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FFFAI - CSLA meets to mitigate industry issues NEW DELHI: The Executive Committees of Federation of Freight Forwarders’ Association in India (FFFAI) and Container Shipping Lines Association (CSLA) in India recently had a meeting on Video Conference to discuss on Trade facilitation measures to be implemented to adopt Best Practices in achieving the result for reducing dwell time and transaction cost on Logistics. In the meeting FFFAI was represented and lead by Mr. A.V. Vijaykumar - Chairman – FFFAI and its Office bearers along with FFFAI’s 28 Member Association Presidents including Customs Brokers Associations across India. CSLA was represented by Capt. Deepak Tewari, President, CSLA and CSLA committee members .

FFFAI and CSLA both were of the opinion that industry should look for more of digitization of documentation and process to avoid physical A.V. Vijaykumar Capt. Deepak Tewari presence and hard copy exchanges. Since its customs endeavor to work toward Digital Customs all related stakeholder should also adopt changes and upgrade technology to digitize process Cont’d. Pg. 13 related to Export Import trade.

DG Systems calls upon FFFAI Port of Antwerp introduces for achieving transparency Certified Pick Up through paperless initiatives An innovative solution for releasing Containers NEW DELHI: In a webinar organised recently, the DG Systems of Customs unveiled a slew of further initiatives that the Department is going to implement soon to facilitate trade through digitization and Public Private Partnership (PPP), in view of the challenges due to ongoing COVID-19 pandemic and lockdown/curfew. Cont’d. Back Pg.

ANTWERP: Container handling in the Port of Antwerp is a complex process involving many players. Releasing containers is a vulnerable and timeconsuming process which carries the risk of misuse and mistakes. In order to guarantee security and improve the operational efficiency and transparency, Port of Antwerp has introduced a new procedure, namely Certified Pick up. All players involved in container handling will have to join this procedure. Cont’d. Pg. 15

YEARS

19/05 22/05 25/05 26/05 29/05 31/05 01/06

Gydnia Trader Clemens Schulte Ever United MS Hawk Moen Island Charlotte Schulte Balbina

2010 2003E 175E 2006 2001 20003E 889E

QNL/Milaha KMTC Evergreen QNL/Milaha QNL/Milaha TS Line Feedertech

Poseidon Shpg. KMTC (I) Evergreen Shpg. Poseidon Shpg. Poseidon Shpg. TS Lines (I) Feedertech

L0190 L0159 L0157 L0164 L0244 L0191 L0192

195189 194627 194797 194870 195958 195187 195254

12/05 01/05 05/05 06/05 24/05 12/05 13/05

20/05 26/05 27/05 28/05 29/05 01/06 01/06

JPO Virgo Cape Moreton Leonidio MSC Tomoko Scio Sky Maersk Seletar Virgo

020W 2016 021W IU022A 2004 021W 0055

CMA CGM Oman Container Lines Maersk Line MSC Sealead Maersk Line Interworld

CMA CGM Ag. (I) Seabridge Marine Maersk India MSC Agency Espad Shpg. Maersk India Efficient Marine

L0139 L0161 L0166 L0184 L0206 L0170 L0218

194654 194829 194890 195167 195496 194894 195600

02/05 05/05 06/05 11/05 16/05 06/05 18/05

24/05 29/05 31/05 02/06 03/06

MSC Asya Maersk Kotka Le Havre E.R. Yokohama MSC Rosa M

IP021R 021W IP022R XA022A IS022R

MSC Maersk Line MSC MSC MSC

MSC Agency Maersk India MSC Agency MSC Agency MSC Agency

L0258 L0199 L0189 L0188 L0213

194750 195334 195168 195169 195571

04/05 14/05 11/05 12/05 18/05

22/05 24/05 25/05 28/05 28/05 29/05 31/05 01/06

Northern General NYK Triton MOL Gateway Maersk Kimi Marianetta Mayssan Maersk Taurus X-Press Gurnsey

0088 080E 061W 022W 0006 2019 022E 20004W

Global Fdrs. ONE ONE Maersk Line Transworld Fdrs. Hapag Maersk Line X-Press Fdr.

