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The long standing demand of the shipping fraternity, particularly that of the vessel operators, was fulfilled by opening of a Seaport Immigration office at International Container Transhipment Terminal, Vallarpadam.
On an average, about 60 ships visit ICTT in a month and consequently, the Immigration Department had to make approx 120 trips each month to cater to their duties. Till opening of this office, for the boarding formalities for every ship, officers from Immigration office at Willingdon Island had to travel a long way to ICTT, encountering heavy city traffic.
Cochin Port Trust along with the operator of the Terminal, IGTPL took proactive steps in identifying and setting up of this facility with excellent support and sponsorship from Cochin Steamer Agents Association.
The new office facility would be a big relief to the Immigration Department as this would save a lot of their journey time for performing duties, thus enhancing their role and providing better and timely discharge of formalities which is conducive to the Government’s “Ease of Doing Business” policy. This would also help in quicker turnaround of vessels calling at the ICTT, thereby pushing up overall utilization and efficiency.
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