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n Bengaluru gets ‘pharma cold zone’
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n ‘Logistics needs govt support’ ....................................................................................19
n Indian Logistics: Aiming high ......................................................................................20
A milestone for logistics
The Export Unitization Zone is designed to offer one-stop solution to the airline customers
and the facility being closer to the freighter bay will provide faster connection of ULDs to
the cargo aircraft.
NEWS in Brief
Cold chain
investments to
reach US$ 15 bn
Quick facts
CT B UREAU
he Mumbai International Airport
Private Limited (MIAL) has
recently inaugurated its new Export
Unitization Zone at the Chhatrapati
Shivaji International Airport.
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The Export Unitization Zone is
spread over an area of 6,000 sq mt
offering facilities like 10 workstations
for cargo unitization, ULD storage
positions, 30-tonne capacity ULD
weighbridge,
battery-operated
forklifts and dedicated material handling equipment, plug points for
active refrigerated containers, storage facility for vulnerable cargo and
24/7 security monitoring.
Investments in cold chain in
India could reach US$15 billion
in the next five years, according
to a report by Institution of
Mechanical Engineers (IMechE).
10 Workstations for Cargo
Unitization
Dedicated material handling
equipment
ULD storage positions
Plug points for active
refrigerated containers
30-tonne capacity
weighbridge
ULD
Battery operated forklifts
MIAL goes green
Commenting on the facility,
Manoj Singh, Vice President, MIAL
said, “The facility that has commenced operations offers one-stop
solution to the airline customers covering services like unitization, ULD
weighment, generation of IATA standard airline ULD tags and comprehensive documentation. The facility
being closer to the freighter bay
caters faster connection of ULD’s to
the cargo aircrafts.”
The procedure of cargo clearance at the Mumbai International
Airport is all set to get smoother. The
airport authorities have now
facilitated all entries of importedexported goods to be updated online.
This, in a major plus-point, makes
the cargo handling division’s
processes paperless.
As the system has the
capability to validate orders online
Storage for vulnerable cargo
24/7 security monitoring
before the generation of final gate
pass, the operational work will
be smoother.
The new system with an
integrated electronic platform
will strengthen digital interface
between cargo terminal operator
and all air cargo stakeholders,
including
Customs,
Custom
brokers, airlines, freight forwarders,
shippers, consignees and other
statutory bodies.
Prime Foundation for SEZ at JNPT
The foundation of the proposed `4,000 crore special economic zone
at Jawaharlal Nehru Port Trust (JNPT) was laid by the Indian PM.
CT B UREAU
he foundation stone of much
awaited port based Special
Economic Zone (SEZ) at Jawahar
Lal Nehru Port Trust (JNPT) was laid
down by Prime Minister Narendra
T
Modi recently. This industrial infrastructure project is to be established
on 277 hectares with a total Public
and Private investment of about
`4,000 crore. With a focus on the
upcoming sectors of India, the SEZ
will develop Free Trade Warehousing
Zone (FTWZ), engineering goods,
electronics and hardware, non-conventional energy sector, multi services (IT and Healthcare) and apparel
and textiles sectors.
The Port Connectivity Highway
Project with a cost of `1927 crore is
Contd. on page 6
The report stated cold
chains running on renewable
energy can help in cutting down
loss of perishable items like fruits
and vegetables, which runs as
high as 40 per cent of the total
fresh food produce. “India's
investment in cold chain is forecast to be US$15 billion over the
next five years,” the report said.
In order to ensure the sustainability and cost-effectiveness of
the investment, there should
be a thrust on using
renewable energy sources. The
technology has the added
benefit of zero emission of pollutants. Out of the total exports of
US$ 37 billion, fruits and
vegetables accounts for just
about US$ 1.5 billion.
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Nod to 100% FDI in Railways
However, proposals involving FDI beyond 49 per cent in sensitive areas, from security point of view, will be placed
before the Cabinet Committee on Security (CCS) for approval by the Railway Ministry on a case-to-case basis,
said a press note of the Department of Industrial Policy and Promotion (DIPP).
CT B UREAU
he government notified the
liberalised FDI norms for the
railways, permitting 100 per cent
foreign direct investment through
automatic route in several areas,
including high speed trains.
T
in rail projects like gauge conversion,
construction of new lines, doubling
of new lines and maintenance
PPP projects.
However, proposals involving
FDI beyond 49 per cent in sensitive
areas, from security point of view, will
be placed before the Cabinet
FDI allowed In…
Suburban corridor projects through Public Private Partnership (PPP)
Other segments of the
Railways in which FDI will be allowed
include suburban corridor projects
through Public Private Partnership
(PPP), dedicated freight lines, rolling
stock including train sets, Port and
mining connectivity projects through
different modes, locomotives/coaches manufacturing and maintenance
facilities, railway electrification,
signalling systems, freight terminals,
passenger terminals and infrastructure in industrial parks like railway
line/sidings.
Dedicated freight lines
It has also allowed up to 100
per cent FDI allowed in most cases
Infrastructure in industrial parks like railway line/sidings
Port and mining connectivity projects through different modes
Rolling stock including train sets
Up to 100% FDI allowed in most cases in rail projects like gauge
conversion, construction of new lines, doubling of new lines and
maintenance PPP projects
Locomotives/coaches manufacturing and maintenance facilities
Railway electrification
Signalling systems
Freight terminals
Passenger terminals
Committee on Security (CCS) for
approval by the Railway Ministry on
a case-to-case basis, said a press
note of the Department of Industrial
Policy and Promotion (DIPP).
The FDI liberalisation in the
sector would help in modernisation
and expansion of railway projects.
However, FDI will not be allowed in
train operations and safety.
Further,
definitions
of
‘infrastructure’ and ‘common facilities’
have also been widened to include
railway line/sidings (electrified railway
lines and connectedness to the
main railway.
Earlier, FDI was allowed only in
Mass Rapid Transport (MRT)
systems. This move is likely to find
favour with countries like Japan and
China, what are interested in investing mega-projects.
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EDITORIAL
Wooing the world
s a country, India’s industries are
certainly looking forward to the
most hopeful of days. And the logistics
industry is no exception. With the Indian
Government opening up trade with
Bhutan, Nepal, and now Japan, the
logistics industry has a reason to hope
for better days ahead.
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Indian ports, long since languishing
as just boondocks, are have a megamakeover planned under the aegis of
the government in-charge. The Union
Minister of Shipping Nitin Gadkari, has
set a daring target of doubling the
Indian port capacity from 800 million
tonnes to 1,600 million tonnes. This
includes new ports, upgrading old
ones and dredging them to make way
for bigger vessels, increasing connectivity from ports to logistics parks/
ICDs via Railways, and generally
improving the pre-Independence
capacity to something that resembles
the 21st century.
On the other hand, besides improving connectivity, opening up channels
of trade is as important a task. With the
PM’s trip to Japan, the government is
signalling to the business powerhouses
in that nation that we are wide open for
business. Our country is looking at collaboration in terms of logistics, connectivity, technology and warehousing.
With Nepal, and with Bhutan, the
message was similar. Trade is the
mover of fortunes.
In fact, the rate of opening up of
ICDs/warehouses (big and small) has
spooled up. The PM laid the foundation stone to the JNPT’s SEZ,
affirming a PPP investment of
over `4,000 crore.
SanJeet
The fact is, we need more investEditor
ments to shore up the state of our ‘evernascent’ logistics and cargo industry to
a respectable one which befits a
country of a billion and more.
SanJeet
Editor
Hritvick Sen
Sr. Sub Editor
Gunjan Sabikhi
Asst. Vice President
Harshal Ashar
Deputy General
Manager
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Bridging Indo-Nepal trade gap
PM Narendra Modi’s visit to neighbouring Nepal augmented bilateral
cooperation in sectors such as trade, investment and connectivity. The visit
is expected to greatly boost the Indo-Nepalese trade ties.
CT
BUREAU
alks of enhanced bilateral ties and a
boost in trade and investment were at
the crux of Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s
visit to Nepal.
T
The Federation of Indian Chambers
of Commerce and Industry (FICCI) is hoping that the visit would add momentum to
the Indo-Nepalese trade and investment
ties. "Indo-Nepal ties evoke a rich
tapestry of relations framed by trade
and investment, culture and robust peopleto-people contacts."
As part of the discussions, Nepal has
asked India to increase foreign direct
investment, relax non-trade measures and
allow greater market access for its products
to bridge widening trade deficit. According
to a joint statement issued after the meet,
measures to “address this deficit through
increased Indian FDI, relaxation of non-tariff measures including SPS standards for
agro products, support in product development, relaxation of Rules of Origin requirement for duty-free access of Nepalese
products, and mutual recognition of
standards, conformity assessment and
accreditation” were discussed.
India’s export to Nepal in the year
2013-14 aggregated at US$3.58 billion,
whereas the imports were worth a mere
US$526 million. This resulted in a
trade deficit of about US$3 billion.
To tackle this issue, the Nepalese side has
requested India to remove the countervailing duty on its products including readymade garments, copper, brass utensils,
Kattha and others.
This visit makes Modi the first
Indian Prime Minister to visit Nepal
in 17 years. The core focus of the visit
was on 4 Cs of cooperation, connectivity,
culture, constitution.
Apart from that, they have also
sought removal of "quantitative restrictions
on the four Nepalese export products-vegetable fats, copper products, acrylic yarn
and zinc oxide."
India has assured them to consider
the requests. "The Indian side also reiterated that problem of trade deficit could be
best bridged by development of hydropower in Nepal and export of surplus power to
India," the statement said.
The 4 C’s of the Visit
Cooperation
Connectivity
Culture
Constitution
Air Freight rises in June: IATA
IATA data for global air freight markets shows 2.3 per cent growth in demand
(measured in freight tonne kilometres) over June 2013, which is slower than
the 4.9 per cent growth reported for May.