Sima Marine ONE (India) ONE (India) Maersk India Transworld Shpg. ISS Shipping Maersk India Sea Consortium

L0174 L0175 L0178 L0167 L0198 L0200 L0169 L0205

195032 195037 195101 194891 195332 195336 194893 195329

08/05 08/05 11/05 06/05 14/05 14/05 06/05 14/05

22/05 24/05 27/05 29/05 01/06

Jogela Hong Kong Express Hyundai Paramount Emirates Asante COSCO Hellas

2014 0313W 054E 2015 003W

CMA CGM Hapag Hyundai Emirates COSCO

CMA CGM Ag. (I) ISS Shipping HMM (I) Emirates Shipping COSCO Shipping)

L0154 L0172 L0196 L0207 L0193

194706 194716 195310 195541 195248

04/05 03/05 14/05 17/05 12/05

For the information of the trade i.e. Importers, Shipping Lines, CFSs, Custom House Agents and all others associated with The trend of Import Containers cleared from all five (5) JNPT terminals by Container Freight Stations from 23rd March to 31st May 2020 and also deliveries of Import containers in TEUs taken by Importers is summarized below CFSs

23.03.2020 to 31.03.2020 01.04.2020 to 10.04.2020 11.04.2020 to 20.04.2020 21.04.2020 to 30.04.2020 01.05.2020 to 10.05.2020 11.05.2020 to 17.05.2020 18.05.2020 to 23.05.2020 24.05.2020 to 31.05.2020

33628 35511 28840 30651 29986 15384 14755 16246

23.03.2020 to 31.03.2020 01.04.2020 to 10.04.2020 11.04.2020 to 20.04.2020 21.04.2020 to 30.04.2020 01.05.2020 to 10.05.2020 11.05.2020 to 17.05.2020 18.05.2020 to 23.05.2020 24.05.2020 to 31.05.2020

8968 12989 10383 11166 11292 7046 5119 5191 72154

2415 7333 14921 29709 31765 25285 25856 28364

617 3931 7721 12479 12673 10929 9578 8621 66549

3736 3551 2884 3065 2999 2198 2459 2031

996 1299 1038 1117 1129 1007 853 649

268 733 1492 2971 3177 3612 4309 3546

69 393 772 1248 1267 1561 1596 1078

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VESSELS

VOY

ETA/ETD NSIGT

ETA/ETD MUNDRA

FELIXSTOWE

ROTTERDAM

HAMBURG

ANTWERP

MSC ROSA M

IS022R

In Port/03-06-20

03/04-06-20

26-06-20

29-06-20

01-07-20

03-07-20

MSC TOPAZ

IS023R

08/10-06-20

10/11-06-20

03-07-20

06-07-20

08-07-20

10-07-20

VOY

ETA/ETD NSIGT

HAZIRA

MUNDRA GIOIA TAURO

APL NEW YORK

VESSELS

IP023R

05/07-06-20

07-06-20

09-06-20

22-06-20

25-06-20 29-06-20 01-07-20

TAN

SOU

RTM

03-07-20 05-07-20 07-07-20

ANT

LTT

LEH

MSC ALBANY

IP024R

12/14-06-20

14-06-20

16-06-20

29-06-20

02-07-20 06-07-20 08-07-20

10-07-20 12-07-20 14-07-20

VESSELS

VOY

ETA/ETD MUNDRA

ETA/ETD KANDLA

PIPAVAV

COCHIN

TUTICORIN

SCI MUMBAI

475

06/07-06-20

08/09-06-20

10-06-20

14-06-20

16-06-20

SSL BRAHMAPUTRA

13/14-06-20

15/16-06-20

17-06-20

21-06-20

23-06-20

VESSELS

VOY

KANDLA

PIPAVAV

KRISHNAPATNAM

KATTUPALLI

TUTICORIN

COCHIN

SSL DELHI

In Port/02-06-20

11-06-20

10-06-20

15-06-20

17-06-20

SCI KRISHNA

13/14-06-20

20-06-20

21-06-20

25-06-20

27-06-20

SCI CHENNAI

476

16/17-06-20

18-06-20

23-06-20

24-06-20

28-06-20

20-06-20

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FFFAI - CSLA meets to mitigate industry issues Cont’d. from Pg. 3

