Credit JNPT.
As equipment availability continues to remain tight, Indian logistics leaders are pulling out all the stops to restore equilibrium in an unbalanced market.
The latest move is a digital play to counter carriers’ persistent reluctance to share data on empties.
Officials have begun working to install RFID [radio-frequency identification]-enabled tools across container storage yards in and around Jawaharlal Nehru Port Trust (Nhava Sheva) and Mundra Port to track box turnarounds.
Equipment data visibility became a challenge for authorities after the Container Shipping Lines Association (CSLA) – the lobby group representing foreign carriers in India – turned down requests for information on yard inventory levels.
Officials said NICDC Logistics Data Services, which…