T
is the Americas”. However, overall growth
for the first six months of 2014 stands at
4.1 per cent compared to the same period
in 2013.
Europe is doing reasonably well,
albeit still in recovery mode. The weak spot
“The general improvement in the
economic environment is always good
news for air cargo. First there are a lot of
risks out there—from conflicts and
sanctions to potential national defaults
and fear of the Ebola outbreak,”
Tyler commented.
CT
BUREAU
ony Tyler, IATA’s Director General and
CEO said, “At the half-way point of the
year, it is clear that overall cargo demand
is much stronger than in 2013. Carriers in
Asia-Pacific and the Middle East have been
the biggest beneficiaries of the improved
market conditions.
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emerging from two years in the doldrums
time has not stood still. Logistics has
become an even more intensely competitive sector,” he said.
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Qatar adds second service to Delhi
Qatar Airways Cargo started its second dedicated freighter service
to Delhi. It now operates twice per week using A-330 freighter.
CT
BUREAU
atar Airways Cargo started
operating its second freighter
service to Delhi, India from July 22,
2014 onwards. This second
frequency builds rapidly on the back
of the first freighter service from
Doha which arrived at Delhi’s Indira
Gandhi International Airport on
May 4, this year.
Q
“Delhi has one of India's
largest and fastest growing
retail industries, and on top of
that, it is an important commercial
capital for Asia,” said Ulrich
Ogiermann, Chief Officer Cargo,
Qatar Airways, in adding,
“We are delighted to start our second
freighter service to Delhi, just two
months after launching the first
freighter on May 4.
Ulrich Ogiermann,
Chief Officer Cargo
Qatar Airways
Qatar Airways Cargo now
operates
the
twice-weekly
service between Doha and Delhi,
using the Airbus A-330 freighter, with
freighters departing on Tuesdays
and Sundays from Doha.
Qatar Airways Cargo recently
launched two new premium
services that optimise the
transportation of time and
temperature-sensitive goods. This
also includes sensitive high-value
pharmaceutical products and
other perishables.
The new services, QR Pharma
and QR Fresh further enhance
its capacity and flexibility to
effectively
move
sensitive
commodities in line with the highest
world-class standards.
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Argentina open for Indian pharma
The Latin American nation has opened its US$6 billion pharmaceutical industry to Indian companies.
This move will provide a definite boost and a new avenue to an untapped market to Indian companies
who have globally-approved manufacturing facilities.
CT
tering a compound annual growth
rate (CAGR) of over 10%.
BUREAU
In 2012-13, India sold $44.85
million worth of bulk drugs to
Argentina. The development will
especially boost exports of Indian
companies that have globally
approved manufacturing facilities
rgentina has fully opened its US
$ six billion drug market to Indian
pharmaceutical companies. Earlier,
the scope of exports was limited to
raw materials, due to local laws.
A
With this move, Argentina has
opened its market for finished pharmaceutical formulations as well.
PV Appaji, Director General of
Indian Pharmaceuticals Export
Promotion Council, said, “With effect
from August 8, the Latin American
nation has included India on the list
of countries that can supply medicines to it.”
Argentina's pharmaceuticals
market is expected to reach US $15
billion by 2020. Eight key markets of
the Latin American region are now
valued at over US $30 billion, regis-
"Our companies can supply
generic drugs at nearly half the price
of Argentina's locally made drugs,
enabling the Latin American
country procure quality
drugs at affordable
costs," Appaji
said. He further
elaborated,
“The move will help
Indian drug companies access one of
the largest pharmaceutical markets
in the Latin American region."
Fueling logistics dreams
Contd. from page 1
scheduled to be completed by
December 2017. The Ministry of
Shipping has decided to execute this
project on (Engineering, Procurement
& Construction (EPC) mode through
the Special Purpose Vehicle (SPV).
The project has been
undertaken under the National
Highway Development & Port
Connectivity Programme of the
Union Government.
While inaugurating the project,
Modi said that the Government is
ready to welcome FDI into
shipbuilding. He also emphasised
upon
the
importance
of
the Sagarmala project and
location of upcoming airports
near big ports to facilitate logistics
and trade.
Earlier, we focussed on port
development but now we need
to move to port-led development,
he said.
Due to rapid development in the
area on account of development of
JN Port, JNPT-SEZ, and the
proposed International Airport, etc.
It was felt necessary to augment
the carrying capacity of the existing
road network to 6/8 lane configuration
by providing improved facilities comprising of flyovers, railway over
bridges, interchanges etc for uninterrupted flow of traffic plying on the road
network connecting the Port and the
National Highways.
Industry pioneers believe the
decision will take time to be implemented as registrations and
approvals are time-consuming.
Arvind Vasudeva, Business
Chief Executive,
Highlights
Argentina's pharmaceuticals
market is expected to reach
US $15 billion by 2020.
Eight key markets of the Latin
American region are now
valued at over US $30 billion,
registering a compound annual
growth rate of over 10%.
In 2012-13, India sold $44.85
million worth of bulk drugs to
Argentina.
Aurobundo
Pharma, said, “We
need to wait for
the kind of regulations Argentina will come
out with and the time it
would consume for product
registrations. At present, it takes
24-30 months in Mexico and 4-7
years in Brazil for product
registrations and approvals.”
Alok Dalal, Pharma Analyst,
Motilal Oswal, said, “Indian firms may
have to wait for at least 2-3 years after
investing on product registrations and
approvals to generate returns.”
Shipping service to
Myanmar, Bangladesh
India will soon launch regular
shipping service to Myanmar and
Bangladesh, a move that would help
strengthen ties with the two immediate neighbours.
imports from the eastern
neighbour would reduce considerably. Sources said the SCI would
get some subsidy for the first
six months.
While Shipping Corporation of
India is likely to start fresh shipping
lines to run container ships
between India and Myanmar in
October, sources said commercial
trial run of vessels on IndiaBangladesh coastal routes will
begin in the same month. Officials
said that the regular coastal shipping between Bangladesh ports and
India's eastern ports such as Paradip
and Haldia may commence by this
year end.
"We will give national
treatment to all certified vessels to
operate along our coast. We will
follow same standard as it is in the
case of our domestic vessels to
promote the trade and cooperation,"
said a government official.
With the commencement of
India-Myanmar direct shipping
service the transit time for Indian
exports to Myanmar and Indian
Launching of the regular
coastal shipping service will not
only reduce burden on road
network but will also increase trade
between the two countries. As
of now, there is only riverine
protocol between the two
countries for movement of
small vessels on rivers flowing in
both the countries.
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Major ports’
capacity to be
increased
Minister of Shipping, Road
Transport and Highways Nitin
Gadkari has said that the government has an ambitious plan to
enhance overall cargo handling
capacity at the country’s 12 Major
Ports from the current 800 million
tonnes (mt) to 1.6 billion tonnes
over the next five years, for which
an action plan has already been
drawn up.
“The 12 major ports have
already drawn up an action plan for
an additional capacity of 500 million tonnes, with projects of 350
million tonnes due to commence
during this fiscal year (2014-15),”
the Minister said.
Bengaluru gets Pharma Cold Zone
To support the demands of the growing local industry, which has now a strong
global presence, the Pharma Cold Zone will offer an accurate and temperature
controlled care while handling pharmaceutical products.
CT
G V Sanjay Reddy, Managing
Director, BIAL said, “This is well
timed and in line with the city’s
emerging status as the pharmaceutical hub of South India. This airport
aims to be the engine of economic
growth for the region by connecting
Bangalore to the world and
positioning itself as the Gateway to
South India not only for passenger
traffic but also for cargo. I am
delighted that our partners share
this vision”.
BUREAU
enzies Aviation Bobba, which
operates a cargo terminal at
Kempegowda International Airport
(KIAL) in Bangalore, has opened an
exclusive ‘Pharma Cold Zone’ for
handling pharma products.
M
Bangalore is emerging as an
important pharmaceutical hub in
south India. To support the demands
of the growing local industry, which
has now a strong global presence,
the Pharma Cold Zone will
offer an accurate and temperature
controlled care while handling pharmaceutical products.
The Pharma Cold Zone is a
temperature controlled cargo
handling facility, which will greatly
assists the South India pharma
industry in enhancing their
business and meeting the
stringent requirements of global
regulatory authorities.
VS Bobba, Managing Director
of Menzies Aviation said, "With new
and exclusive Pharma Cold Zone
facility at our Cargo terminal
with temperature controlled coupled
with the technology, the company
would strengthen its leadership
and capability in handling and
transportation of Pharma cargo
between Bengaluru and rest
of the world.
The state-of-the-art facility
provides dedicated truck docks for
acceptance, floor level weighment at
acceptance, Customs clearance,
screening & security clearances,
cargo build up and storage, all under
controlled temperature. It is also
equipped with Data loggers, Alarm
systems (Hooters and SMS) and
24/7 CCTV coverage supported with
HD Cameras.
V S Bobba
Managing Director of Menzies Aviation
The government had earmarked a total of 72 projects for
the sector under public-private
partnership (PPP) mode, of which
28 projects costing ` 8,945.86
crore have been completed,
he informed.
Meanwhile, Minister of State
for Shipping Krishanpal Gurjar
said that in the ports sector, 44
projects worth ` 30,221 crore were
at different stages of completion
under PPP mode.Emphasis has
been given on improved operational
efficiency and connectivity.
Inland waterways need of the hour
India to become
a major iron ore
At the National Conference on Maritime Infrastructure in India, the challenges
plaguing the industry, as well as scope for the future were discussed with great importer
enthusiasm. The conference unanimously agreed upon the need of PPP.
CT
Highlights:
BUREAU
Cooperation from state
governments to map river’s
navigation potential
he PHD Chamber of Commerce
& Industry organised a one
day conference on Maritime
Infrastructure in India in the
capital recently.
T
Need for more investment and
private participation in inland
waterways and barrage
construction
The Conference was attended
by more than 100 delegates
representing a wide cross-section
of professionals from the
logistics industry.
