Centre set to strengthen digital ecosystem in 5 ports with `320 cr

New Delhi: The central government is implementing Rs 320-crore project for five major ports in order to provide adigital port ecosystem, according to the Ministry of Ports, Shipping and Waterways.

These ports are Mumbai, Chennai, Deendayal, Paradip and Kolkata (including Haldia). "An enterprise business system (EBS) is being implemented at five major ports with a project cost of about Rs 320 crore to provide a digital port ecosystem," Ministry of Ports, Shipping and Waterways has said in a document.

The system will adopt international best practices without losing its alignment to existing local needs, it added. A total of 2,474 processes were rationalised, harmonised, optimised and standardised to arrive at a final re-engineered process count of 162 processes, it said. In addition, a centralised web-based port community system (PCS) has been operationalised across all major ports which enable seamless data flow between various stakeholders through common interface.

To move towards the complete paperless regime, E-DO (electronic delivery order) through PCS has been made mandatory along with e-invoicing and e-payment, it said.