DP World Chennai’s Costly Mistake Puts Importer in Trouble
Source: http://www.portwings.in/articlesinterviews/dp-world-chennais-costly-mistake-puts-importer-in-trouble/ Chennai: Port Wings News Network: When the Government of India strongly vouching for steps to promote and ensure Ease of Doing Business in the country, a mistake (rather costly mistake) by a private container terminal operator operating out of Chennai Port has forced an importer to shell out about Rs 50,000 as additional charges to take delivery of his imported goods. According to details available, a firm namely Balaji Flowers from Nilgiris regularly imports Lillium flower bulbs from Europe through Chennai Port. During the third week of December, the firm imported one reefer box of lillium bulbs from Holland. The cargo, in a 20-ft Reefer Container, reached the DP World Chennai Container Terminal (also known as Chennai Container Terminal Limited –CCTL) in a Maersk Line Vessel MV Maersk Bentonville. CCTL is one of the two container terminals in ...
