The Delhi Mumbai Industrial Corridor Development Corporation (DMICDC) Logistics Data Services Ltd. (DLDS) is planning to digitally track bulk cargo after it covers all Indian major ports with digital container tracking solution by December.
Launching the digital container tracking solution at New Mangalore Port here on Wednesday (Nov. 21), DMICDC managing director and CEO Alkesh Kumar Sharma told reporters that trucks transporting bulk cargo would be affixed with RFID tags for tracking.
Tracking cargo, container as well as bulk, is essential to reduce logistics cost from the present 14% of the GDP to international standards of 8% to become competitive in the export market, Mr. Sharma said. While cargo transportation itself takes time, one mode to address it was through good highways and the other through tracking wherein every stakeholder would know the exact arrival timing of the cargo, he noted.
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