Customs EDI system and ICEGATE are well integrated systems with PORTS/ CFS’s however there is a need to eliminate the m a n u a l process like handing over of physical LEO print Shipping Bill copies to surveyors / Shipping lines which can be replaced with online system DATA transfer integration. Also the Containers movement’s physical documents like transference copies should be eliminated and more dependence on system based process needs to be adopted. It was agreed upon to make a representation to CBIC board for acceptance of new practices in view of implementation of EDI Systems. Customs to review on the procedure in view of EDI implementation to do away with print out and hard copy submission to customs as the Export General Manifest are done online. The online system data transfer will also facilitate the error free EGM for exporters to receive their refunds on time. CSLA also highlighted that they are working on e-Bill of Lading, which will help trade facilitation to go paperless and online transmission of Bill of Lading, CSLA members have initiated

and working on various platforms like Wave, Cargo–x , Bolero, Tradelens etc. and some of their members are operating on this platform. Gover nment of India through Ministry of Shipping, Ministry of Commerce and Indian Financial Banking Services are jointly working on the regulization of e-Bill of Lading. Export Import trade should come forward in accepting and implementing this eBill of Lading which will save time and cost for trade. No physical original Bill of Lading would be required and all transmission and transaction with all stakeholders integrated would work on systems to transfer and surrender titles. CSLA also appreciated the c o n t r i b u t i o n o f F F FA I i n conceptualizing the eBill of lading, which further with Government initiatives to work on single window PCS (Port Community System) will change the dynamic of shipping trade. At this meet FFFAI appreciated the shipping lines for keeping services operational during these hard times and offering detention free time during March 22 to April 3. During discussion it was proposed that the PCS should be integrated to provide following facilities through system implementation that need to work out on following the facilitation measures to submit all manual process

through system: 1. One time KYC (Know your Customers) DATA BANK with periodic validation 2. Online submission of Undertaking / Bond. 3. Advance Invoicing. 4. Portal based information and transaction. It was noted that some of the stakeholders in supply chain are unorganized and fragmented service providers i.e transporters, Empty container yards, surveyors etc, which need to be streamlined for integration and productive output. Empty Container yards play important role in exports by allotting seaworthy cleaned surveyed containers for factory stuffing containers. However due to non-performing the wrong deliveries of containers leads to high transportation duplicate cost and delays in shipments. Further, the offloading of Empty return containers should be streamlined with seamless process. The streamlining of process would result in better turnaround of vehicles to make it available on time for trade transportation. It was concluded that both National Association would jointly work out the strategy towards trade facilitation measures to digitalise the process for seamless movement to achieve productivity, resulting into less dwell time and lower transaction cost.

Vizag Port sends maiden export of mangoes to UK VISAKHAPATNAM: A large consignment of Banganapalli mangoes grown in Nuzvid were shipped in a container vessel to L ondon from Visakhapatnam Port for the first time. The consignment was sent through Visakha Container Terminal Private Ltd, a BOT operator of Visakhapatnam Port Trust, in the early hours of Sunday by merchant vessel Diaporos. “This is a proud moment for us. We have made a good beginning af ter introducing direct container liner service to Western Europe without needing any transhipment,” VPT Deputy Chairman P.L. Haranadh told. The consignment, weighing 12 tonnes, is expected to reach London in a month. Locally grown watermelons are also poised

for exports, also for the first time from the State, to Dubai next week. In another development, VPT recently received 14 tonnes of apples from Chile for distribution in Andhra Pradesh and neighbouring States. The export of the consignment through the po rt was initiate d b y A g r i c u l t u r a l a n d P r o c e s s e d Fo o d Products Export Development Authority (APEDA) from Government Pack House at Nuzvid near Vijayawada. It was ferried to Visakhapatnam by truck and exported in a refrigerated container at a set temperature of eight degrees centigrade. Watermelons need to be stored at a temperature between four and five degrees centigrade. The export was made by Sree Sadaa Siva Agro & Tech, Vizianagaram and transported after customs clearance by Merilyn Shipping & Transports.

“This is the first export of the worldfamous variety from Visakhapatnam Port through VCTPL, which is connected to all ports in the world with direct vessels to Europe and the Far East, said Aashish Pakalapati, General Manager of Merilyn Shipping & Transports. VCTPL has put up a good show during the lockdown despite a labour and lorry transportation problem by handling 35,345 and 32,822 twenty-foot equivalent units (TEUs) in April and May, 2020 as against 40,481 and 43,989 respectively during corresponding period last year. The terminal, which has a natural depth of 17 metres, is centrally located on the East Coast with close distance to Malacca Straits. It has a capacity to handle 0.55 million tonne per annum, which is being increased to over 1.5 million tonne with an investment of Rs. 633 crore.

