He also inspected the ongoing trial run of the Vessel Traffic Management System for Gulf of Kutch centre at Kandla.
He later reviewed the performance of Kandla Port with the officers and met various stakeholders of the port and discussed the issues requiring attention of the Central Government for further growth of the Port and the Port city. He stated that the Government is fully aware of the issues of Kandla Port and that the proposals of developmental activities are being pursued with concerned Ministries. He sought full co-operation and support of all concerned to realize the huge potential of the port.
He expressed satisfaction that the Port is going to become 100 MMTPA Port in near future after implementing the projects in hand. The Port has big plans for Road, Rail connectivity and Storage besides augmenting of infrastructural facilities like berths and cranes.
Construction of Berths Nos. 13, 15 and 16, for which the foundation stones were laid, are to be developed at an estimated cost of Rs. 544 crore. These berths have a handling capacity of 6 million tonnes per annum. The barge jetty, of IFFCO Kisan Bazar & Logistic Ltd, will also be of 2 million tonnes capacity with the estimated cost being Rs 27 crore. The Rs 28.32 crore mobile harbour cranes is of 63-tonne capacity with handling capacity of 2.4 million metric tons per annum.
K. Mohandas, Secretary, Shipping; Mrs. Poonamben Jat, MP, Kutch and other dignitaries were also present.
“Genoa will be used as gateway to western Europe by delivering to destinations by road. Italy exports lot of engineering goods, plant and machinery and heavy equipment. Genoa is preferred port by all users being cost effective and good productivity and connections” Mr. Sharma said.
By having presence in Italy, OWS will give push to its new product “assistance in procurement” to its customers. OWS help its customers in procurement of their goods, consumables, spares and urgent material through its own offices where staff personally interact with the supplier for timely delivery, packing and shipment. In some cases, OWS procures and invoice emergency and urgent requirement saving time to its customers of hassles of Letter of Credits or direct transfer.
With a motivated set of professionals having a diverse range of experience, OWSFS Italia is looking to establish the India-Italy trade lane both for console and LCL cargo as well as FCL and project cargo. The company already offers these services through its group companies own offices in India, UAE, Oman and USA.