expertise between

the two port developers. Dighi Port Limited will now collaborate with the

Spanish port to explore joint business opportunities between the two

ports along with other areas of trade, shipping, railway and support infra-

structure across India and Europe.

The Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) was signed by Mr. Vijay

Kalantri (Chairman &Managing Director – Dighi Port Limited) and Mr.

Jose Manuel Vilarino Anca (President Autridad Port de Ferrol).

Earlier in the day, the team from Port of Ferrol along with few other

delegates from various industries of Spain as well as a senior delegate

from the Spanish Chamber of Commerce visited Dighi Port and was very

impressed with the development work and the potential that the port has

to offer.

This is the second Memorandum of Understanding that Dighi Port Lim-

ited has entered into with a European Port. Dighi Port Limited has also

signed a similar Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Port of Ven-

ice.

Dighi Port is being developed by Balaji Infra Projects Ltd (BIPL) and is the

first and the largest Greenfield port of Maharashtra. It is being developed

as a multipurpose, multi-cargo, all-weather port with deep draught, direct

berthing facilities and modern cargo handling equipments with adequate

stack yards and ware-

housing facilities, back up

areas with an ample land

bank of approximately

1600 acres.

The port is located on

the banks of the Rajpuri Creek, in the Raigad District of Ma-

harashtra. It is at a distance of 42 nautical miles (NM) from Mum-

bai Port and 170kms South of Mumbai by road.

The port is being developed on the 2 banks of the Rajpuri Creek.

The South Bank will have 2 berths offering a total quay length of

650m and will be used for handling all dry bulk, break-bulk, liquid

cargo.

The 3 berths on the north bank are under construction and will

offer a total quay length of 1100m will be used for handling con-

tainers and all other clean cargo. The port has commenced opera-

tions on the first berth and has been regularly handling export as

well as import cargo in the form of Bauxite and Steel and has

handled approximately 4 million MTs of cargo till date.

Dighi Port is also part of the prestigious Delhi Mumbai Industrial

Corridor (DMIC) and the Dighi Port area has been included in the

Government of India’s new Manufacturing Policy as one of the 7

mega manufacturing as a National Investment and Manufacturing

Zone (NIMZ).

Dighi Port signs MoU with Port of Ferrol

Ashish Kumar Bose appointed as first Chief Manager (Traffic) of JN Port

Mr Ashish Kumar Bose, currently

Traffic Manager of Mormugao

Port Trust, has been appointed as

the first Chief Manager (Traffic) of

Jawaharlal Nehru Port Trust

(JNPT), it is learnt. In the process,

JNPT’s Chief Manager (Operations) position has been split into two.

The Operations department has reportedly been bifurcated

into Traffic and Engineering Services. The present Chief Manager

(Operations) will take charge as Chief Manager (Engineering Services),

sources said.

Mr Bose had earlier served Kolkata Port’s Haldia Dock Complex as

Manager (Railways). He is expected to take charge soon.

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Editorial Team:

Mr. Xerxes P. Master

Mr. Vivek Kele

Following the enactment of the Multimodal Transportation of Goods Act, 1993, AMTOI

Association of Multimodal Operators of India) was established in the year 1998.

The main objects of the Association are to

• To organize Multimodal Transport Operators at national level

• To study the issues faced by MTOs and seek resolution with appropriate authorities

• To promote multimodal transport services in foreign trade

• To improve the quality of such services and reduce transaction costs

AMTOI is registered as a non-profit making body under the Indian Companies Act and its core

managing committee consists of seven members. The committee is assisted by a Board of

Advisors consisting of the representatives of Government and public sector organizations.

We at AMTOI have always endeavored to have a harmonious maritime community to bring

consensus amongst all segments of our community, whilst making representations to various

authorities. AMTOI has always tried to bring together all the segments of the maritime

community under one common platform to promote Multimodalism in India. Our members are

shipping lines, shipping agents, freight forwarders, transporters, CFS operators and custom house

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Catalysing Multimodalism

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