Chief Guest Amitabh Verma,
IAS, Chairman, Inland Waterways
Authority of India (Ministry of
Shipping) highlighted the importance
of Inland Waterways.
Verma said, “This sector has
been neglected all these years and
the present government’s initiatives
to develop this sector will immensely
benefit this sector”. He further
Need for a dispute resolution
mechanism
to
hasten
settlement of disputes
stressed upon the need for greater
cooperation from state governments
to classify rivers in order to map their
navigation potential.
“The state governments should
provide incentives to industry to
create industrial estates near river
banks. There is a need to promote
private participation for the
development of logistics and
terminals in inland waterways
and barrage construction as well
to
enhance
the
dredging
capacity”, he stated.
Ashok Mahapatra, Director,
Maritime Organization emphasized
on the need to develop
maritime infrastructure in order
to strengthen the country’s position
in Global trade. The development of
Inland waterways will reduce
pressure on the rail and road sector.
Sudarshan Das Mundhra,
Chairman, Roads, Ports & Other
Infrastructure Committee, highlighted
the need for dispute resolution
mechanism to hasten settlement of
disputes. He further stated that
all clearances, including environmental, forest and coastal regulation
zone, should be in place before
projects are put to tender in order to
avoid uncertainties.
India is likely to import 10
million tonnes (mt) in FY15, over
three times its previous record of
3 mt in FY13.
According to a Federation of
Indian Mineral Industries’ survey,
the increase in imports
can be attributed to unstable
domestic
production,
an
increase in royalty rates and lower
prices
in
the
global
market. Domestic production has
been steadily declining from a
high of 220 mt in FY10 to 150 mt
in FY14.According to a senior
FIMI official, imported ore has
less alumina and silica, meaning
steel mills end up using lesser
coke and fuel and achieve 20 per
cent higher recovery of steel.
“It is for this reason the steel
sector might increase imports.
Spot prices are $ 90 a tonne and
analysts say these will go down $
5-10 a tonne by January,” he said.
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CARGOAVIATION
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DIAL honours aviation’s best
Turkish
freighters
to Hyderabad
To mark the first presence
of Turkish Airlines in the concerning destinations and also the
17th
dedicated
freighter
service in the region, Turkish
Cargo launched its weekly
freighter
services
from
Hyderabad recently.
With a network of more
than 260 destinations in 107
countries including 49 freighter
destinations, currently served
by its 9 freighters and 254 passenger airplanes, Turkish Cargo
provides the most efficient connections to the leading production and commercial centres in
all over the world.
DIAL presented the third edition of GMR-IGI Airport Awards to recognise the key
performers of the Indian Aviation Industry. The two special recognition awards at a gala
function were held at Kingdom of Dreams, Gurgaon.
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ecently held in the capital, the
3rd edition of GMR-IGI Airport
Awards were organised by the Delhi
International Airport (Pvt) Ltd. (DIAL)
to celebrate and recognise the key
performers in the Indian Aviation
industry. GMR-IGI Awards 2014 were
given across 28 diversified categories with two special recognition
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complimented the entire community
for the excellent results achieved
by DIAL and spoke about the
vision of the company to
make the IGI Airport the number one
airport globally. He said last
year was a great year for IGIA.
“We handled 36.8 million
passengers, 291 thousand aircraft
movements and 605 thousand
tonnes of cargo.”
I Prabhakara Rao
Speaking on the occasion,
SGK Kishore, CEO–GHIAL, said,
“The launch of the freighter
operations by Turkish Cargo
comes as a significant achievement for RGIA that has already
seen an increase in freighter
operations in the recent past.
This new connection marks the
growing
importance
of
Hyderabad in general, and RGIA
in particular, on the global
cargo map.
CEO, DIAL
“IGI Airport topped the 600,000
tonne mark in cargo and has also
become the first IATA e-Freight
Compliant Airport in India. The new
ATC tower is also fast approaching
its completion”, he added.
awards at a gala function held at the
Kingdom of Dreams, Gurgaon.
Srinivas Bommidala, GMR
Airport’s Business Chairman
I Prabhakara Rao, CEO, DIAL,
informed that the IGI Airport received
the prestigious Golden Peacock
Award, alongwith many other awards
and accolades.
The power-packed award function saw some wonderful dance
sequences by Terence Lewis.
Bollywood king, Shah Rukh Khan,
made a surprise entry and did a jig
with the ace choreographer.
eRetail gives boost to logistics
With ongoing trends for online shopping and an ever-increasing demand for quick delivery
of products, most of the leading logistics companies have announced
dedicated logistics units to cater to ecommerce firms.
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eeing the rapid growth in the
Indian online-shopping industry,
logistics firms are set to embark on
a series of activities, including capital-raising, to make the most of it.
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Recently, the logistics major
DHL announced an investment
of as much as `800 crore in
the next two years to gear up for
growth in the e-commerce
sector. Smaller players have also
announced similar measures.
Delhivery has entered into two
rounds of fund-raising while
a third-round, worth `175 crore, was
being discussed while Holisol
recently raised US$ 5 million
via a privateequity placement.
Several
other players,
such as Ecom Express
have
recently made news
for announcing a
series of fund-raising issues.
The effects of the high growth
in the ecommerce industry, whose
sales have increased from US$ 2.5
billion in 2009 to US$ 13 billion in
2013 – though much of it came
through online travel-booking
websites – is already showing
up in the financials of some firms.
But even as the opportunity
served
up
by
ecommerce websites beckons, the
challenges
presented
by
India’s creaky
infrastructure
to both the
logistics
firms as
well
the websites who use their networks
are daunting.
A report recently discussed
these challenges of parcels
flipped out mid-way, cash-on-delivery
orders returned as well as the
high rush for and costs involved
with air mail – as road and
rail networks continue to remain
untrustworthy.
To counter that, several leading
ecommerce websites, such as
Flipkart, Amazon and eBay, have
resorted to setting up their own logistics units.
According to a PwCASSOCHAM report, the ecommerce
industry will spend a total of US$ 1.9
billion by 2019 towards logistics.
The study pegged the size of
Indian e-retail industry at US$100 billion by 2020.
Recently, DHL announced an
investment of as much as `800
crore in the next two years to
gear up for growth in the ecommerce sector. Smaller
players have also announced
similar measures.
Delhivery has entered into two
rounds of fund-raising while a
third-round, worth `175 crore,
was being discussed while
Holisol recently raised US$ 5
million via a private-equity
placement.
The effects of the high growth in
the ecommerce industry, whose
sales have increased from US$
2.5 billion in 2009 to US$ 13
billion in 2013 – though much of
it came through online travelbooking websites – is already
showing up in the financials of
some firms.
According to a PwCASSOCHAM report, the
ecommerce industry will spend
as much as US$ 1.9 billion by
2019 towards logistics.
Winners
Jet Airways as International
Cargo Airline of the Year
Zion Express Cargo as
Freight Forwarder of the Year
P.S. Atree & Company as
Custom House Agent of
the Year
Emirates flies
313,000
tonnes in 2013
Emirates SkyCargo recently
carried more than 313,000
tonnes of time- and temperaturesensitive goods in 2013 on its
freighters and in the belly hold of
its passenger aircraft across its
network via its international hub
of Dubai.
It underlined the quality of
its Cool Chain service and the
role it plays in bringing muchneeded products to people.
Cool Chain Premium is
designed to move vital healthcare products, and offers active
temperature-controlled containers, prioritised ground handling,
temperature control in the cargo
hold in all aircraft, cool dollies
used on request for tarmac transportation, temperature-controlled handling and storage, as
well as online temperature monitoring and the services of an
Envirotainer provider. The airline has transported 55,246
tonnes of temperature-sensitive
goods over time.
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ATPI & S5 join
for seamless
service
Global Travel Management
business, the ATPI Group and
international port agency S5
Agency World has signed an
agreement to enhance their service offered to crew travel managers in shipping industry.
Peter Rieder, Global head
of energy and shipping sales, the
ATPI Group, says, “By adding the
additional services of S5 to our
mix, we have introduced a very
comprehensive option for those
whose business is moving goods
and people at sea. Also, it will be
able to save costs.”
According to the agreement, all elements of travel are
handled in via one technology
platform ATPI CrewHub.
Jason Berman, Senior VP,
International, S5, said adding
that it is essential for any
shipping
business
that
nothing delays operations running on-schedule.
Akanksha Enterprises honoured
The Rajiv Gandhi Global Excellence Foundation awarded the prestigious Global
Excellence Award, 2014 to Akanksha Enterprises, making it the first custom broker and
freight forwarding agent to bag this honour.
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kanksha Enterprises has been
awarded with Rajiv Gandhi
Global Excellence Award 2014 by
Rajiv Gandhi Global Excellence
Foundation 2014 at India
International Centre, New Delhi.
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The award was presented by
Mohsina Kidwai, Senior Congress
Leader in the august presence
of ambassadors, ministers and
eminent personalities from various
walks of life.
The company got the award in
recognition of its excellent services
for the last 27 years in the field of
customs brokerage and international freight forwarding.
“This is for the first time that
the Rajiv Gandhi Global Excellence
Award has been given to a
Vinod Anand receiving the Rajiv Gandhi Global Excellence Award 2014 from Senior
Congress Leader Mohsina Kidwai in New Delhi.
custom broker and freight
forwarding agent. It is a matter of
pride for us and the whole industry”,
said Vinod Anand, Managing
New `90cr ICD at Tarapur
Director, Akanksha Enterprises.
Acknowledging the award, he
further stated, “We earnestly thank
all those who have been
associated with us in any
manner for this unprecedented
achievement and assure all
that our endeavours in achieving
excellence in rendering quality
services
will
never
be
diminished in future also”.
