Auteur: AIVP
Source: Port of Rotterdam
Date de parution: Lundi, 24 Avril 2006
Type de Document: Actualité
Thème: 2.01 - commerce international, 3.02 - politique de transport par pays
Langue originale: Anglais
Localisation:

Europe : Pays Bas : Rotterdam
Asie : Inde :

Langue: Français, Anglais, Espagnol

L'Association des Ports Indiens (IPA), qui représente les douze principaux ports du pays, a décidé de faire appel aux services de l'Autorité Portuaire de Rotterdam pour une mission de conseil. L'équipe néerlandaise sera en charge de coordonner les travaux préparatoires à la mise en place d'un nouveau Business Plan. Pour les autorités indiennes, la modernisation du système portuaire est aujourd'hui cruciale pour soutenir la forte croissance économique du pays (29/03/2006).

The agreement is in line with the Rotterdam Port Authority’s international policy, one of the objectives of which is to attract new cargo flows from countries experiencing strong economic growth. In India, growth of eight percent was recorded last year. At the moment, the foreign policy conducted by the Port Authority is limited to the development of a port in Sohar, Oman. At the end of last year, CEO Hans Smits announced that the Port Authority also wished to become active in other foreign ports, if the conditions were right.

The ports of Paradip, Kolkata, Visakhapatnam, Ennore, Chennai, Tuticorin (East coast), Cochin, New Mangalore Port, Mormugao, Jawaharlal Nehru Port, Mumbai and Kandia (West coast) form the IPA, which is based in Delhi. Their joint throughput represents around 75 percent of the country’s total and just about equals the throughput figures for the port of Rotterdam (370 million tonnes). The Indian Ministry of Shipping, Road Transport and Motorways is responsible for the results of the ports.
All twelve ports are engaging a firm of consultants to draw up their business plan. The result must be the transformation of the existing ports into modern ‘state of the art’ ports, which are equipped to serve India’s rapidly developing economy. It will be the Port Authority’s job to supervise the drafting of these plans and assist with the co-ordination.

More information :
http://www.ipa.nic.in
http://www.portofrotterdam.com