The Ministry of
Shipping in the past year has taken up several initiatives to promote trade and
improve India’s ranking in the “Trading Across Borders’ indicator of World
Bank’s Doing Business Report. Following steps have been taken by the Ministry
to facilitate ease of doing business:
1. From
manual to electronic interface: Form 11&13 in manual form have
been eliminated at all three terminals at JNPT and replaced by web based
e-form-13, which is now done electronically. Apart from JNPT, other Major Ports
are also using electronic forms.
2.
Accommodation
for laboratories of regulatory agencies within port premises: The
Ministry has issued instructions to all Major Ports to facilitate and provide
land area for setting up of laboratories for animal/ plant quarantine, for
textile and the Food
Safety and Standards Authority of India (FSSAI).
3. Implementation
of Direct Port Delivery Scheme: - The Ministry has directed all
Major Ports to extend the Direct Port Delivery facility to all Accredited
Client Programme (ACP) clients and to provide additional land area for parking
of DPD containers. JNPT has issued a TRADE NOTICE on 09.02.2016 extending DPD
facility to all ACP clients. The earlier conditions for providing DPD have been
waived. At present, 15 ACP clients are utilizing the DPD facility at JNPCT and
DPD and TEUs showing increasing trend. In March, 2016, 1401 TEUs were handled
through DPD which is highest in the last one year in a month.
4. Reduction
in Fee and Charges for non peak hours in all Ports: In
order to decongest Major Port, the Ministry has taken up the issue of reduction
of fee and charges with Tariff Authority for Major Ports to issue
direction to all Major Ports/ BOT Operators operating there at, to fix separate
lower charges for cargo and vessels related services and also give a special
discount for the services rendered to exporter and importers after regular
hours. Accordingly, Tariff Authority for Major Ports (TAMP) vide its Order No.
TAMP/14/2016-Misc has issued direction to all Major Ports/ BOT Operators to
prescribe lower charges for cargo/ vessels related services and also give a
special discount for the services rendered after regular hours.
5.
Installation
of container scanners at Major Ports: Earlier, the
work of installation of container scanners was being dealt by CBEC. As decided,
in the meeting chaired by Revenue Secretary at JNPT on 24.10.2015 and followed
by the decision taken in CoS meeting held on 23.12.2015, the Ministry has
initiated the process for procurement of container scanners. Indian Port
Association has been asked to undertake the process of procurement of the
scanners based on the specifications received from CBEC. IPA has already
initiated the process and the work order for the procurement shall be issued by
November, 2016.
6.
Automation
of Issuance of Delivery Orders: All the Shipping Lines (31) at
JNPT are compliant with E-Delivery capability and implemented issuance of
E-Delivery Orders. Other Major Ports were also directed to implement of
issuance of E-delivery Orders. MoPT & NMPT have informed that all the
financial transactions pertaining to vessel and cargo related activities are
through e-payment and system has been introduced for accepting e-delivery order
from the Shipping Agents.
7.
Implementation
of RFID Scheme for gate automation: All the Major
Ports are in process of implementing RFID Gate Automation System. The tendering
process to procure RFID is in progress and all the ports are expected to
complete this process by the end of this year. Four Major Ports namely KoPT,
ChPT, CoPT and PPT have completed tender and work order has been issued for supply
and installation of the RFID system.
8.
Integration
of Major Ports filing system with Customs software:
Major Ports are using
advance information of import cargo online by way of accessing IGM message
through (PCS) integration with Customs software ICEGATE. This process has cut
down dwell time significantly.
At JNPT, an advance
single interface to integrate IGM, out of charge and entry inwards with Import
Advance list (IAL) will be operational by the end of May, 2016.
9.
Measures
to remove congestion at ports on war footing:
To
remove bottlenecks
in rail/ road connectivity (like widening of roads, development of parking
areas) for faster evacuation of cargo, all Major Ports have been directed to
take necessary corrective measures. JNPT has taken the following measures in
this regard:
(i) Development
of Parking Areas: JNPT has undertaken development of Centralized Parking
Plaza covering 45 hectares area which can accommodate about 2000 Tractor/
Trailers (TTs). Phase-I of the project has been completed and area is developed
as pay & park facility for trucks. Two dedicated parking plots
measuring 6.3 hectares & 5 hectares have been allotted to two other private
terminal operators namely APMT & NSICT, respectively. Both the terminal
operators have started operation of parking facility. Further, 3 hectares of
area near Y junction has been developed to enable parking of undocumented
factory stuffed containers of JNPCT.
(ii) Widening
of Roads: The Y junction is widened on BPCL side about 3000 Sq. Mtrs. for
smooth traffic movement at junction. This year the concretization of this
junction has also been taken up which will start after monsoon. Roads from Y
junction to JNP CFS, CFS junction to SH-54 and Karal junction to CFS junction
have been widened.
(iii) Inter-Terminal
movement of trailers:- Inter Terminal transfer of TTs between JNPCT &
GTI and between JNPCT & NSICT has already started.
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