Hyundai becomes first carmaker to export 3 million cars from India NEW DELHI: Hyundai Motor India (HMIL), country’s first smart mobility solutions provider and the largest exporter since inception, reinforced its commitment to support the government’s ‘Make in India’ vision with more than 5,000 export units for May 2020. In the last 20 years, Hyundai India has also cemented its position as the leading exporter of passenger cars, exporting more than 3 million vehicles. In calendar year 2019, Hyundai Motor India exported 181,200 units with 792 customised variants in compliance with countryspecific preference and demand. A market share of 26% of the total exports of passenger cars from India in CY 2019 has

made Hyundai a significant contributor to the Indian automobile industry, said a press release here on Saturday. In line with the government’s vision of ‘self-reliant’ India and to support the state and central governments’ objective of promoting economic revival, Hyundai resumed operations at its plant on May 8, producing more than 5,000 units for the export market. Speaking about Hyundai’s export strategy, SS Kim, Managing Director & CEO, Hyundai Motor India, said, “We began our export operations in India in 1999 with an objective to propagate ‘Make in India – Made for the World’. In line with our global

strategy, we have now exported more than 3 million vehicles to 88 countries, which reaffirm our commitment to the country.” “We have once again made a humble beginning towards normalcy by exporting more than 5,000 units in May. This is a testimony of Hyundai’s resilient efforts towards localisation and to accentuate economic recovery. Drawing strength from Hyundai’s vision of ‘Progress for Humanity’, we will continue to offer all-round premium experience to our customers through our quality products, both in India and global markets,” he added.

14 NOTICE TO CONSIGNEES m.v. “MAERSK KOTKA” Voy-021WI I.G.M. No. 2254238 Dtd. 27-05-2020 Exch Rate USD 1 = INR 76.6 The above vessel has arrived at NSIGT on 28.05.2020 with following ICD / Transshipment/Local Import cargo. Consignees are requested to kindly note the item nos filed against their Bill of Lading. Ex. Vessel : MAERSK KOTKA V.021W Item No. B/L.No 386 387 388 389 390 391 392 393 394 395 396 397 398 399 400 401 402 403 404 405 406 407 408 409 410 411 412 413 414 415 416 417 418 419 420 421 422 423 424 425 426 427 428 429 430 431 432 433 434 435 436 437 438 439

SUDU10001A7N0010 SUDU10001A7N0011 SUDU10001A7N0013 SUDU10001A7N0016 SUDU10001A7N0018 SUDU10001A7N0020 SUDU10001A7N0026 SUDU10001A7N0031 SUDU10001A7N0033 SUDU10001A7N0039 SUDU10001A7N0042 SUDU10999A7N0001 SUDU10999A7N0012 SUDU10999A7N0038 SUDU10999A7N0039 SUDU20002AMK5001 SUDU20002AMK59LH SUDU20002AMQZHS3 SUDU20002AMQZRE3 SUDU70724AB73002 SUDU70724AB73003 SUDU80002A7N7003 SUDU80002A7N7004 SUDU80002A7N7005 SUDU80002A7N7006 SUDU80002A7N7007 SUDU80002A7N7008 SUDU80002A7N7009 SUDU80002A7N7016 SUDU80002A7PG002 SUDU80002A7PJ003 SUDU80002A7PJ010 SUDU80002A7PJ011 SUDU80002A7PJ016 SUDU80002A7T6001 SUDU80002A7T6002 SUDU80002A7T6005 SUDU80002A7T6007 SUDU80002A7T6011 SUDU80002A7T6012 SUDU80820A7T6001 SUDU80820A7T6004 SUDU80820A7VY001 SUDU80830A7RQ001 SUDU80830A7UI009 SUDU80999A7T6001 SUDU80999A7T6003 SUDUA0DUS001042A SUDUA0DUS001162A SUDUA0DUS001163A SUDUA0DUS001464A SUDUA0DUS001539A SUDUA0DUS001610A SUDUA0FRA001194A

Destination NSIGT NSIGT NSIGT NSIGT NSIGT NSIGT NSIGT NSIGT NSIGT NSIGT NSIGT NSIGT NSIGT NSIGT NSIGT NSIGT NSIGT NSIGT NSIGT NSIGT NSIGT NSIGT NSIGT NSIGT NSIGT NSIGT NSIGT NSIGT NSIGT NSIGT NSIGT NSIGT NSIGT NSIGT NSIGT NSIGT NSIGT NSIGT NSIGT NSIGT NSIGT NSIGT NSIGT NSIGT NSIGT NSIGT NSIGT NSIGT NSIGT NSIGT NSIGT NSIGT NSIGT NSIGT

Item No. B/L.No 440 441 442 443 444 445 446 447 448 449 450 451 452 453 454 455 456 457 458 459 460 461 462 463 464 465 466 467 468 469 470 471 472 473 474 475 476 477 478 479 480 481 482 483 484 485 486 487 488 489 490 491 492

