Apples: Chamber welcomes amendment to import policy conditions Business Standard Indian Chamber of Commerce and Industry (ICCI), local chapter, today welcomed the amendment to the import of apples, curtailing restrictions of importing it through only one port in the country. The Director General of Foreign Trade's September 2015 a notification, wherein import of fresh apples was restricted only through Nava Sheva Port in Maharashtra, created lots of problems for fruit merchants all over India, particularly apple merchants, ICCI president D Nandakumar said. He and ICCI Secretary Rajesh B Lund, along with a member of Coimbatore Fruit Merchants' Association had met Minister of State for Commerce and Industry Nirmala Sitharaman when she was here in October last and given a representation on it, In response to this, DGFT had issued another notification on January 12, curtailing the restrictions and allowing apple imports through sea ports and airports in Kolkata, Chennai, Mumbai and Cochin and Land Port and Airport in Delhi, he said.

Mumbai airport unveils cargo mobile app The Hindu GVK Mumbai International Airport Limited (MIAL) along with technology provider Kale Logistics Solutions has introduced Cargo Mobile App as an extension to its air cargo community platform, GMAX to foster better communication and effective dissemination of information among members of the trade. It is India’s first such app, the airport operator said. The app provides important functionalities for the trade, enables end-to-end tracking of shipments, and helps all members of the logistics chain in planning their resources, MIAL said. The GMAX mobile app can be downloaded from Google Play store on all Android mobile devices. The app enables Export General Manifest (EGM) tracking, which can expedite the export incentive realisation process, and provides complete visibility of vehicles/shipment within cargo terminal.

Industry Bodies Launch Measures for Owners Selling Ships for Scrap World Maritime News Shipping companies are being strongly encouraged to use new ‘Transitional Measures for Ship owners Selling Ships for Recycling’ launched by an inter-industry working group led by the International Chamber of Shipping (ICS). According to ICS, the purpose of the new Transitional Measures is to help ship owners ensure to the greatest extent possible that their end of life ships will be recycled at facilities that are compliant with the standards enshrined in the IMO Hong Kong Convention, in advance of the global regime entering into legal force. The Transitional Measures set out detailed advice on the preparation and maintenance of inventories of hazardous materials, as required by the IMO Convention and a separate new EU Regulation which has already entered into force and which has implications for non-EU ships calling at EU ports. The guidelines also address measures which shipping companies are strongly recommended to take now when selling end of life ships for recycling. Logistics Chennai,International Freight Forwarders in Chennai, Custom Clearance Agents in Chennai , Checkout http://www.jupiterseaair.com