Panaji: The Goa Chamber of Commerce and Industry (GCCI) on Saturday said that despite assurances from port authorities and the Union Shipping Ministry, the movement of containers for export and import at Mormugao Port Authority continues to be hampered. Expressing concern over an unresolved problem, a GCCI The delegation called on the Minister of State for Shipping and Tourism Shripad Naik.
Naik assures GCCI delegation that he will personally meet Union Minister for Ports, Shipping and Waterways Sarbananda Sonowal Discuss the possibility of sanctioning funds under the Sagarmala Mission to purchase more mobile harbor cranes in Delhi on Monday.
“Geared vessels with cranes were not available for berths in Goa, hence the need for a reliable Harbor Mobile Crane,” said Chandrakant GavasChairman of Logistics Committee of GCCI.
In August, port officials acknowledged that with the interim chairman, the port lacks efficient infrastructure to meet the needs of modern container ships. Rajeev Jalota Assuring the stakeholders that the port will procure an efficient Harbor Shore Crane through funding from the Sagarmala programme.
GCCI has informed the center about the requirement of cranes. Amonkar said, “Container ships should get priority berthing without paying any charges for priority berthing for a vessel. Due to less quantity of containers, the feeder operator will not be in a position to pay any eviction charges.”
Naik assures GCCI delegation that he will personally meet Union Minister for Ports, Shipping and Waterways Sarbananda Sonowal Discuss the possibility of sanctioning funds under the Sagarmala Mission to purchase more mobile harbor cranes in Delhi on Monday.
“Geared vessels with cranes were not available for berths in Goa, hence the need for a reliable Harbor Mobile Crane,” said Chandrakant GavasChairman of Logistics Committee of GCCI.
In August, port officials acknowledged that with the interim chairman, the port lacks efficient infrastructure to meet the needs of modern container ships. Rajeev Jalota Assuring the stakeholders that the port will procure an efficient Harbor Shore Crane through funding from the Sagarmala programme.
GCCI has informed the center about the requirement of cranes. Amonkar said, “Container ships should get priority berthing without paying any charges for priority berthing for a vessel. Due to less quantity of containers, the feeder operator will not be in a position to pay any eviction charges.”