Deadline for installation of monitors and container scanners at five ports extended to March 31

January 3, 2020

The government has again extended the deadline for five major ports for the installation of monitors and container scanners from December 31, 2019 to March 31, 2020. The five major ports are the Jawaharlal Nehru Port Trust (JNPT), Deendayal port, Mumbai port, V.O. Chidambaranar port and Visakhapatnam port. In addition, the Directorate General of Foreign Trade has specified that the ports which fail to meet the revised deadline will be derecognised for the import of unshredded metallic scrap with effect from April 2020.