Kale Logistics announced that it has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Tuticorin CFS Association (TCFSA) to deliver India’s first Container Digital Exchange (CODEX), which will automate the container movement at Tuticorin Port and reduce the container dwell times considerably. As per the MoU, TCFSA and Kale Logistics have agreed to co-operate with a view to provide a digital community platform to enable effective management of cargo information & documentation flows such that it eliminates/reduces manual paperwork considerably. This move promises to improve and contribute to the seamless movement of EXIM containers in and out of the Tuticorin Port from/to the Tuticorin based CFS/ICDs. The CODEX platform will electronically connect CFS/ICDs, Transporters, Port authority, Customs, Port terminal Operators and Security forces (Central Industrial Security Force-CISF). Hailing this as a path breaking and pioneering initiative in enabling ease of business, and following the honorable Prime Minister's initiative of "Digital India" S Anantha Chandra Bose, chairman, VO Chidamabaranar (Tuticorin) Port Trust said, "Tuticorin is a progressive and prominent port in the region. We have recently expanded the Port Gates and are introducing Toll Gate to enable Seamless access to the port. The Container Digital Exchange is the first of its kind initiative at an Indian Port which promises to reduce the current documentation process from two hours to almost 1/4th its time."