Important Facts For Prelims
Mobile X-Ray Container Scanning System: Paradip Port
- 14 Sep 2021
- 2 min read
Why in News
Recently, a Mobile X-Ray Container Scanning System (MXCS) has been installed by Paradip Port near the PICT (Paradeep International Cargo Terminal) Terminal.
Key Points
- About:
- It has been installed under the Ease of Doing Business (EoDB) initiative for the purpose of reducing physical examination and dwell time of containers at the Port.
- It will facilitate movement of unshredded metallic scrap materials in containers through the Port to meet the long standing requirement of hinterland Industries.
- Significance:
- It is expected to boost the container volume at Paradip Port and will reduce the logistic cost and help the EXIM (Export-Import) trade.
- Paradip Port:
- It is a natural, deep-water port on the East coast of India, situated at the confluence of the Mahanadi river and the Bay of Bengal, in Odisha.
- Located 210 nautical miles south of Kolkata and 260 nautical miles north of Visakhapatnam.
- It is administered by the Paradip Port Trust (PPT), administering under the Major Port Trusts Act, 1963 functioning under the Ministry of Ports, Shipping and Waterways.
- PPT was commissioned in 1966 as a mono commodity port for export of iron ore.
- It is a natural, deep-water port on the East coast of India, situated at the confluence of the Mahanadi river and the Bay of Bengal, in Odisha.
