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VOL. XLIV No. 118T TUTICORIN : Monday, June 20, 2022 Annual Subscription: ` 750/-
South East CEO Conclave & Cargo & Logistics Awards
2022 has a distinguished line-up of participants

Exim News Service from the entire gamut of the maritime, cargo, logistics and ex-
Chennai, June 19 im trade, including a large number of shipper registrations.
eading lights asso- The event will thus be an occasion to listen to key players
Lciated with the mar- from across the spectrum of Continued on page 6
itime, cargo and logis-
tics trade have confirmed VOC Port should be developed as an
their participation in Exim India Shipping Times’
South East CEO Conclave (SECC) 2022, the 13th international transhipment hub to
edition, concurrent with the South East – Cargo & make Indian exporters competitive
Logistics Awards 2022, scheduled on June 24, 2022 at
the ITC Grand Chola in Chennai. Exim News Service implementation at a cost of
Some of the eminent attendees are listed in the TuTiCorin, June 19 rs13,775 crore during 2013-
accompanying box on page 6. The Association for 2014, followed by the an-
They will all be part of an interactive deliberation on the Tuticorin Hub Port De- nouncement in the Central
various facets of the event theme at the CEO Conclave. This velopment has urged the Budget, the association said
premier gathering of the maritime, cargo and logistics fra- government of india to con- in a release.
ternity in the region has a very significant theme for 2022, sider the development of The advantages of VoC
in keeping with the increased focus on environmentally and VoC Port as an internation- Port at Tuticorin over the
commercially viable growth and net zero emission targets - al transhipment hub port other ports in serving the in-
A New Era in Cargo & Logistics – Sustainability & the at the earliest by providing ternational trade as a deep
Road Ahead. the necessary budgetary draft port for the handling of
The awards gala to follow will acknowledge companies support as may be required indian ex-im cargo is that it
as well as individuals who were a step ahead of the rest in by the port authority. Con- is an all-weather sheltered
strategy, operations and outlook in the last fiscal. sidering the need for the port, not affected by natural
SeCC 2022 is also seeing tremendous delegate interest development of VoC Port calamities, works 24x7 and
as a Transhipment hub, the 365 days, unlike the other
Port authority, with prior ports which are affected by
approval of the Ministry of the monsoon. The abundant
Shipping, had mooted the availability of land with
proposal of development VoC Port, and the skilled
of outer harbour-Phase i workforce and efficient car-
go handling systems are the
Appointment - 7 other advantages.
it has direct access to
Revised Customs Exchange Continued on page 6
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