SUDUA0FRA001731A SUDUA0GDY001267X SUDUA0HAM006833A SUDUA0STR002023A SUDUA0STR002608A SUDUA0STR003360A SUDUC0999A7FD001 SUDUC0ANR005216X SUDUC0ANR005609X SUDUC0ANR005617X SUDUC0ANR006057X SUDUC0ANR006079X SUDUC0ANR006104X SUDUC0ANR006416X SUDUC0ANR006456X SUDUC0ANR006555X SUDUC0ANR006557X SUDUC0ANR006559X SUDUC0ANR006899X SUDUC0ANR006908X SUDUC0ANR007335X SUDUI0617A58642G SUDUR0FRA001781X SUDUR0FRA001835X SUDUR0LEH003055X SUDUR0LEH003643X SUDUR0RTM002930X SUDUR0RTM003220X SUDUR0RTM004478X SUDUR0RTM004491X SUDUR0RTM004496X SUDUR0RTM004556X SUDUR0RTM004557X SUDUR0RTM004559X SUDUR0RTM004740X SUDUR0RTM004850X SUDUR0RTM004871X SUDUR0RTM004992X SUDUR0RTM005077X SUDUR0RTM005088X SUDUR0ZRH001565X SUDUR0ZRH001566X SUDUR0ZRH001568X SUDUR0ZRH001997X SUDUR0ZRH002000X SUDUR0ZRH002108X FSEJ28866 FSEJ28865A FSEJ28865B EXP014988A 274985 SE052937 274986

Item No. B/L.No 493 494 495 496 497 498 499 500 501 502 503 504 505 506 507 508 509 510 511 512 513 514 515 516 517 518 519 520 521 522 523 524 525 526 527 528 529 530 531 532 533 534 535 536 537 538 539 540 541 542 547 548 549

2187775 DS430632 DS430614616 485110000072 BLQS20010228 10347905 10347906 10347179 NOOSL0000004977 LEXBRE200308150808 LEXBRE200408150097 200408500892 200408500845 200408501096 DEHEN0000039688 DEHEN0000039689 18130250405 HAM0049697 REE61NSA000907 REE61NSA000966 STR0088020 DENUE0000065900 DENUE0000065901 DENUE0000065902 ATLNZ0000011730 ATLNZ0000011732 ATLNZ0000011731 ATLNZ0000011733 KNTOX200020101 KNTOX200016901 KNTOX200017001 KNTOX200017002 KNTOX200017101 EWT6575 ANTNHS0080 KNTOX200019501 KNTOX200020701 SUTANT340466 SUTANT340462 1199886 BLNEX2420 202032484 202042917 EXP015103A SUDUC0ANR005207X 1542878 1542879 1542880 SUDU10001A7N0015 SUDU80830A7UI011 REE61NSA000872 REE61NSA000925 3000143

Destination NSIGT NSIGT NSIGT NSIGT NSIGT NSIGT NSIGT NSIGT NSIGT NSIGT NSIGT NSIGT NSIGT NSIGT NSIGT NSIGT NSIGT NSIGT NSIGT NSIGT NSIGT NSIGT NSIGT NSIGT NSIGT NSIGT NSIGT NSIGT NSIGT NSIGT NSIGT NSIGT NSIGT NSIGT NSIGT NSIGT NSIGT NSIGT NSIGT NSIGT NSIGT NSIGT NSIGT NSIGT ICD ANKLESHWAR ICD ANKLESHWAR ICD ANKLESHWAR ICD ANKLESHWAR ICD HYDERABAD ICD HYDERABAD ICD TUMB ICD TUMB NSIGT

