Kolkata: The Kolkata Port Trust (KoPT), rechristened Syama Prasad Mookerjee Port, is investing in digital technologies. It has set aside Rs 40 crore for various projects to bolster ease of doing business, ZeeNews quoted an official as saying on Wednesday.
The port authorities are undertaking an ambitious project to develop an integrated e-marketplace to facilitate coastal shipping, TNIE reported.
“This e-marketplace will be a single-window system for all coastal shipments. It will facilitate an integrated, transparent and hassle-free online system for the coastal shipping stakeholders,” the port chairman Vinit Kumar was quoted as saying by TNIE.