Shipping
Exporters seek speedy online connectivity
EXPORTERS have been clamouring for quite some time that online connectivity between the offices of the DGFT and Customs should be expedited in respect of logging of DEEC (Duty Exemption Entitlement Certificate), registration of DEPB (Duty Entitlement Pas
s Book) and the DFRC (Duty Free Replenishment Certificate).
CDLB in a financial whirlpool
THE Calcutta Dock Labour Board (CDLB), which is facing an acute resource crunch following a sharp drop in cargo throughput at Calcutta Dock System (CDS), recently tabled a Rs 69.88-crore 2001-02 budget, projecting an operating deficit of Rs 12.06 crore.
In 2000-01, this deficit amounted to Rs 7.19 crore on a gross earning of Rs 32.73 crore.
A port waiting to take wing
THE facility to manufacture aircraft is not something one would expect to see in a port. The Hamburg port, however, will soon have a facility to manufacture Airbus A--380 super carrier.
Kandla port panics at weak wind
IT WAS more of a panic reaction. The Meteorological Department's forecast that a severe cyclonic storm would hit the Gujarat coast gave the Kandla Port Trust (KPT) authorities so much of a scare that they declared the port closed for a few days. As it tu
rned out, the storm weakened and, mercifully, no damage was caused to the port, or for that anywhere along the coast.
Antagonistic contradictions
IF THE goings-on in our country are any guide, one is led to believe that the equation between shippers and shipping lines is, to use a Marxian phrase, one of antagonistic contradictions. The common complaint of the shippers is: The shipping lines revise
freight rates unilaterally, without warning and without even caring to discuss with the shippers. The shipowners, on the other hand, feel that holding discussion serves no purpose as the shippers will always oppose any freight increase proposal.
Transport
TAMP's recipe for making regulator more efficient
THE proposal to convert the Tariff Authority for Major Ports (TAMP) into an appellate tribunal, as suggested by the C. Babu Rajeev Committee, has evoked stiff resistance from none other that the TAMP Chairman himself.
Vizag air cargo service to take off soon
THE groundwork is being done for large-scale cargo transportation by air from Vizag in the near future. Although air cargo has been picking up from Vizag, its full potential has not been tapped yet because of unavailability of international flights from
the city.
CoPT allots land to manufacturers -- Concrete plans to move cement
THE coastal movement of cement through Kochi Port is set to receive a big boost as several manufacturers propose to acquire plots of land within the port area to set up handling, storage and packaging facilities.