Consignees are requested to obtain the Delivery Orders on presentation of duly endorsed Original Bills of Lading and on payment of applicable charges within the free time to avoid detention charges being levied. Consignees are requested to note that all FCL containers will be moved enbloc from the terminal to the nominated NEW MAERSK CFS (ANNEX CFS) from where the delivery will be effected. Separate IGM will be lodged with respective ICD's, Mumbai Customs for ICD's and Mumbai Port Delivery. Carrier or its agents will not be responsible for any delay in CY-CFS movement due to port congestion. Consignees are also requested to note that carrier and / or their agents are not bound to send individual Cargo Arrival Notice (CAN) regarding the arrival of the vessel or goods. Incase of Perishable goods, if not cleared within 72 hours the cargo may be listed for auction at the sole discretion of the Customs Authorities, with all costs, risks and responsibility on the consignee. As per Indian Customs Regulations any / all containers / lying uncleared for more than 30 days are listed for the auction under Sec. 48 of Indian Customs Act 1962 under notice to Consignee by the Custodian, as per address stated in their respective Bill of Lading. The same will be auctioned or destuffed without any further information / notice to the consignee. However the Line reserves their right to recover / claim all cost or charges on such shipments from the consignee. Our surveyor at the CFS is Master Marine Services Pvt. Ltd. Add : Gr. Floor Port User Building JNPT, Uran, Nhava Sheva, Navi Mumbai - 400 707. All import payments are to be made via RTGS/NEFT/IMPS in favour of M/s. Hamburg Sud India Private Limited. Consignees are requested to collect Delivery Order for all import shipments delivered at Nhava Sheva from the Import documentation department at Forbes Building, 4th Floor,Charanjit Rai Marg, Fort,Mumbai 400 001, India during the counter timings 9:30 am – 4:00 pm. Please note IGM details can also be checked at our website : www.hamburgsud-line.com

Hamburg Sud India Private Limited Forbes Building, 4th Floor, Charanjit Rai Marg, Fort, Mumbai 400 001, India Phone : +91 22 6124 5600, E-mail : import.mumbai@hamburgsud.com • CIN : U74900MH2010FTC199423

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Port of Antwerp introduces Certified Pick Up An innovative solution for releasing Containers Cont’d. from Pg. 3

The container release process has been made more secure and streamlined by sharing real-time information on a unique central data platform. The system will regulate the release of containers based on coded identification and authorisation information. This development will contribute towards a more secure, effective and resilient supply chain. For the design and operation of the application Port of Antwerp has teamed up with its subsidiary NxtPort which as a port community platform has already developed a series of digital applications for the Antwerp port community. Based on its knowledge of the Antwerp port sector NxtPort will

contribute its know-how to expanding the digital infrastructure of the port. Obligatory use Certified Pick up will become obligatory for all supply chain partners involved in the container release process as of November 2020, January 2021 at the latest. All containers leaving an Antwerp port terminal by truck, rail or barge (including transhipment containers and empty shipper-owned containers) fall under this obligation, with the legal framework being included in the Port Police Regulations. Port of Antwerp has opted for a phased approach in order to ensure the stable expansion of the system. Connection with Certified Pick up Connecting to Certified Pick up will yield advantages of efficiency for operators in the logistics chain. These

include improvements in security, simplification of administrative processes and shorter transit times for containers in Port of Antwerp. In the next few months Port of Antwerp will take the necessary steps to implement Certified Pick up and together with NxtPort it will organise information sessions tailored to the various partners involved in the logistics chain.

MOL’s response towards Coronavirus Disease (COVID-19) TOKYO: Mitsui O.S.K. Lines, L t d . ( M O L ; President & CEO: Junichiro Ikeda) announced to continue the “Work-from-Home” program with adjustment, which had been in effect since March 9, following the full domestic lif ting of the “State of Emergency proclamation” by The Government of Japan on May 25 , by increasing the maximum number of employees working from the office up to 30% from June 1, 2020. MOL will continue to prioritize officers and employee’s health

condition and thoroughly prevent infection by conducting temperature checks every morning, washing hands, gargling, and disinfecting hands and fingers with alcohol. In addition, MOL has established and started operating a safety guideline to prevent infection of the Novel Coronavirus Disease which includes, flexible commuting time, securing social distance in office, wearing mask, and using online meetings as we have established during “Work-from-Home”. MOL will continue to give top priority and to ensure the safety of its officers, employees and related parties, and will

respond flexibly according to the Government Policies to prevent the spread of infection. At the same time, MOL will gradually shift to a working system that balances business continuity with the new lifestyle. MOL will continue to contribute to the society and global economic growth and development through safe and stable transportation. In order to avoid inconvenience to our business partners and related parties, MOL will build a new working environment and system. (Note) MOL employees’ “Workfrom-Home” ratio remained over 90% since 9 March until now.

