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Nepal-bound containers to have RFID tags to prevent tampering
INDIAN containers bound for Nepal will soon have radio frequency identification (RFID) tags to prevent tampering and diversion, reports Chennai's Hindu daily.
Now that Visakhapatnam has been declared the second gateway port afterKolkata for the Himalayan State for export import cargo, the RFID project has been extended.
The Asian Development Bank has funded the RFID project and it will be made operational from Visakhapatnam shortly after itslaunch in Kolkata in September, said India Customs Commissioner DK Srinivas.
RFID tags help identify the movement of truck-bound sealed containers and those on trains. For the cargo bound for Bhutan RFID is also being introduced.
Visakha Container Terminal Private Ltd, an operator of Visakhapatnam Port Trust, has plans to build capacity from 600,000 TEU to 1.5 million TEU per annum.
The terminal handled 36,600 TEU last year with a growth rate of 24 per cent and expects to maintain that growth in future.
Now that Visakhapatnam has been declared the second gateway port afterKolkata for the Himalayan State for export import cargo, the RFID project has been extended.
The Asian Development Bank has funded the RFID project and it will be made operational from Visakhapatnam shortly after itslaunch in Kolkata in September, said India Customs Commissioner DK Srinivas.
RFID tags help identify the movement of truck-bound sealed containers and those on trains. For the cargo bound for Bhutan RFID is also being introduced.
Visakha Container Terminal Private Ltd, an operator of Visakhapatnam Port Trust, has plans to build capacity from 600,000 TEU to 1.5 million TEU per annum.
The terminal handled 36,600 TEU last year with a growth rate of 24 per cent and expects to maintain that growth in future.
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