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LMJ Logistics Limited sponsored the first Conference in the series of focused industry events organized by Maritime Gateway under the platform - Gateway Knowledge Forum on April 09, 2010 at Taj Mahal Hotel, New Delhi.
This one-day conference, consisted of six focused sessions structured as interactive panel discussions, which were followed by question and answer interaction with the audience. Speakers in each panel consisted of esteemed industry leaders
The Gateway Knowledge Forum focused on Efficiency in Inland Logistics: New Pathways, was well-received and appreciated by the industry and trade. The day-long conference turned out to be a huge success as representatives from the government, industry and the trade participated in large numbers.
Our warehousing facilities sprea Hon’ble Secretary, Ministry of Shipping, Shri K Mohandas, the chief guest for the inaugural session, extended his support to look into the issues and act upon immediately on the recommendations made by the industry during the panel discussions. “The ministry will look into and take necessary action on the implementable recommendations that this event will come out with. It will be ensured that the recommendations addressed to other ministries will be forwarded to them for immediate action,” Shri Mohandas assured.d over 16 strategically locations covering 5.5 Million Sq. Ft. of area nationwide. Our warehouses have branded Material Handling Equipments (MHE) such as Forklifts, Electrical pallet trucks, Stackers, Order Pickers, Systematic racking system, Hydraulic docking systems etc.
The sessions on freight policy and infrastructure were captivating and had an overwhelming response from the delegates, who engaged the panelists in interactive discussion. Mr Raghu Dayal, former Managing Director, CONCOR India Ltd. & Sr. Fellow at AITD, in his keynote address, suggested that Indian Railways (IR) needs to bring out a transformation in its approach and that the “business as usual” attitude may no longer hold good in the changing scenario of increased consolidation and competition. “IR has been a hugely successful organisation and has both the potential and genius to bring about the change …. IR can work collaboratively with the private players and use its land to build the necessary infrastructure through private participation,” Mr Dayal said.
A policy in place for the freight transportation by road was felt by many of the panelists. Mr Jasjit Sethi, CEO, TCI Supply Chain Solutions, stressed on the need to beef up road infrastructure in the fastest way possible. The panelists called for the establishment of a National Multimodal Transport Policy which encompasses not only the road but also the rail, inland water transport and the coastal shipping. This would enable the various ministries and government departments to work in a much coordinated way in removing the infrastructure bottlenecks.
Capt. Sriram Ravi Chander, COO, Visakha Container Terminal Pvt. Ltd. proposed an Integrated Freight Community System for the entire logistics sector on the similar line of the Port Community System. “Such a system would solve the redundancies, duplication of paper work and enables seamless connectivity across the value chain,” Capt Sriram emphasised.
The recommendations that came to the fore during the deliberations of the six focused session were duly compiled and presented to Shri K Mohandas over the evening session.
