DMICDC Logistics Data Services (DLDS), a joint venture between Government of India represented by National Industrial Corridor Development & Implementation Trust (NICDIT) and Japanese IT major NEC Corporation, launches its container tracking service at Kamarajar Port, extending its foray into India's Southern corridor, and bringing under its ambit, services to 16 ports.

The Firm’s flagship solution, Logistics Data Bank (LDB), is a single window container tracking solution aimed at improving operations in Indian container logistics. It has been operational in the western corridor, at the Jawaharlal Nehru Port Trust (JNPT) since 2016, and later expanded its operations to Hazira & Mundra ports of Adani Ports and Special Economic Zone (APSEZ) in 2017.

The LDB operations which have been extended in India’s south-eastern corridor since November last year, cover

The extension of DLDS' services to the Kamarajar Port is a significant breakthrough in simplifying operations in India's vast container logistics sector

the ports like Chennai, Visakhapatnam, and Krishnapatnam, with its ICT-based services. Moreover, LDB has also extended its operations to Kolkata - Haldia Ports, Cochin Port, New Mangalore Port, V.O. Chidambaranar Port, Adani Kattupalli Port, Deendayal Port, Paradip Port and Mormugao Port. With the inclusion of Kamarajar Port, Ennore-Chennai LDB's ICT-based services have become operational across 25 port terminals of India.

The extension of DLDS' services to the Kamarajar Port is a significant breakthrough in simplifying operations in India's vast container logistics sector. LDB currently handles 96 percent of India's container movement. The extension of LDB's services at Kamarajar Port follows a milestone of 21 million EXIM containers tracked by its single window interface. The company’s container tracking solution has significantly benefited various stakeholders in the supply chain operations, by considerably reducing the port dwell time and overall transportation time for export and import of shipments.