1,600 importers to benefit from the system
Four bidders have won the mandate for Jawahar Lal Nehru Port Trust’s (JNPT) innovative transport solution to achieve seamless and faster movement of cargo from port to respective destinations through Direct Port Delivery (DPD).
The bidders have won the mandate for five routes- from JNPT to Gujarat, to Goa and Bengaluru, to Nashik, Nagpur, Aurangabad, Indore and Hyderabad, to Ahmednagar and to local regions in and around Mumbai.
The new system would roll out from May 2018.
DPD is increasingly being accepted as the optimal way of transporting cargo directly from the port to the importers and accounts for close to 39% of the total cargo traffic from JNPT at present.
About 1,600 importers who have opted for DPD mode of transport will benefit from this process.
An exporter or importer will be able to book his cargo sitting in his office, through a technology backed platform. fii-news.com
