JNPT to roll out direct delivery of port cargo from May
10 Apr 2018
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The Jawaharlal Nehru Port Trust (JNPT) will soon roll out direct delivery of port cargo to various destination to achieve seamless and faster movement of cargo from the port to respective destinations through 'direct port delivery' (DPD).
The port has selected four transport operators to deliver cargo on 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 .
A meeting of these bidders was held at JNPT last week to take stock of the preparedness for the roll-out of the new system 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 per cent 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. This new transport solution will promote
- Easy co-ordination between port and customers;
- End to end delivery;
- Faster evacuation of containers from the port area;
- 24X7 vehicle tracking;
- Container tracking through mobile; and
- 24x7 customer service