Exports poised to cross
US$ 350 bn, says FIEO
Viraj Group focusses on smooth transportation between Inland
Container Depot (ICD) to Gateway Ports. Such a facility will reduce In July, Indian export growth slipped to 7.33
costs and provide an advantage to business on the western highway. per cent at US$ 27.72 billion on an annual
basis, while imports rose 4.25 per cent to
US$ 39.95 billion.
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iraj Profiles Ltd has extended its
logistics arm by setting up Inland
Container Depot – Vaishno Container
Terminal.
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With an investment of `90
crores, the Inland Container Depot
(ICD), located at Tarapur- Boisar,
at a distance of 150 km from the
Nhava Sheva Terminals, ensures
smooth transportation between ICD
to Gateway Ports. The facility
was inaugurated by V S Krishnan,
IRS, Chief Commissioner of Central
Excise, Service Tax and Customs.
Speaking on the inauguration,
Neeraj R Kochhar, Chairman and
Managing Director, Viraj Profiles Ltd,
said, “Our mission is to provide one
stop shop in logistics and deliver
operational excellence to the
manufacturing units in and around
the area. Providing a host of benefits
like reduced customs clearance time,
transportation and logistics cost,
demurrage and pilferage clubbed
with state of the art equipment and
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ederation of Indian Export
Organisations (FIEO) said the
country's exports can surpass the
US$ 350 billion target this fiscal as
growth in the manufacturing sector is
expected to pick up pace.
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trained manpower, the facility is one
of the most advanced in the country.
We are quite optimistic about the
need for more such facilities across
the country and would be exploring
some more locations to open
new
container
terminals,
demonstrating our commitment to
the sunrise industry.”
ICD benefits
The western highway being of
India’s busiest industrial corridors,
facilities providing services resulting
in efficiency and reduced costs are
a big boon, providing much
needed competitive advantage to
businesses. The Vaishno Container
Terminal apart from its proximity
to Mumbai Port Terminal and
Nhava Sheva Terminal, provides
customs clearance facility near the
centre
of
production
and
consumption, reducing the clearance time considerably and doing
away with the necessity of customs
at getaway ports. Reduced demurrage, pilferage and logistics cost,
add to the facilities attraction for
commercial units. Import containers
are de-stuffed and can be retained
at the depot, reducing empty container repositioning cost to zero.
Export containers can be provided
for dock stuffing/factory stuffing,
reducing
empty
container
transportation cost.
“Global trade scenario is
improving with positive development
in the US, EU and emerging
economies and in coming months
exports should reflect these developments,” Rafeeque Ahmed, FIEO
President said.
“We can cross US$ 350 billion
exports target this fiscal as manufacturing is expected to pick up,” he
added. Trade deficit marginally narrowed to US$12.22 billion from
US$12.49 billion a year ago.
Ahmed said the 7.36 per cent
growth in exports in July was lower
than the expected double digit
growth.
“While
engineering,
chemicals and pharma, apparel,
leather, marine continued to post
better results in July as was in the
earlier months, but gems and
jewellery, electronics, cotton textiles
continue to be cause of concern as
their negative growth is pulling down
overall exports growth,” he said.
In July, oil imports increased
12.75 per cent to US$14.35 billion,
while non-oil imports were up by 0.03
per cent to US$ 25.6 billion.
Gold imports were down 26.39
per cent to US$ 1.81 billion from US$
2.46 billion in the same month last
year. Exports in May and June
registered a growth of 12.4 per cent
and 10.22 per cent, respectively.
In the April-July period, exports grew
8.62 per cent to US$ 107.8
billion. Imports dipped 3.8 per cent
to US$ 153.15 billion during
the first four months of this
financial year. Trade deficit
during the April-July stood at US$
45.31 billion.
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Timelines set for SEZ development
India occupies the 134th spot out of 189 countries on the World Bank’s ‘ease of doing business’ list.
Only 192 SEZs out of the 389 notified in the country are operational.
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s part of the ambitious plan to
double the cargo handling
capacity of major ports from the
existing 800 million tonnes (mt) to
1,600 mt in the next five years,
Nitin Gadkari, Union Shipping
Minister has proposed a setting up
of a new company, with an initial
authorised capital of `100 crore.
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It would have equity participation from all the 12 major ports
and would implement all new rail
projects, besides running the
existing rail line operations within
the port area.
Gadkari revealed the plan
during his review meeting earlier
this week with the heads of the
government-owned ports.
At present, rail projects are
implemented by specific ports
through special purpose vehicles,
with Rail Vikas Nigam providing
the requisite support. Mumbai port
Trust and Kolkata Port Trust operate their own railways within the
port areas.
As part of its initiative to fasttrack port connectivity, the
Shipping Ministry proposes to
incorporate a new company to
undertake rail projects at all
Government ports.
Gadkari discussed the
Ministry’s proposal with head of
government ports at a meeting in
Mumbai. The proposed company
will have an initial authorised capital of `100 crore.
Gadkari, who reviewed the
Major Ports’ performance, (his first
such exercise after taking over as
Shipping Minister) has asked
chairman of ports to ensure timely
implementation of projects. He
assured them the freedom to take
independent decisions within the
powers under the Major Ports Act.
However, he is said to
have given a clear message
that in his scheme of things
there will be no place for
non-performers.
The Minister wants the port
cargo capacity in the country to
be doubled in the next five years from
800 million tonnes to 1,600
million tonnes.
The capacity creation at major
ports has been tardy at Major Ports
in the past few years due to a variety
of reasons, but which hopefully will
be corrected soon.
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ACAAI organises
Northern Region meet
The Air Cargo Agents Association of India- Northern Region (ACAAI) organised
a cocktail and dinner on August 1 at Hotel Holiday Inn, Aerocity. Stalwarts from
the industry were present, and noted activist Kiran Bedi was the chief guest.
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Supply Chain Transformation
2014 by Frost & Sullivan
Frost & Sullivan has organised its fifth edition of Logistics Strategy workshop – Supply Chain
Transformation 2014 at The Golden Palms Hotel & Spa (Resort), Bengaluru on August 22-23, 2014.
It was well attended by the leaders of the cargo community.
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Need to better
inland waterways
The PHD Chamber of Commerce & Industry organised a one-day conference
on Maritime Infrastructure in India, which saw serious discussions on
infrastructure development. The participants discussed the need to develop
maritime infrastructure in order to strengthen the country’s position in global
trade. The development of Inland waterways, which is an environmental
friendly mode of transport, would reduce pressure on rail and road sector.
Delegates urged the need for greater cooperation from state governments to
classify rivers in order to map their navigation potential.
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Pharma Cold Zone opened
at Bangalore airport
Menzies Aviation Bobba opened an exclusive ‘Pharma Cold Zone’ for handling pharma products
at Bangalore. The Pharma Cold Zone is a temperature controlled cargo handling facility. It will
provide dedicated truck docks for acceptance, floor level weighment at acceptance, Customs
clearance, screening & security clearances, cargo build up and storage, all under controlled temperature. It is also equipped with Data loggers, Alarm systems (Hooters and SMS) and 24/7
CCTV coverage supported with HD Cameras. State-of-the-art will greatly assist the South India
Pharma industry in enhancing their business and meeting the stringent requirements of global
regulatory authorities.
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Export Unitization
Zone at MIAL
Mumbai International Airport Private Limited (MIAL) inaugurated
its new Export Unitization Zone at the Chhatrapati Shivaji
International Airport on August 19. The facility is designed to
offer one-stop solution to the airline customers covering services
like unitization, ULD weighment, generation of IATA standard
airline ULD tags and comprehensive documentation. The facility
being closer to the freighter bay caters faster connection of
ULD’s to the cargo aircrafts.
JBS Academy trains on EXIM
JBS Academy conducted a one - day comprehensive programme on EXIM processes, documentation, custom clearance at ICD and
Ports at Baoda. The event was attended by more than 100 persons including exporters, custom brokers, freight forwarders, shipping
companies, transporters and custodians.The full day interactive programme was conducted by Samir J Shah, Chief Mentor and Director
of the Academy. The Academy has its Certificate and Diploma Programmes certified by NCVT – National Council of Vocational Training
and GCVT – Gujarat Council of Vocational Training. Till date, the academy has trained over 2500 persons in EXIM Logistics.
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Logistics needs govt support
The Government can propagate the importance of logistics and freight-forwarding by educating the youth of the
country. Courses such as International Business should be introduced at the graduation level itself rather than
in post graduation (such as MBA).
He further said that the government has neglected freight-forwarding industry so far. To improve its condition government can introduce tax
waiver schemes or reduction in various excise duties. The benefits will
result in increase of cash piles which
will further help the companies to
invest more.
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he Logistics industry is continuously
undergoing
many
changes. It is increasingly becoming
global in its design and organization
and more and more localised in
every stage of execution.
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Commenting on the Central
Government GD Walimbe, Head
Business Management- North,
Emirates Logistics India said, “The
government ought to play a pivotal
role in ensuring that the logistics
and freight enjoys its support in
becoming a facilitator than being
referred as a controller so that the
industry returns in contributing to
the overall development of the
economy and nation.”
It is so important to understand
that our industry is a large contributor
to the infrastructure development in
supply chain related activities. The
He also cited some areas
which the State can closely look into.
GD Walimbe
Head Business Management- North
Emirates Logistics India
industry’s strength can reach out to
areas where in the states’ mechanisms have failed to a certain extent.
Just to site an example, many food
grains in India gets damage every
year probably due to the poor infrastructure of government run and controlled warehouses and distribution
facilities, he added.
Transportation: Transport is
the back bone of any logistics of
freight activity. However, there are
time restrictions on movement
of transporters leading to
backlog, corruption, increase in
costs. A transport medium is not the
cause of traffic. Then why do have
private buses plying?
Customs: Customs department should open their offices like
excise in the areas where the industrial area is established. Government
may have some criteria on the location of custom department depending on the scale and number of
industries in that area. Once inspection of the goods is done, by the customs authority, the transport vehicle
should be sealed by customs officials
and the cargo should be transported
to airport or ICD/Port, from where the
cargo can be loaded onto the container or Aircraft.
