Now an app for e-clearance of cargo at Delhi airport

The app— ‘DIAL Cargo’— enables traders to track consignment, pay terminal charges and issue delivery and carting orders through mobile The Dollar Business Bureau

The operator, in August last year, had developed FlyDel app to facilitate passenger services at the airport

  The Delhi International Airport Private Limited (DIAL) on Monday unveiled a mobile application to ensure hassle-free cargo operation for traders at the Indira Gandhi International Airport (IGIA). The app— ‘DIAL Cargo’— enables traders to track consignment, pay terminal charges and issue delivery and carting orders through mobile. “DIAL Cargo’ app will benefit the entire air trade system where you can transact complete business functionalities such as tracking consignment, paying terminal charges, issuing delivery and carting orders and many such items in a paperless manner,” said I Prabhakara Rao, DIAL CEO. The operator, in August last year, had developed FlyDel app to facilitate passenger services at the airport. The new DIAL Cargo app offers different levels of access to the cargo terminal operators, customs, custom house agents, airlines, freight forwarders, shippers/ consignees and other statutory bodies, thereby enabling greater visibility into cargo operations and tangible cost and resource benefits, the airport operator GMR Group said in a statement. According to the Directorate General of Systems & Data Management, Central Board of Excise and Customs (CBEC), the mobile cargo application can also integrate the messages received from Customs Electronic Data Interchange System. “This will reduce the paper work, dwell time and help the customs brokers to transact their respective business functionalities through mobile.” The app enables end-to-end tracking of shipment for users and helps all the members of the logistics chain in planning their resources. In addition, it provides complete visibility of shipment/ vehicles within cargo terminal. “One unique aspect of this app is the seamless integration with both the cargo operators— Celebi and DCSC. At present this app is available only on Android platform but we have plans to introduce the same features on both Windows and IO’s as well,” Rao said. The air cargo industry has hailed GMR for launching the app. “In an age of real time information and acquiring paperless scenario, finger-tip convenience is a need of the hour for all air freight logistics professionals,” said Cyrus N Katgara, Secretary, Air Cargo Forum of India (ACFI). Mahesh Trikha, Chairman (NR), Air Cargo Agents Association of India (ACAAI) and Managing Director, Aargus Global Logistics Pvt. Ltd, said that the app will provide increased visibility, transparency and efficiency to customers. “It allows them to check the current status of their cargo movements, in real time, no matter where they are. It is the right step to begin with. With the launch of mobile app for cargo, DIAL has definitely marked a significant milestone in air cargo fraternity,” he said. Delhi airport, with 1.2 lakh square metre of cargo processing zone, boasts of 15 million metric tonnes of annual throughput capacity. The airport handled 7 lakh tonnes of cargo in FY 14-15.  

February 15, 2016 | 04:55m IST