Direct Port Delivery: To whose advantage?
By Abin Daya The Government is working to improve the ‘ease of doing business’ ranking of the country, and one of the areas of focus is the time it takes for manufacturers to get their imported raw materials and components, out of the port and into their factories. The numbers are not very encouraging, and it currently takes about 9-10 days to get a container out of the port and on its way to the manufacturer. With a view to improving this, the Direct Port Delivery arrangement was started in 2016. How is it faring? Please read on in this week’s update. The most important story of this week, definitely, is the 25 bps cut that the Monetary Policy Committee permitted on ...
JNPT extends direct port delivery facility to all importers
The port is making adequate arrangements in terms of yard and equipment for extending port delivery facility to its maximum clients The Dollar Business Bureau The move will encourage the trade for usage of rail transportation and reduce the congestion and pollution on the roads around JNPT Jawaharlal Nehru Port Trust (JNPT), Indias first container port built on the concept of operating Container Freight Stations (CFS) beyond terminal premises, on Friday extended its direct port delivery (DPD) facility to all accredited importers irrespective of their trade volume. The extension of port delivery facility will immediately benefit about 143 accredited client programmer (ACP) agencies of JNPT. At present, only 10-14 agencies that are fulfilling the criteria of importing more than 300 TEUs (Twenty-Foot Equivalent ...
