Mangaluru: In line with Government of India’s policy on ‘Ease of Doing Business’ in ports, New Mangalore Port Trust successfully implemented and integrated Electronic Delivery Order (eDO) with the Port Community System (PCS) on Friday.

The system allows vessel agents/steamers to issue eDO via electronic medium. With this initiative, NMPT has become the first port in India to introduce eDO in port sector for bulk/liquid cargo.

The Port Operating System POS, which has been successfully running in NMPT, has been upgraded to capture this data via EDI (Electronic Data Interchange) and further process in terms of forwarding and passing with no manual intervention and requires only one electronic approval. This will also enhance the paperless concept, said a press release.

Further, the process will also cut down the dwell time and transaction cost significantly. This is a major step towards implementation of e-business in port.

Another milestone achieved by NMPT in ‘Ease of Doing Business’ is the web-based Port Entry/Clearance System which has gone live with effect from November 17, 2016. Now, the steamer agents are able to generate and download both inward and outward clearance certificates.

Since the above application is completely automated and requires no manual intervention, the port users are benefited by viewing and downloading all their invoices/bills related to operations.

NMPT chairman P C Parida has appealed all the port users to avail the facilities for speedy and hassle-free transactions in the port and thereby the trade will be benefitted in terms of time, cost and efficiency.