Mumbai port deploys IT, off-dock facilities to cut congestion
INDIA's biggest container port, Jawaharlal Nehru Port Trust (JNPT) will now provide logistics data bank services through the Delhi-Mumbai Industrial Corridor Development Corporation (DMICDC) and Japan's NEC Corp.
The Mumbai port, also known as Nhava Sheva, handled 4.49 million TEU in the year ending March and is now expected to reduce the time of container movement across the western corridor and lower costs, reports Live Mint in the Hindustan Times.
The port, which handles more than half of India's container volume, started its new container tracking service this month.
The plan uses off-dock inland container depots (ICD) and container freight stations (CFS) licensed by the customs to decongest Mumbai by shifting cargo outside the port area.
DMICDC will provide a radio-frequency identification (RFID) tag for each container, which will be tracked through RFID readers installed at different locations.
The service will cover the Jawaharlal Nehru Port Container Terminal (JNPCT), Nhava Sheva International Container Terminal (NSICT), Nhava Sheva (India) Gateway Terminal (NSIGT) and Gateway Terminals India Pvt Ltd (GTIPL).
The service will be extended to the new container terminal being built by Singapore's PSA International Pte Ltd at JN Port when it starts operations at the end of 2017.
RFID-based gate automation has become operational in two of the four terminals, while the remaining two will soon implement it.
The port has replaced paperwork required for shipments with a Web-based software solution and introduced inter-terminal movement of tractor-trailers between different facilities, cutting at least 7.5 kilometres of road movement.
This has reduced pollution, saved on fuel, curbed empty truck movements, cut turn times and handling costs.
JN Port is also developing a centralised parking lot covering 45 hectares which can accommodate about 2,000 tractor trailers.
The port has allotted land to set up laboratories for animal quarantine, plant quarantine, textile committee and the Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (FSSAI).
Rail-linked CFSs servicing JN Port are entitled to a rebate of INR728 TEU to encourage movement of containers by rail and reduce congestion on roads.
The ICD located at Mulund on the outskirts of Mumbai that feeds cargo containers to and from JN Port also gets a similar rebate.
INDIA's biggest container port, Jawaharlal Nehru Port Trust (JNPT) will now provide logistics data bank services through the Delhi-Mumbai Industrial Corridor Development Corporation (DMICDC) and Japan's NEC Corp.
The Mumbai port, also known as Nhava Sheva, handled 4.49 million TEU in the year ending March and is now expected to reduce the time of container movement across the western corridor and lower costs, reports Live Mint in the Hindustan Times.
The port, which handles more than half of India's container volume, started its new container tracking service this month.
The plan uses off-dock inland container depots (ICD) and container freight stations (CFS) licensed by the customs to decongest Mumbai by shifting cargo outside the port area.
DMICDC will provide a radio-frequency identification (RFID) tag for each container, which will be tracked through RFID readers installed at different locations.
The service will cover the Jawaharlal Nehru Port Container Terminal (JNPCT), Nhava Sheva International Container Terminal (NSICT), Nhava Sheva (India) Gateway Terminal (NSIGT) and Gateway Terminals India Pvt Ltd (GTIPL).
The service will be extended to the new container terminal being built by Singapore's PSA International Pte Ltd at JN Port when it starts operations at the end of 2017.
RFID-based gate automation has become operational in two of the four terminals, while the remaining two will soon implement it.
The port has replaced paperwork required for shipments with a Web-based software solution and introduced inter-terminal movement of tractor-trailers between different facilities, cutting at least 7.5 kilometres of road movement.
This has reduced pollution, saved on fuel, curbed empty truck movements, cut turn times and handling costs.
JN Port is also developing a centralised parking lot covering 45 hectares which can accommodate about 2,000 tractor trailers.
The port has allotted land to set up laboratories for animal quarantine, plant quarantine, textile committee and the Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (FSSAI).
Rail-linked CFSs servicing JN Port are entitled to a rebate of INR728 TEU to encourage movement of containers by rail and reduce congestion on roads.
The ICD located at Mulund on the outskirts of Mumbai that feeds cargo containers to and from JN Port also gets a similar rebate.