Indian Register of Shipping (IRClass) overcomes challenges from global pandemic to launch of ADVAITA, in China MUMBAI: Advaita, a dedicated cement carrier under construction at Penglai Zhongbai Jinglu Ship Industry Co., Ltd, China was successfully floated out on 30th March 2020. The vessel is being built under classification of Indian Register of Shipping (IRClass). This event is exceptionally significant as many constraints were faced prior to the successful launch, in light of the COVID-19 global pandemic. IRClass sur veyors braved the constantly changing scenario of both global and local restrictions and immense challenges including movement of manpower, to ensure the float happened as scheduled. Advaita, is approx.160m long, 22200 dwt, dedicated cement carrier and is designed to comply to all the latest IMO conventions and codes like SOLAS, MARPOL, Loadline etc for worldwide operations. Mr. P K Mishra, Head (Operations) of IRClass commented: ‘I’m glad we

were able to put into action and demonstrate our ability to adapt and respond quickly to the changing environment. This is a true test of IRClass’ competence and I am extremely proud of our team for putting in the tremendous effort in the face of these challenges and continuing to soldier on even in such exceptional circumstances’.

‘The safety and well-being of IRClass’ surveyors is the top priority for us and all safety measures and precautions are in place for them to carry out their roles. IRClass remains truly committed to its members to support their business needs and will continue monitoring the changing circumstances to ensure that their needs are met’, he further added.

IMPORTER'S GUIDE

VESSELS ON BERTH AT MbPT / JNPT / NSICT/ NSIGT / GTI / BMCT INDIRA DOCK VESSEL's NAME

1 2 3 4 5 9 J/E 11 12 12A 13 13A 13B 14

BBC Nagasaki

AGENT's NAME

Marcons Ship

Asia One

INDIRA DOCK VESSEL's NAME 15 16 18 19 21 B.Pier B.P. Extn. OCT1 Euro Spirit OCT2

SB-2 SB-3 LB-1 LB2

Lisa Auerbach

Trammo Cornrill

AGENT's NAME

CB-1 CB-2 GTI-1

CB-4 CB-5 CB-6

Interocean

CUSTOM EXCHANGE RATES ALL RATES PER UNIT

ON 01-06-2020 NAME OF THE CURRENCY U.S. Dollar U.K. Pound Euro Japanese Yen(100) Swiss Franc Swedish Kroner Canadian Dollar Australian Dollar Singapore Dollar Hong Kong Dollar Danish Kroner UAE Dirham

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 TT Selling Rates Bill Selling TT Buying Rates Bill Buying for Clean Rates for for Clean Rates for Remittance IMPORT Remittance EXPORT Outwards MKT MKT Inwards MKT MKT 75.7125 94.1500 84.4800 70.6125 79.1275 8.1150 55.3400 51.1700 54.1325 9.8250 11.3775 20.7375

75.8650 94.3375 84.6500 70.7525 79.2875 8.1325 55.4500 51.2700 54.2400 9.8450 11.4000 20.7775

75.0000 92.5575 83.2825 69.4775 77.7800 7.9500 54.5175 50.1750 53.0200 9.6250 11.1450 20.3150

Northern Priority

ISS Shipping

AS Sicilia

Espad Shipping

MSC Rosa M

MSC Agency

Hyundai Prestige

HMM (I)

GTI-2

74.9500 92.4900 83.2200 69.4300 77.7250 7.9425 54.4775 50.1400 52.9825 9.6175 11.1375 20.3000

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Regd. No.: MCS/137/2018-20

24 2nd JUNE 2020

DG Systems calls upon FFFAI for achieving transparency through paperless initiatives

