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INTERVIEW INTERVIEW LOGISTICS COLDCHAIN AndreasBullwinkel: BhavikMota: Logisticsat InPursuitofUnbroken TheGermanConnection CustomerswantReliability Loggerheads! ColdChain south asia’s premier maritime business magazine `100 MARCH 2018 WWW.MARITIMEGATEWAY.COM RNI NO: TELENG/2009/30633 POSTAL REGISTRATION NO: LII/RNP/HD/1137/2016-18 STATEFOCUS DATE OF PUBLICATION: 26/02/2018 DATE OF POSTING: 28/02/2018 SUNRISESTATEREADYTOSHINE New Kid on the Hinterland With a distinct advantage of being strategically located with access to the traditional domestic market, adjacent countries and also being a vantage entry point for the South-East Asian markets, this region is now the hot zone for infrastructure, connectivity and cargo movement Block 02 MARITIME GATEWAY / MARCH 2018 Automate and electrify your terminal. MoorMaster™ automated mooring, crane electrification system, shore power system, and Automatic Plug-in System for E-RTGs: just some of our innovative technologies that ensure ports worldwide operate safely, efficiently and sustainably. We call this inspired engineering. cavotec.com FROM THE EDITOR From Hype to Reality n recent times my inbox is flooded of trade and industry. The amount of with invitations to numerous trade and investments committed and MoUs Iinvestors summits. Being a witness to signed at these summits are astonishing. the trends in maritime trade, I try to get a This hype of MoUs is now infectious. sense of how the investments are going to Take the example of Advantage Assam, impact the growth in the manufacturing which announced signing of 200 MOUs space. While in the past the trade meets and investment proposal to the tune of were mostly organized by the trade bodies, `1,00,000 crore was committed. Similarly, The million-dollar but now it has become a regular platform Magnetic Maharashtra Summit witnessed for states to showcase opportunities and 4,106 MoUs worth `12.10 trillion. The list question is how much market themselves to the world to attract is endless. But the million-dollar question of it (MoUs signed) is investment. Years back Vibrant Gujarat is how much of it is getting translated into set the trend of shifting the goal posts for reality? How many of these enthusiastically getting translated into the trade meets and make them rather announced projects are grounded!? platforms for investors to have a firsthand reality? How many of experience of the state’s resources and The reality dawned on one of India’s most these enthusiastically conduciveness for the growth of their showcased state events Vibrant Gujarat business. Over a period of time this Summit where the word ‘investor’ was announced projects business model has been picked up by silently dropped. Reports indicate that most of the states in the country. While many of the tall investment claims made at are grounded!? there are some states with emerging these summits remain rhetoric and void of economy like West Bengal (Bengal Global action. In some cases it is to the extent of Business Summit), Odisha (Invest in recycling the MoUs year-after-year. Odisha), Uttar Pradesh (UP Investors If the manufacturing growth and job Summit 2018), Andhra Pradesh (The creation has to be a reality, states should Partnership Summit) which are scouting take a more pragmatic approach towards for investments to keep up the momentum converting the investments into reality by of economic and trade growth, other states creating a better ecosystem resolving the like Jharkhand (Momentum Jharkhand challenges of regulatory framework, land Investors Summit) and Assam (Advantage allotment and skilled manpower. Assam) with relatively smaller economic growth also joined this bandwagon with Otherwise soon the euphoria will die down lookout for fresh investments. But what and the growth momentum is unlikely to surprises me is the fact that states like sustain. Maharashtra (Magnetic Maharashtra summit), Karnataka and Tamil Nadu with fairly established manufacturing sectors still remain in the race. 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Julian Michael Bevis P Jairaj Kumar Senior Director, Group Relations, South Asia Capt Sanjeev Rishi Chairman & MD, Ocean Sparkle Limited Feedback A.P.Moller-Maersk Advisor, Worlds Window Infrastructure & Logistics Pvt Ltd Shardul Thacker Navin Passey Readers are advised to send all feedback and Capt Deepak Tewari Partner Managing Director, Wallem Shipmanagement (India) Pvt Ltd Chairman, Container Shipping Lines Association (CSLA) Mulla & Mulla & Craigie Blunt & Caroe comments to [email protected] CONTENTS VOLUME 10 | ISSUE 06 | MARCH 2018 38 INFRASTRUCTURE DTDC in the driver's seat DTDC is getting agile as it grows. The new transshipment hub in Samalkha is equipped with state-of-the-art equipment to boost throughput efficiency, as the volume of cargo grows. 32 STATE FOCUS Sunrise state ready to shine Having notched the third position in the national logistics index within just four years of formation, the sunrise state is now chasing a larger vision to be among the top 15 states in the Global Competitiveness Index. North East 44 COLD CHAIN In pursuit of unbroken cold chain New Kid on the Agility India organized a one of its kind industry summit on Cold Chain dedicated to the pharmaceutical and life Hinterland Block sciences sector, their challenges and achieving objective solutions through collaboration, awareness, education, and implementation of technology 24 35 and best practice. COVER STORY JET CITY Changing logistics With a distinct advantage of being strategically located with access to landscape the traditional domestic market, adjacent countries and also being a 46 vantage entry point for the South-East Asian markets, this region is now Based on the concept of DIGITALISATION inclusive lifestyle and industrial the hot zone for infrastructure, connectivity and cargo movement. solution, Jakkampudi A digital platform Economic Township, one connecting all stakeholders of the 100 Economic Cities ODEX helps the maritime INTERVIEWS proposed for Andhra Pradesh industry swiftly ride the digital aims to bring together housing, wave as it connects stakeholders employment, social amenities, to manage their workflow and manufacturing and integrated collect payments. 37 logistics into one space. RELIABILITY IS WHAT CUSTOMERS 48 LOOK FOR 36 WISTA DAY BHAVIK MOTA JNPT High Five to WISTA India HEAD, TRADE AND MARKETING, MAERSK LINE INDIA PSA expands capacity on WISTA members came together to celebrate fifth anniversary of the west coast WISTA India. The event also PSA is expanding capacity reflected the visibility WISTA 40 to be future ready and has gained in the maritime THE GERMAN CONNECTION provide world class logistics industry. infrastructure on the west coast. ANDREAS BULLWINKEL MD, CONTAINER TERMINAL, WILHELMSHAVEN JADEWESERPORT MARKETING GMBH & CO. KG OTHERS 49 08 News in Brief MORE AND MORE PROCESSES 10 Point Blank NEED TO GO ON EDI 12 Numbers