Warehousing: To establish a
warehouse one has to go through lot
of documentation such as DDA,
MCD. There should be single authority who can allow certification on the
basis of following criteria to open
warehouse.
Land and Usage: The process
of acquisition of land should be uniform across the state and country.
The taxes levied, the restrictions, the
allowances should be uniform in
every state. Land acquisition should
be kept simple with proper check
points so that no corruption/illegal
usage of land takes place. All the formalities to acquire the basic needs
like electricity, water supply, security
should be kept simple
Customs Restrictions to pen
old cases: It has been observed that
customs bring in light very old cases
which are no more relevant in today’s
times, and thus hamper the
productivity of the organizations.
Custom officials then penalize
exporters/Importers/freight
Forwarders on the basis of these
cases. The customs should be held
responsible for the mismanagement
and lapse on their part and thus a
penalty should be levied on the customs department. The fund collected
from these penalties should be saved
and be used for Public Infrastructure
like customs bond area, conveyer
Belts or any other way which can be
advantageous to Logistics and
Freight Forwarding Industry.
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Indian Logistics: Aiming high
With the aim to create Delhi airport as an air cargo hub, the GMR Group has come up with several initiatives as
a whole can benefit with. PS Nair, CEO, GMR Airports talks about development plans, sector growth and his
vision for the industry.
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In the short term, it can lead to
some competition for market share
but in the long run, as the economy
grows, it will augur well for collaborative approach. This will also help
develop efficient and modern cargo
infrastructure which will support
increasing Indian Air Cargo growth
and economy as a whole.
Congratulations on
getting elected Regional
Member to the ACI World
Governing Board (WGB).
What are your objectives
and implementation
parameters?
Thank you. Well, in line with the
objectives of ACI, I intend building up
long lasting relationships with the
member airports and contribute to
the debates on development of international standards and recommended practices.
Earlier, in my capacity as a
Director on the Board of ACI Asia
Pacific Regional Board, I had initiated
knowledge sharing sessions at Asia
Pacific Regional level which I now
intend taking up to a global level.
What do you feel are the
hurdles facing the Indian
air cargo industry?
Unreasonably long dwell time
of import cargo, inefficient supply
chain, lack of a proper domestic air
network, regulatory issues, cumbersome clearance procedures
involving a plethora of agencies,
transhipment blues, infrastructure
deficiencies especially at inland airports, etc. are some of the hurdles
being faced by the Indian air cargo
industry.
Any specific initiative to
be taken for
modernisation of cargo
operations at Delhi or
Hyderabad airport. Which
is in the pipeline?
Expansion of Cargo Village in
Hyderabad airport by adding more
temperature controlled/non controlled as well as bonded & nonbonded warehouses are on the
cards. Expansion of pharma zone,
full implementation of e-Freight and
building and operationalization of
international express terminal and
perishables terminal are the other
actions on hand.
Coming to Delhi airport, many
initiatives to go paperless has been
implemented which includes removal
of hard copies of AWB, LEO messaging, location slip, etc.
IGIA has initiated a Cargo
Village for freight forwarders
and 3rd party logistics players at
the airport and as part of
phase-1; a facility of approx. 9000
sq m is under development and
expected to be completed by
December 2014.
PS Nair
CEO, GMR Airports
How do you see 2014
shaping up for Indian air
cargo market?
entities can collaborate to produce
synergy and effectiveness. However,
the ground rules should be unambiguously laid down, such that it
offers a reasonable return on the
investments to be made by the entrepreneurs.
Indian Air Cargo industry has
been in a revival state and is dependent on US and Europe economies.
We will also see growth from developing economies like China and
Africa.
How would this move
help the cargo sector in
the short as well as the
long-term?
Growth of e-commerce will be
a key driver of domestic air cargo
market and there will be growth
on the international side, in long run.
Infrastructure development and
processes improvement for air cargo
would play an important role in
this growth trajectory.
International Airlines are either
introducing new freighters with
higher capacity or upgrading passenger aircrafts with higher belly
hold cargo capacity across the
gateway airports.
The Government has
finally given the green
light for the privatisation
of six major airports.
Since you have worked
in both the government
and the private sectors,
what is your take on
this?
What are GMR group
priorities for the
upcoming year?
The priorities are to create
Delhi as the air cargo hub by
implementing – Cargo Village,
e-freight, paperless transactions,
cargo community system, Air Freight
Stations/Road feeder service,
import bonded trucking, focus
on business development and
transhipment cargo growth.
This path breaking decision is
in the right direction. The PPP
(Public-Private Partnership) model of
operation has proved beyond doubt
that both Government and private
Vizag food grain reaches Agartala via Bangladesh
aking
history,
SARR
Freights recently successfully
delivered the first tranche of 5,000
metric tones (MT) of food
grains in Agartala from Vizag
using Sea-Riverine-Road route
and passing through parts
of Bangladesh.
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The successful delivery was
part of a pilot undertaken on behalf
of Food Corporation of India (FCI),
which is exploring alternate ways of
transporting food grains to north
eastern region of the country in
coordination with both Indian and
Bangladesh governments.
The new route is expected to
reduce transit distance from Vizag
to northeast region of the country
by almost 80 per cent and thereby
paves way for easier, faster
and regular transportation of food
grains to the region which often
faces shortage.
Sunil Kapoor, Managing
Director, SARR Freights said, “SARR
Frieghts has unparalleled expertise
and experience in difficult regions
including states of J&K, Himachal
Pradesh, Uttarakhand and the
North-eastern states, but the successful accomplishment of FCI pilot
project is special achievement
as it involved inter-country coordination
and
usages
of
different modes of transportation.
The
strategic
route
can
contribute immensely towards
industrial growth of the North East
in the future.”
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In search for
better logistics
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Income
Tax
Benefit:
Government should allow certain
benefits or relief to Freight
Forwarding companies which bring
in foreign currency thereby reducing
balance of payment. This may be
given in the form of Rebate from
Income Tax or allow % reduction in
total tax liability.
Future Risk to the Industry:
Keeping in mind the way Airline
Industry has shaped up, where in
there is no agent to broker the deal
between customer and airline organization, the Freight Forwarding also
faces the same risk. If tomorrow the
shipping companies indulge in direct
contact with customer, Freight
Forwarding companies will have
nowhere to go and it will eventually
result in fall of Freight Forward
industry. Furthermore, the shipping
industry will also face a revenue loss
in the future
Government must have uniformity in the rules and policies of different states, then it will definitely be
a lot much easier for Freight
Forwarding companies to invest and
flourish in the country..
New ICD terminal in Faridabad
The third offering of GatewayRail, the international cargo terminal is designed to cater to
the EXIM and domestic needs of the Delhi trade circle, which includes Haryana, Uttaranchal,
Uttar Pradesh and Himachal Pradesh.
trade, we will offer
road transportation for
door pick-up and
delivery of cargo. We
have built a separate
warehouse for consolidation (CONSOL)
business and will also
provide value added
services like Garment
on Hangers (GOH)
and
refrigerated
cargo transportation
(Reefer) services,”
Gupta added.
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new Inland Container Depot
(ICD) terminal has been commissioned by GatewayRail Freight,
the rail logistics wing of Gateway
Distriparks Private. The new ICD terminal is located in Faridabad and
offers rail and road transportation
solutions with a fleet of 21 trains and
over 250 tractor trailers.
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The cargo terminal will cater to
the needs of EXIM and domestic
clientele based in Delhi, Haryana,
Uttaranchal, Uttar Pradesh and
Himachal Pradesh.
Prem
Kishan
Gupta,
Chairman and Managing Director,
GatewayRail Freight Ltd (GRFL)
said, “This is the third offering of
GatewayRail to the manufacturing
and trading community of North
India. We will provide storage, customs clearance and rail transportation services for international cargo
between national capital region and
the west coast maritime ports of JN
Port, Mundra and Pipavav.”
GatewayRail is one of the 11
private container train operators in
the country which have been
granted permission to operate container trains over entire Indian
Railways network.
“In line with our principle of providing wholesome service to the
GatewayRail provides storage,
warehousing and customs clearance
service for containerised international and domestic cargo through
its Inland Container Depots
(ICD) based at Garhi Harsaru
(Gurgaon), Sanehwal in Ludhiana
and Faridabad.
It also operates a private
freight terminal at Kalamboli in
Navi Mumbai.
th
CRWC holds its 7 AGM
In its 7th Annual General Meeting, Central Railside Warehousing Cooperation (CRWC)
revealed its new initiatives, diversification and expansion plan. The company is set to
achieve greater heights in the field of logistics and warehousing sector.
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entral Railside Warehouse
Company (CRWC) has organised its annual general meeting on
August 22, 2014 at PHD House, New
Delhi. The meeting was chaired by
C.V. Ananda Bose, Chairman,
CRWC who highlighted the
performance and the achievements
of the company.
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It has bonded and transit
warehouses for the incoming
cargo
Also, there is an on-site
customs office with EDI facility
There are reefer points for
easier ingress/egress.
Furnished AC office space has
been provided
Spacious container yards
In accordance, advanced
container handling equipment
has been kept on hand.
Repairing facilities within yard
24x7 operations
CCTV surveillance system
GatewayRail is one of the 11
private container train operators
in the country which have been
granted permission to operate
container trains over entire
Indian Railways network.
`5L cr needed
to complete
rail projects
The Railways is looking at
mobilising additional resources,
including private investment, FDI
and public-private partnership
in a bid to generate around `5
lakh crore to complete all
sanctioned projects.
Union Railway Minister DV
Sadananda Gowda said that he
had refrained from announcing
new projects in his Railway Budget
speech as various projects
announced by the previous government were still pending.There
are currently 362 major ongoing
railway projects across the country
requiring `1.82 lakh crore.
However, the overall availability of
funds is limited.
