Getting set for the mega container traffic growth

Mr. S.S. Hussain, Chairman, Jawaharlal Nehru Port Trust (JNPT) flagged off the 3rd Southern Asia Ports, Logistics and Shipping 2008 India conference and exhibition at Hotel Leela Kempinski on September 23 and 24, 2008. It brought together a much larger number of participants and exhibitors than the earlier events. Organised by Transport Events the occasion served as a purposeful forum to present the up-to-date global container transportation scenario and its impact on shipping and trade.

In his keynote address Mr. Hussain contended that the port sector has been identified as the prime catalyst to accelerate the process of industrialization, international trade and economic progress. Port development and economic development are mutually related. On the one hand economic development necessitates port development as a part of infrastructure development and on the other, port development itself facilitates import-export and attracts industries to its hinterland, which, in turn, create forward and backward linkages with the rest of the economy.

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