Airport cargo unit lacks facilities: FIEO

Chennai: Federation of Indian Export Organisation has expressed serious concern on the congestion and delays in clearance happening at Chennai’s airport cargo complex.
Exporters in the southern region complain that they are facing inordinate delay in clearance of cargo at the Chennai Airport for the last two months.
According to Walter D’Souza, regional chairman, FIEO - Southern Region, exporters of leather, engineering and electronics and components products are facing serious problems in their inventory as they are depending on just-in-time delivery schedules of production.
“Apart from the issues related to non-availability of adequate space for cargo handling due to renovation works, there is acute shortage of trained manpower for handling the cargo operation as well as shortage of handling equipment.”
“It has been noticed that import cargo is not stacked properly, dumped all over and there is no segregation of cargo, which has affected the traceability of consignments,” the letter from the federation said.
The federation also said that the newly appointed private agency is not capable of handling due to inexperienced manpower and lack of adequate handling equipment.
D’Souza has urged upon the Airport Authority of India (AAI) to take immediate steps to reduce the day-to-day traceability issues and appoint efficient ground handling agencies for handling Air Cargo operations with adequate handling equipment immediately.
19/05/11 ExpressBuzz

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Categories: Airports May 2011, Cargo May 2011