The company handled a record
number of 1,25,700 wagons at its 18
RWCs in the year 2013-14 and
turnover has increased to `91.32
crore in the financial year 2013-14 as
compared to `83.92 crore in the
financial year 2012-13.
K.U. Thankachen, Managing
Director, CRWC informed the shareholders about the new initiatives,
diversification and expansion plans
of the company. “We had initiated
various plans to set up warehouses
and logistics parks in association
with other agencies such as Inland
Waterways Authority of India (IWAI),
On Offer :
"As such, it is not possible to
allocate adequate funds to the
projects on a regular basis, which
is a prerequisite to fix timelines
and schedules," he said.
The CRWC Board at the Annual General Meeting at the PHD Chambers in New Delhi
Indian Farmer Fertiliser Cooperative
(IFFCO), Dedicated Freight Corridors
(DFC) to name a few, through joint
ventures and strategic alliances”, he
said. He assured the shareholders
that the company is set to achieve
greater heights in the field of logistics
and warehousing.
Construction of a liquid
cargo terminal at Kolkata and warehousing facility at Dahej are on the
cards and 10 additional terminals are
also proposed to be handed
over to CRWC for construction
of warehouse facilities with
temperature controlled storage
by Railways.
According to Gowda, the
progress and targets of projects
also get impacted due to delays
in land acquisition, forestry
clearances and law and
order problems.
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Govt incentives for cold chain
Under the schemes launched recently by the Government, it will provide financial assistance to the concerned
entrepreneurs for setting up cold chain infrastructure. The Ministry of Food Processing Industries has sanctioned
121 cold-chain projects for implementation in the country till now.
In addition, the National
Horticulture Mission (NHM), the
National Horticulture Board (NHB),
and the National Cooperative
Development Corporation (NCDC)
under
the
Department
of
Agriculture and Cooperation, the
Ministry of Agriculture and
Agricultural
and
Processed
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ith an objective of creating integrated cold chain and preservation infrastructure facilities without
any hurdles from the farm gate to the
consumer, Ministry of Food
Processing Industries has implemented a Central Sector Scheme of
Cold Chain, Value Addition and
Preservation Infrastructure.
W
The ministry also launched a
Centrally Sponsored Scheme i.e.
National Mission on Food Processing
(NMFP) during 12th Plan. The NMFP
is being implemented by the
State/Union Territory governments.
Under the Mission, financial assistance will be provided for setting up
cold chain infrastructure through
schemes. In Reefer Vehicles scheme
financial assistance to standalone
reefer vehicles and mobile pre-cooling vans for carrying & transporting,
Food
Products
Export
Development Authority (APEDA)
under the aegis of Department
of
Commerce, the Ministry
of Commerce and Industries,
Government of India are also
providing assistance for setting up
cold storages under their
respective schemes.
Government Sops
Under Section 35-AD of the Income tax Act, deduction for expenditure
incurred on investment is allowed if this investment is wholly and
exclusively for the purpose of setting up and operating a cold chain
facility and setting up and operating warehousing facility for storage of
agricultural produce.
both horticultural & non-horticultural
produce will be given as credit
linked back.
Integrated cold chain and
preservation infrastructure can be set
up by individuals, groups of entrepreneurs, cooperative societies, Self
Special Economic Zones
to export 51% of goods
This proposal was first put up in August
2012 by the MM Joshi Committee.
Help Groups (SHGs), Farmer
Producer Organizations (FPOs),
NGOs, Central/State PSUs, etc.
Under the scheme of Cold chain,
Value Addition and Preservation
Infrastructure, the Ministry has
sanctioned 121 cold chain projects
for implementation in the country.
All goods related to Food Processing, imported as part
of the project, irrespective of their tariff classification,
would be entitled to uniform assessment at concessional basic
customs duty of five per cent.
Construction, Erection, Commissioning or installation of original
works pertaining to post-harvest storage infrastructure for
agricultural produce including Cold storages for such purposes are
exempted from service tax.
GAIL to obtain Indian ships
GAIL plans to involve Indian companies in its $7.5-billion, 20-year
LNG importing plan.
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AIL (India) Ltd, the largest stateowned natural gas processing
and distribution company, plans to
buy ships made by domestic shipbuilders for transporting gas from the
USA. This would prove beneficial to
domestic companies such as L&T
and Pipavav.
G
he Union Government plans to
ask special economic zones
(SEZs) to export at least 51 per
cent of goods and services
produced by them.
T
Currently, the SEZs only
need to be positive net foreign
exchange (NFE) earners over a
period of five years from the commencement of operations.
The proposal was first put up
in August 2012 by the Public
Accounts Committee (PAC) headed by Murli Manohar Joshi. The
panel had demanded that, since
SEZ units enjoy tax benefits and
fuel the economic growth, the misuse of the SEZ scheme must be
prevented by revisiting the policy
and plugging the loopholes in
implementation.
The PAC said that, in the
SEZ Act, there was no requirement of undertaking exports, and
it cuts down the primary objective
of the Act, which came into force
from February 2006 to promote
exports and thereby boost foreign
exchange earnings.
In the Union Budget of 201213, the government had levied minimum alternate tax (MAT) and dividend distribution tax (DDT) on products from these tax-free enclaves.
GAIL (India) would have to
incur a massive cost of $7.6 billion for
hiring the required specialised vessels. According to reports, the company has agreed to issue a tender for
charter hiring of nine newly build
LNG ships in three lots of three ships
each. In each lot, one ship will be built
in Indian shipyard. While foreign
companies will have to deliver ships
in three years, domestic shipbuilder
will get an extended time of up to
six years.
GAIL (India) has recently
become Asia’s first company to sign
a long-term LNG sale and purchase
agreement with Cheniere Energy
Partners; LP (Cheniere) to procure
3.5 million tonnes per annum of LNG
from the latter’s Sabine Pass
Terminal in Louisiana, USA for a period of 20 years.
At present, USA gas is available to only those countries with
which it has a free trade agreement
(FTA), of which India is not a part.
However, it is expected that the USA
would agree to sell LNG to India by
exempting it from the requirement of
a compulsory FTA when the Prime
Minister Narendra Modi, visits
Washington DC in September.
Though two projects in the USA,
where GAIL (India) has a stake, have
been given special permission
for future sourcing, India would prefer
a complete waiver from the
existing conditions.
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EU bans Indian milk import
Due to non compliance with EU requirements, European
Commission has banned the import of select product from India.
Auditory measures are to be implemented to measure
improvement will take place in September.
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fter mangoes, the European
Union (EU) has now prohibited
the import of milk and milk products
for human consumption and certain
fruits and vegetables from India. The
reason behind the ban is non-compliance with EU requirements.
A
The ban also extends to other
fruits and vegetables from India with
effect from April 26, 2014 till
December 31, 2015 for interception
of harmful organisms.
The Centre is in the process of
negotiating a bilateral Broad-based
Trade and Investment Agreement
(BTIA) with the EU, covering a
number of tracks, ranging from trade
in goods to services.
"In the light of concerted efforts
on India's part, Food and Veterinary
office of European Commission has
agreed to send an audit team in
September to verify improvement in
plant health controls and certification
system with regard to fruits and vegetables," said Nirmala Sitharaman,
Commerce and Industry Minister.
The
Agricultural
and
Processed Food Products
Export Development Authority
(APEDA) has already asked all
exporters to route
shipments of fresh
fruits and vegetables through
APEDAapproved pack
houses, where it
would be monitored by plant
quarantine per-
Daimler exports Fuso
trucks from Chennai
Aiming to grow in Asia, the company is
expanding distribution for 2014.
Nirmala Sitharaman
Commerce and
Industry Minister
aimler India Commercial
Vehicles (DICV) along with
Mitsubishi Fuso Truck and Bus
Corporation (MFTBC), Japan, a
Daimler company, has started
shipping Fuso trucks to Indonesia
from the DICV plant in Chennai.
D
to Indonesia by Nissan Motor
Car Carriers.
The new Fuso trucks are
already distributed to Kenya, Sri
Lanka,
Zambia,
Tanzania,
sonnel. In a report to the EU, APEDA
informed them about the new development, wherein “an exclusive area
for inspection and certification work
has been established at the
Mumbai airport from where major
export to the EU countries
takes place.” Vegetable exports to
the EU had fallen 30 per cent in the
first four months of the current
financial year.
The new models are based on
the same technical Daimler Trucks
product platform as the BharatBenz
marquee and this enables the production of both truck brands under
one roof. The trucks are distributed
in Indonesia by P.T. Krama Yudha
Tiga Berlian Motors (KTB) and
are being moved from India
Zimbabwe, Bangladesh, and Brunei.
With a clear view on the growth
potential in Asia and Africa, FUSO is
in preparation to continuously
add further markets to its strong
market presence. There are plans
to expand this distribution for 2014
which includes Thailand, Malaysia,
Malawi, Mozambique, Mauritius and
the Seychelles.
` 2 billion (US$ 33 million) to
expand its warehousing portfolio
across the country in 2015. The
company already has 600,000 tons
of warehousing capacity in
Rajasthan, Gujarat, Maharashtra
and Madhya Pradesh states.
Aditya Bafna, Shree Shubham
Logistics promoter and Executive
Director said, "We will be entering
the southern states for the
first time."
According to Nabard, the
demand-supply gap within warehousing is estimated to increase
from 12.04 million tons in
2013 to 12.30 million tons in
this year.
Among that gap, six million
tons would be in eight states led by
Uttar Pradesh having shortfall of
1.78 million tons.
Bafna further said adding that
at least `120 million ($1.99
million) investment is needed
to set up a five-acre warehousing
facility that can store about
20,000 tons.
New tech for perishables
The XtendFRESH atmosphere control technology will help in
preserving quality and reducing spoilage of the produce.
arrier Transicold introduced
XtendFRESH atmosphere control system, which, preserves quality
and extends shipping distances for
perishables shipped in refrigerated
containers.
