Container shortage eases, waiting time at ports down ANI | Updated: Apr 20, 2021 16:50 IST
New Delhi [India], Apr 20 (ANI): The shortage of containers has been eased with 58 per cent additional exports being managed in March year-on-year, a senior government official said on Tuesday.
Pawan Agarwal, Special Secretary in the Logistics Division of Ministry of Commerce and Industry, said close coordination is being maintained between shipping lines and exporters.
This resulted in shared understanding of the situation and requirements along with better planning by both sides, he said. By early March, the waiting time for availability of containers at inland container depots and ports was down to two to three days. At several terminals like Tughlaqabad, Dadri, Jaipur and terminals on Delhi-Panipat route, the figure is now less than a day, said Agarwal.