Port operations in India are facing typical issues like tailback of heavy vehicles waiting for cargo handling, delays in permission related to ship movement or anchoring, cumbersome process to complete various paper work, etc. To set things right, the Gujarat Maritime Board (GMB), the nodal agency for port sector development in Gujarat plans to make ample use of ICT at the ports in the State. Nirav Soni of Elets News Network (ENN) writes about the Port Operation Management System (POMS) Project of GMB

The non major ports in Gujarat have been able to attract a considerable share of the maritime freight movement. In fact, in the latest fiscal, the non-major ports have overshadowed their larger counterparts, posting double-digit growth in traffic on the back of better infrastructure and value-added services. The traffic of the non-major ports of Gujarat grew to 336 million tonnes in 2014-15, which is more than 30 per cent of the total national cargo and more than 70 per cent of the cargo collectively achieved by the non-major ports of the country.

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