C
Along with the commercial
release of the XtendFRESH, the
company has also showed a video
demonstration to explain its
operation and benefits.
With the new range of
trucks, the company wants to add
momentum in a market where Fuso
had already established as leading
commercial vehicle brand.
Agri-logistics firm Shree
Shubham Logistics is expanding its
footprints by adding around
350,000 tons of capacity to
its warehouses in six states, including Uttar Pradesh, Delhi, Kerala and
Andhra Pradesh.
The company is investing
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Expanding warehouse
capacity in 6 states
Elaborating on the presentation, Edward Goh, Director of
marketing, Global Container
Refrigeration, Carrier Transicold said,
“This video shows the ingenious
engineering that enables the
XtendFRESH system to achieve
some remarkable results. By slowing
ripening, the XtendFRESH system
significantly lengthens the amount of
time produce can spend in transit,
helping exporters reach new
markets
through
shipping distances.”
extended
By helping to prevent premature ripening, the XtendFRESH
system aids in maintaining
optimum quality of delivered produce
and reducing spoilage. The
XtendFRESH system is designed
to be more affordable than Carrier’s
prior atmosphere control solutions
and relatively easy to install on
existing equipment.
The XtendFRESH system can
satisfy atmosphere-control needs for
the majority of perishable items
shipped today, including bananas,
avocados, mangos, pineapples, cantaloupe, kiwifruit, peaches, plums,
apples and pears, to name a few.
Carrier Transicold helps
improve global transport and
shipping of temperature-controlled
cargoes with a complete line of
equipment for refrigerated trucks,
trailers and containers, and is a part
of UTC Building & Industrial
Systems, a unit of United
Technologies Corp. (NYSE: UTX).
With the XtendFRESH system,
O2 and CO2 levels can be
independently set to provide ideal
results for a given commodity.
The system’s ability to remove ethylene, while precisely managing O2
and CO2, is key to its
performance and distinguishes
it from other products for container
atmosphere control.
What it is
The XtendFRESH system
uses a patented, selfregenerating
activatedcarbon scrubber assembly to
actively control oxygen and
carbon dioxide and remove
ethylene, a hormone given
off by ripening produce that
will accelerate ripening if left
unchecked
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Delhi International Airport Cargo Department, IGI Airport, New Delhi
(Airline-wise Import/Export Cargo Performance for the month of JULY 2014)
S.No Airlines
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
16
17
18
19
20
21
22
23
24
25
26
27
28
29
30
31
32
33
34
35
36
37
Export
Export
Export Import
without Perishable
with
(MTs)
Perishable Cargo Perishable
(MTs)
(MTs) (UPL)(MTs)
Cathay Pacific
Emirates
Air India
Etihad Airways
Jet Airways
Thai Airways
Singapore
British Airways
Lufthansa Cargo Airline
Qatar Airways
Kalitta Air
Uzbekistan
Fedex Express Corpation
Swiss Intl Airline Ltd
Malaysian Airline System
M/S All Nippon Airways
KLM
Japan Airlines
Virgin Atlantic
Air France
Atlas Air
Austrian Airlines
Saudia
Turkish Airlines
United Airlines
Aeroflot Cargo Airlines
Finnair
China Eastern Airlines
Hercules Aviation
Emirates
Air China
China Air
Kuwait Airlines
Blue Dart
Air Shagoon Pvt. Ltd.
Spice Jet
Indigo Cargo
912
803
1223
795
1063
583
516
840
681
692
566
682
439
503
412
485
464
162
407
417
0
237
263
258
284
303
217
205
306
0
139
112
68
125
175
152
104
35
1375
614
238
120
14
18
64
52
182
0
39
6
16
50
7
16
8
3
13
0
19
188
18
15
82
1
2
0
0
0
0
119
0
0
0
1
947
2178
1837
1033
1184
597
534
904
733
874
566
721
445
519
462
492
480
170
410
430
0
257
450
276
299
385
218
207
306
0
139
112
187
125
175
152
105
2807
1061
1324
2080
1495
793
793
364
532
367
543
350
614
409
399
340
249
548
252
196
603
223
16
184
125
13
113
119
0
298
99
94
12
55
0
16
57
Total
Cargo
(MTs)
%
of
Total
3755
3240
3161
3113
2679
1390
1327
1268
1265
1241
1109
1072
1059
929
860
832
729
718
662
626
603
480
466
460
424
398
331
326
306
298
238
206
199
180
175
168
162
9.79%
8.45%
8.24%
8.12%
6.98%
3.62%
3.46%
3.31%
3.30%
3.24%
2.89%
2.79%
2.76%
2.42%
2.24%
2.17%
1.90%
1.87%
1.73%
1.63%
1.57%
1.25%
1.22%
1.20%
1.11%
1.04%
0.86%
0.85%
0.80%
0.78%
0.62%
0.54%
0.52%
0.47%
0.46%
0.44%
0.42%
S.No Airlines
38
39
40
41
42
43
44
45
46
47
48
49
50
51
52
53
54
55
56
57
58
59
60
61
62
63
64
65
66
67
68
Export
Export
Export Import
without Perishable
with
(MTs)
Perishable Cargo Perishable
(MTs)
(MTs) (UPL)(MTs)
Gulf Air
Asiana Airlines
Oman Air
China Southern Airlines
Dhl Express
Air Arabia
Mahan Air
Air One
National Air Cargo
Air Mauritius
Kalitta Air
Ethopean Airlines
Ariana Afghan Airlines
Sri Lankan Airlines Ltd
Martin Airline
Aerologic
Flydubai
Air Astana
Sun Aviation Pvt.Ltd
Royal Jordanian Airlines
Kenya
Jetlite
Biman Bangladesh
UPS
Pakistan International
Turkmenisthan Airlines
Tajik Air
Safi Airways
Kam Air
Druk Air
Iraqi Airways
Total
Cargo
(MTs)
%
of
Total
151
148
147
139
137
128
107
104
102
99
96
69
62
56
43
40
39
38
37
32
25
23
20
15
14
12
8
5
3
2
2
0.39%
0.39%
0.38%
0.36%
0.36%
0.33%
0.28%
0.27%
0.27%
0.26%
0.25%
0.18%
0.16%
0.15%
0.11%
0.11%
0.10%
0.10%
0.10%
0.08%
0.06%
0.06%
0.05%
0.04%
0.04%
0.03%
0.02%
0.01%
0.01%
0.01%
0.00%
102
64
95
51
0
127
85
0
0
82
0
57
45
48
0
0
38
24
37
31
19
3
12
0
5
9
7
1
0
2
2
47
0
41
0
0
0
5
0
0
4
0
10
0
0
0
0
0
10
0
0
1
0
7
0
0
3
1
0
0
0
0
149
65
137
51
0
127
90
0
0
86
0
67
45
48
0
0
38
34
37
31
20
3
19
0
6
12
8
1
0
2
2
2
83
10
87
137
1
17
104
102
12
96
2
17
8
43
40
0
4
0
1
5
20
1
15
9
0
0
4
3
0
0
Total
16501
3447
19987
18367
38252 100.00%
Cargo handled
in July ‘13’
15609
3642
19250
14274
33525
% VARIATION
5.72% -5.35%
3.83% 28.67% 14.10%
Export & Import cargo tonnage handled
at CSIA for the month of JULY 2014 (Freight in Metric Tonne)
S.N Airlines
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
Export
Jet Airways
Emirates
Lufthansa Airlines
Cathay Pacific
Etihad Airways
Air India
British Airways
Qatar Airways
Singapore Airlines
Saudi Arabian Airlines
Ethopian Airlines
Swiss Intl. Airlines
Delta/KLM/Martin Air
Turkish Airlines
Air France
3428
3113
1618
1265
1271
1219
1159
906
710
943
999
508
482
572
586
Import
Total
S.N Airlines
2700
1516
1892
1491
1272
810
646
753
839
520
27
431
422
329
257
6128
4629
3509
2757
2542
2029
1804
1659
1549
1463
1025
939
904
901
843
16
17
18
19
20
21
22
23
24
25
26
27
28
29
30
Malaysia Airlines
Federal Express
UPS
Kuwait Airways
Thai Airways
Virgin Atlantic
Srilankan Air
Kenya Airways
Aerologic
South African Airlines
Indigo Air
Gulf Air
Korean Air
United Airlines
Air Arabia
Export
Import
Total
S.N Airlines
397
664
217
551
319
391
194
369
0
325
192
207
137
61
170
414
146
588
252
392
231
221
10
335
7
129
67
116
167
55
811
810
806
803
711
623
415
380
335
332
321
274
253
228
225
31
32
33
34
35
36
37
38
39
40
41
42
43
Oman Air
Air Mauritius
EL-AL Airlines
Blue Dart
Bangkok Airways
Pakistan intl Airlines
Iran Air
Yemenia Airways
Royal Jordanian
Air China
Spice Jet
Egypt Air
Others
Total
Export
Import
Total
102
157
88
12
74
67
62
47
25
16
13
11
153
78
8
67
137
6
1
0
0
0
5
2
2
78
180
165
156
149
80
68
62
47
25
21
16
13
231
23801
17418
41219
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Traffic Statistics
Domestic Freight
S.N Airport
Freight (in tonnes)
For the Month
For the period May
May
May %Change 2014-15 2013-14 %Change
2014
2013
(A) 18 INTERNATIONAL AIRPORTS
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
16
17
Chennai
Kolkata*
Ahmedabad
Goa
Trivandrum
Calicut
Lucknow
Guwahati
Srinagar
Jaipur
Bhubaneswar
Mangalore
Coimbatore
Amritsar
Varanasi
Portblair
Imphal
Total
6357
7943
3314
170
118
8
241
714
436
96
454
22
617
11
133
197
363
21194
S.N Airport
Freight (in tonnes)
For the Month
For the period May
May
May %Change 2014-15 2013-14 %Change
2014
2013
(C) 7 CUSTOM AIRPORTS
5285
7181
2699