Mr. S Ramakrishna

Mr. Shankar Shinde

Mr. A.V. Vijaykumar

Mr. Karunakar Shetty

Mr. Dushyant Mulani

Cont’d. from Pg. 3 In this Webinar on “Digital Transformation t h r o u g h Pa p e r l e s s I n i t i a t i v e s i n C u s t o m s Clearance” FFFAI also presented a number of recommendations before the Customs Authority, so that cargo clearance streamlined despite challenges. Speaking at this interactive webinar Mr Sandeep Kumar, DG Systems, Gover nment of India emphasized the need of achieving transparent process in Customs Clearance which will help to DG Systems Mr Sandeep Kumar (at the centre) enhance security and revenue of the country. M r K u m a r c a l l e d o n F F FA I C h a i r m a n assessed or examined within stipulated hours, say 3 hours, the Mr AV Vijaykumar in this webinar to work on blockchain same should be released by facilitating under RMS. technology for achieving the centralized KYC and also to Duplication of manual process to be avoided while achieve further uniformity in various processes involved in executing bonds with Customs: FFFAI suggested that there customs clearance of exim cargo. should be provision created in the EDI system, wherein, when a FFFAI team which was represented by Mr Vijaykumar and Bond is submitted, at the time of filing the Bill of Entry with BCBA President Mr Karunakar Shetty, along with Mr Shankar Customs, the same should get automatically debited and the Shinde, Chairman-Elect; Mr S Ramakrishna, Immediate Past duplication of process which is prevalent at present, besides Chairman and Dushyant Mulani, Honorary Secretary manual process, should be avoided. addressed the following issues which were collated from LEO time and date required to be mentioned on Shipping 28 FFFAI Member associations across the country: Bills: As being done on import side, FFFAI requested that the While accepting the recommendations from DG Systems Export module in ICEGATE should also specifically mention regarding creation of blockchain to work on creation of a exact time of each activity from submission to LEO such as centralized database of all the importers and exporters Assessment, DC Release, Registration of Documents for LEO, Mr Vijaykumar conveyed that FFFAI with its outreach to every Query reply in the same manner of imports and Feeding nook and corner of the country is geared up for creating the examination report and LEO. centralized KYC database of importers and exporters FFFAI also recommended that CTD declaration for transit transacting through Customs, which will help to create a secure cargo should be brought under EDI instead of manual at working environment. present. Mr Shetty complimented DG Systems and CBIC for their The meeting ended with questions from participants related progressive steps, which has helped to keep in critical supply to issues faced during lockdown and on how the steps taken by chain moving in the country in spite of challenges faced due to directorate of System would be helpful for the industry. COVID-19 pandemic, lack of transport not being available, etc. Mr Vijaykumar and Mr Sandeep Kumar summed up the He further said that CBs and frontline workers have braved session by stating that the amount of steps undertaken by CBIC against all odds and have ensured that customs clearance have and DG System would help the trade and industry to handle taken place through ports, airports, ICDs, etc for supply of higher volumes after the lockdown is over. essential goods to India citizens. In his thank giving note Mr Shankar Shinde, ChairmanMr Anupam Prakash, EDG, Systems along with Mr Kshitij Elect, FFFAI expressed gratitude to Customs for their tradeJain, Joint Commissioner, Systems unveiled future endeavour friendly initiatives to facilitate trade on technology platform to of the Directorate of Systems by carrying out various expedite customs clearances of cargo shipment going upgradation in the system which will result in high degree of paperless and avoid human interaction, especially at this paperless transaction. He explained the recent online module challenging time because of COVID-19 pandemic. He further which has been introduced for carrying out import clearance maintained that the trade would be immensely benefited by the further. He also conveyed that similar module is being worked DG System, Mr Sandeep Kumar’s new initiatives to offer a out for export with lot of features like import side. digital interactive platform. Mr Ramakrishna suggested that the centralized KYC with “It had been good experience and knowing Mr. Sandeep signature verification through the banker of Export Import trade Kumar and was pleasure working and experiencing his thought would enhance the security. FFFAI have already given a proposal process during facilitation of cross borders International to the Ministry of Finance and Ministry of Commerce in this Customs integration on ATA/ TIR Carnet. He played an important regard. It was also suggested that similar to import and LEO role in recommendation of India’s accession to TIR Convention. It documents if it is sent in PDF format along with copy to shipping would immensely help Indian Export Import trade to follow line and load port the TR-1 and TR-2 can be done away with. international best practices through government and industry Registration of goods should be immediately after the entry of stakeholders’ collaborative efforts,” Mr Shinde said. goods in Customs area along with uploading with Annexure-C is He thanked Mr. Anupam Prakash for sharing development also recommended for minimizing handling of export goods. and experience. He has always been helpful and available to Supplementing Mr Ramakrishna, Mr Mulani highlighted trade to resolve difficulties. In addition Mr Shinde thanked some other important points given below. Mr. Kshitij Jain who shared the latest developments on ICEGATE Auto monitoring and escalation mechanism to check the facility available to Customs Brokers and the process being pendency in import Bill of Entries and export Shipping undertaken for further development on ICES customs system. Bills: FFFAI suggested that for better monitoring of pendency He also thanked Mr Vijaykumar, Mr Shetty and Mr. Mulani for assessment and examination, the Customs EDI system for initiatives taken to conceptulise and organise the event. software should be designed in a manner so that if a particular Further, he thanked to the Presidents of FFFAI Member document is pending for more than 3 hours, there should be Association and EC Members for providing valuable inputs to automatic alert to the senior officer i.e Addl. Commissioner of make effective presentation to DG System for implementation Customs and Commissioner of Customs in charge of that and requested all to adopt to the new technology changes for section. Alternately if the Bill of entry/ shipping bill is not getting future survival and growth.