Saturday, December 13, 2014

Indian Railways rating system to be industry friendly


Chennai:

Indian Railways is now coming out with a new rating system with
confidence of industry kept in mind, according to N Sreekumar, chief
general manager of Container Corporation of India Limited.

Addressing a event organised by Indian Institute of Logistics,
Sreekumar also said the government is going to restructure the railway
board.

He also stated that the total logistics sector in India would undergo
a transformation with the east and west freight corridor coming into
being.

He said the eastern corridor would link the Punjab industrial belt
with Kolkata while the Western corridor would link Punjab with Gujara.

He also highlighted that the logistics sector in the country is the
costliest one when compared with the developing world.

Captain V J Pushpa Kumar, director f Indian Institute of Logistics
said that IIL is setting up a Logistics Knowledge Park in Chennai for
extending logistics education to various private universities in the
country.

He said the company has acquired 15 acres of and at Ponneri near
Chennai on the banks of Pulicut Lake where buildings with modern
facilities are under construction. “We are awaiting the clearance from
environment ministry,” Pushpakumar said.

Ennarasu Karunesan, chief executive officer and director of DP Wold
Chennai, Spencer Tsai, branch head of Wan Hai Lines (India) Pvt Ltd,
Capt K G Ramakrishnan, managing director of Ben Line Agencies and
others also spoke on the occasion

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