174
115
12
228
508
324
610
280
21
503
19
30
186
275
18450
20.3
10.6
22.8
-2.3
2.6
-33.3
5.7
40.6
34.6
-84.3
62.1
4.8
22.7
-42.1
343.3
5.9
32.0
14.9
12354
14862
6514
413
244
14
466
1358
751
164
895
43
1173
29
166
437
683
40566
11340
13128
5461
354
208
32
451
1030
572
1054
559
44
947
27
49
387
607
36250
8.9
13.2
19.3
16.7
17.3
-56.3
3.3
31.8
31.3
-84.4
60.1
-2.3
23.9
7.4
238.8
12.9
12.5
11.9
(B) 6 JV INTERNATIONAL AIRPORTS
18 Delhi (DIAL)
21443
15083
19 Mumbai (MIAL)
17793
14659
20 Bangalore (BIAL)
8732
7159
21 Hyderabad (GHIAL) 3431
2940
22 Cochin (CIAL)
955
764
23 Nagpur (MIPL)
414
338
Total
52768
40943
42.2
21.4
22.0
16.7
25.0
22.5
28.9
38756
32703
16375
6517
1845
950
97146
29917
28584
13746
5593
1505
708
80053
29.5
14.4
19.1
16.5
22.6
34.2
21.4
24
25
26
27
28
29
2416
152
504
107
227
92
1633
130
339
378
124
111
47.9
16.9
48.7
-71.7
83.1
-17.1
4203
340
889
523
411
188
3053
276
657
610
244
209
37.7
23.2
35.3
-14.3
68.4
-10.0
Total
3498
(D) 15 DOMESTIC AIRPORTS
2715
28.8
6554
5049
29.8
417
134
277
525
142
163
64
70
101
13
1
35
41.5
-3.0
11.9
7.2
51.4
69.3
54.7
-17.1
79.2
-23.1
-100.0
-42.9
1071
259
576
1043
417
513
183
120
383
20
1
37
840
255
505
1061
306
346
119
139
234
28
3
59
27.5
1.6
14.1
-1.7
36.3
48.3
53.8
-13.7
63.7
-28.6
-66.7
-37.3
1942
77
64127
26.3
44.2
24.8
4623
213
149102
3895
197
125444
18.7
8.1
18.9
30
31
32
33
34
35
36
37
38
39
40
41
Pune
Visakhapatnam
Patna
Chandigarh
Bagdogra
Madurai
Indore
Jammu
Raipur
Agartala
Vadodara
Ranchi
Aurangabad
Bhopal
Leh
Rajkot
Jodhpur
Dibrugarh
590
130
310
563
215
276
99
58
181
10
0
20
(D) 17 DOMESTIC AIRPORTS 2452
(E) Other Airports
111
Grand Total
80023
(A+B+C+D+E)
Traffic Statistics
International Freight
S.N Airport
Freight (in tonnes)
For the Month
For the period May
May
May %Change 2014-15 2013-14 %Change
2014
2013
(A) 18 INTERNATIONAL AIRPORTS
1
Chennai
19322
2
Kolkata
3904
3
Ahmedabad
1329
4
Goa
89
5
Trivandrum
2136
6
Calicut
1707
7
Lucknow
122
8
Guwahati
1
9
Jaipur
25
10 Mangalore
16
11 Coimbatore
71
12 Amritsar
27
13 Trichy
376
Total
29125
S.N Airport
Freight (in tonnes)
For the Month
For the period May
May
May %Change 2014-15 2013-14 %Change
2014
2013
(B) 6 JV INTERNATIONAL AIRPORTS
18304
3078
1575
152
2236
2493
87
4
29
0
77
227
408
5.6
26.8
-15.6
-41.4
-4.5
-31.5
40.2
-75.0
-13.8
-7.8
-88.1
-7.8
37749
7400
2772
212
4221
3697
242
4
65
41
147
47
796
36653
6479
2922
307
4465
4755
134
7
46
0
137
273
782
3.0
14.2
-5.1
-30.9
-5.5
-22.3
80.6
-42.9
41.3
7.3
-82.8
1.8
28670
1.6
57393
56960
0.8
14
Delhi (DIAL)
36843
31605
16.6
71466
63846
11.9
15
Mumbai (MIAL)
40544
39082
3.7
79115
79020
0.1
16
Bangalore (BIAL)
13439
12401
8.4
26020
25375
2.5
17
Hyderabad (GHIAL) 4607
4181
10.2
9056
8536
6.1
18
Cochin (CIAL)
6020
3405
76.8
10445
6921
50.9
19
Nagpur (MIPL)
34
39
-12.8
63
76
-17.1
Total
101487
90713
11.9
196165
183774
6.7
Grand Total
(A+B)
130612
119383
9.4
253558
240734
5.3
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EVENTS Calendar
DOMESTIC EVENTS
Building Warehousing
Competitiveness 2014
"Enabling Fulfillment"
Hyderabad
September 17-20, 2014
The Grand, New Delhi
September 9-10, 2014
India Logistics
Show
8th Express,
Logistics and
Supply Chain
Conclave 2014
Taj Lands End, Mumbai
September 24-25, 2014
Hyderabad
September 17-20, 2014
FMCG & Retail
Supply Chain Forum
Mumbai
September 24, 2014
Supply Plus South
Hyderabad
September 17-20, 2014
Auto Supply Chain
Forum
India International
Road & Transportation
Fair
Mumbai
September 24, 2014
New Delhi
September 17-19, 2014
Express Logistics &
Supply Chain
Conclave
Exhibition &
Conference (Bull Pack)
Mumbai
September 24-25, 2014
Movements
Anand Yedery is new Regional
Cargo Manager South Asia, Middle
East & Africa of Cathay Pacific
Airways. He will be responsible for
overseeing the business and operations of Cathay Pacific cargo in the
three regions and will be based in
Mumbai, India. Anand Yedery has
been working with Cathay Pacific
since 2004. He joined the airline in the
Customer Services department at
Mumbai Airport. In 2007, he moved
to the Commercial side of business,
heading Passenger Sales for
Southern India based out of Chennai.
He moved to Mumbai in 2010 to head
Passenger Sales for the Western
India region.
Murali Ramachandran has
been appointed as new CEO-India
of Celebi Aviation. In this capacity,
he will be responsible for aviation
activities (particularly ground
handling and cargo) of Celebi in
India as well as in the Indian
Subcontinent.
His
main
responsibility would be to stimulate
the growth of Celebi’s presence.
Prior to joining Celebi, Murali
Ramachandran was heading
the
airport
operations
of
Mumbai International Airport in the
capacity of Executive VicePresident, Operations.
Vivek Chopra will be new
Director Region North India of DB
Schenker. He will be based at the
company’s regional office in
Gurgaon. Prior to this posting,
Chopra was Director-Airfreight with
Schenker India Pvt. Ltd and has an
overall experience of 16 years as an
air cargo professional. DB Schenker
is the transportation and logistics
division of Germany’s Deutsche
Bahn. It is the world’s second
largest transportation and logistics
services provider based on revenues
and performance.
INTERNATIONAL EVENTS
Hamburg
International
Conference of Logistics
Shenzhen, China
October 14-16, 2014
Hamburg University of
Technology (TUHH)
APICS International
Conference & Expo
2014
September 18-19, 2014
3rd Black Sea Ports
and Shipping 2014
Istanbul, Turkey
September 3 and 4, 2014
Thailand
International Logistics
Fair
New Orleans, LA
October 19-21, 2014
Global Logistic and
Cargo Symposium
2014
Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
October 29–30, 2014
Bangkok, Thailand
September 3-6, 2014
The Supply Chain
and Logistics Forum
Dry Bulk Europe
2014
The Four Seasons
Scottsdale, Arizona
November 2-4, 2014
Amsterdam, The Netherlands
September 21-23, 2014
LogiAfrica
Johannesburg, South Africa
October 1 and 2, 2014
9th China
(Shenzhen)
International Logistics
and Transportation
Fair (CILF)
Intermodal Europe
2014
Rotterdam Ahoy, Rotterdam
November 11-13, 2014
9th Southern Asia
Ports, Logistics and
Shipping 2014
ITC Grand Chola,
Chennai, India
November 27 and 28, 2014
K.U. Thankachen has been
named the new Managing Director of
Central
Railside Warehouse
Company Ltd. He started his career
with Airports Authority of India in the
year 1987 and joined Container
Corporation of India Ltd. in the year
1995. During his time in CONCOR,
he has given jurisdiction of 5 terminals at Nagpur, Bhusawal,
Aurangabad, Raipur and Mandideep
and thereafter he was placed as head
of Asia's largest ICD; ICD-Tkd. He
has held various important positions
in marketing, commercial and operations within CONCOR.
PS Nair has been nominated
on the World Governing Board of
Airport Council International (ACI),
Montreal. Earlier, he was elected as
the Second Vice President from
amongst the 18 Directors of the Hong
Kong headquartered ACI-Asia Pacific
Regional Board. Mr Nair is an ex full
time Board Member of the Airports
Authority of India (No.2) who has
also held several other key positions
in AAI such as Director of Trivandrum,
Mumbai and Delhi International
Airports, Executive Director Cargo/Commercial/Key Infrastructure
Dev. etc. Before assuming charge of
his current position in GMR, he
served as CEO of the modernised
Delhi and Hyderabad Airports.
Sandeep Pingle is new
Country Manager of Rhenus
Logistics India. Mr Pingle's will head
the Freight Forwarding, Customs
Brokerage & the Integrated Logistics
Business Divisions of Rhenus
Logistics India. A highly regarded
Logistics executive with extensive
experience in the field, he comes
onboard after successful stints in
senior management positions at
DHL and GeoLogistics /Agility
Logistics. Commenting on new
achievement, Pingle said that I look
forward to working closely with the
entire team of Rhenus Logistics''
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