Krishnapatnam Port providing efficient EXIM route for Nagpur and Vidarbha

Sept 22, 2016: Krishnapatnam Port is revolutionising the EXIM trade dynamics for the east-coast of India by offering the most efficient and economical route for the EXIM trade activities bustling through the eastern corridor.

In the recent past, the multi-modal connectivity model of the port has also started drawing special focus on Nagpur, Vidarbha and the other trade heavy regions of central and southern India.

By offering the most ideal route for the traders, Krishnapatnam Port is attempting to ensure the desired efficiency in logistics and supply chain management in the region.

Krishnapatnam the country’s largest all-weather; deep water port on the east-coast of India, is also staged to offer efficiency in transit time for all the cargo hailing from China and other South Asian countries into Nagpur and the surrounding regions.

It is currently building its association with CONCOR to launch its regular train service to connect with Nagpur.

“Apart from enhancing route optimization and offering reduced transactional costs and overall lead time, Krishnapatnam Port is built to offer a multi-modal connectivity model which boosts the universal interests of the traders and consignees utilizing our port services,” said Anil Yendluri, CEO, Krishnapatnam Port Company Limited.

The port’s strategic location clubbed with its vast hinterland makes it a preferred choice for inter and intra cargo movements originating from the central and southern parts of India. However, import and export cargo shipments from Nagpur have been taking farfetched routes resulting in escalated transport costs while losing out on time.

“Shipping over KPCT can shave off atleast one week’s transit time for Nagpur imports and exports when compared to shipping over west coast ports, especially for eastbound cargo. KPCT offers an excellent rail connectivity partnership with the country’s largest rail operator and excellent east bound and westbound shipping services from the world’s largest liner companies,” said Vinita Venkatesh, Director, Krishnapatnam Port Container Terminal.

“Traders, CHAs and forwarders in Nagpur are encouraged to extend their licenses and operations to KPCT and benefit from a surge in their business.” she further added.

Shipping via KPCT would drastically trim down the transit time between China to Nagpur to 15 to 18 days from the usual 22 to 25 days. Similarly, the transit time between Yangon to Nagpur via JNPT is 12 to 15 days where as the transit time via KPCT, would reduced it to 7 to 10 days, thereby providing huge economical and transactional benefits.