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India’s premier maritime business magazine `100 MARCH 2014 WWW.MARITIMEGATEWAY.COM RNI NO: APENG/2009/30633 POSTAL REGISTRATION NO: LII/RNP/HD/1137/2013-15 Cabotage: Does more need to be done? DATE OF PUBLICATION: 26/02/2014 India Maritime Week Version 2.0, stands by its commitment to help every sector grow in the industry. For, by and to the shipping trade. The industry gauged the collective responsibility of all its stakeholders for a bigger, better and brighter future for the It's country's sea trade. Time to Act MARCH 2014 VOLUME 6 ISSUE 6 IMW 2014 SPECIAL REPORT p. 05 With specialised business discussions and stimulating plenary sessions, the attendees were toasted to a wide gamut of subjects that helped them assimilate the industry’s desiderata. WORKSHOPS INDUSTRY FORUMS SESSION 3 Transforming ICD/CFS business ‘Future of India is in mega ports’ ............... 26 Efficiency in operations is key to 3PL ........06 Shipowners Forum: Let there be a level playing field ................. 38 SESSION 4 Ports & terminal management ‘Gujarat has the most successful Govt ports can't afford to be lethargic ......08 AMTOI & FFFAI Forum: maritime board in the country’................... 29 Ironing out the logistical creases ................ 40 HR SUMMIT IWT & CS Forum: SESSION 5 HR in shipping has a long way to go ........... 10 ‘Innovative policies needed to push cargo movement along waterways' ....................... 42 ‘Bureaucracy continues to dog logistics sector ’ ....................................... 32 INAUGURAL SESSION NISAA Forum: A platform to create better interface ‘Vision should be clear to support future SESSION 6 between industry and government .............. 14 container movements' ................................... 46 Ship Building: What is the right strategy? .......................... 34 IPPTA Forum: PLENARY SESSION 1 ‘Let market forces decide tariffs' ............... 48 ‘Govt must be willing to share SESSION 7 project risk' ...................................................... 16 Bunkering: ROUND TABLES Time to chart the roadmap .......................... 36 SESSION 1 Rail logistics: ‘Growth will come from Far-East, ‘Core issue is about financing projects' .... 50 Middle-East trade lanes' ............................... 18 G ATEWAY GOLF Fertilisers: Tee time with maritime! ............................... 56 Urea decontrol likely to offer new SESSION 2 opportunities................................................... 52 The big debate: Agro commodities: PHOTO GALLERY Cabotage a reality check .............................. 20 Storage, transportation issues plague Industry under one roof… agri-produce distribution ............................. 53 Exploring ideas & devising strategies ........ 58 Project cargo: PLENARY SESSION 2 ‘Cargo movement delays cost ‘Acquisition of land has become end user dearly’ ............................................. 54 IMW 2012 RECOMMENDATIONS a major point of conflict' .............................. 22 Action initiated ............................................... 62 OPENING REMARKS Editor-in-Chief and Publisher Ramprasad [email protected] IMW: Striving to Sr Assistant Editor Sreekala G [email protected] Assistant Editor Deepika Amirapu make a difference [email protected] Assistant Editor Itishree Samal [email protected] This is an opportunity to extend heart-felt thanks Sr Designers Vijay Masa, Lakshmi Dandamudi to the Shipping Ministry, the industry veterans and Designer Nagaraju N S all the people who played a seminal role in making the second edition of India Maritime Week (IMW) a Marketing & Sales grand success. 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In its second avatar, the conference celebrated and cerebrated, along with 1,000 professionals, and stimulating ways how the Indian shipping sector can overcome big challenges and plenary sessions, the thrive making most of the big prospects. attendees were toasted IThe five-day event held in New Delhi at JW Marriot’s chandelier-lit rooms led the industry focus on various issues that need immediate attention from the to a wide gamut of government to achieve the goals stated in the Maritime Agenda 2020. Besides specialized business discussions and stimulating plenary sessions, the attendees subjects that helped were toasted to a wide gamut of subjects that helped them