Cochin is the fastest growing maritime gateway to peninsular India. An all-weather natural Port, it is located strategically close to the busiest international sea routes from the Gulf to Singapore and Europe to the Far East circuits. The port is spearheading fast-track maritime and industrial growth in the large geographical spread of its economically vibrant hinterland. The logistically sensitive port is emerging as the most preferred investment destination for maritime commerce.The Port of Cochin is located on the Willingdon Island at Latitude 9 degree 58' North and Longitude 76 degree 14' East on the South West coast of India about 930 km. South of Bombay and 320 km. North of Kanyakumari.

SERVICES

• Regular Consols To & From: SINGAPORE / PORT KLANG / COLOMBO / DUBAI

• Project shipments in 20' / 40' FLAT RACKS and OPEN TOP containers To & From Singapore, Port Klang, Colombo, Dubai and Upper Gulf regions.

• Containerised Liner Service To & From Singapore, Port Kelang under Principal, SOL Line

• Containerised Liner Service to & From East and West Coast of South America under Principal Maruba s.c.a.

• Multimodal and Logistic services using SOCs and COCs to Central Asia / CIS countries via Bander Abbas (Iran) & Qingdao (China). The service includes shipments under GP, Special Equipments, Project and Refrigerated cargoes. Specialise in carriage Tea into Kazakistan.

• Freight Forwarding and NVO services to all 7 continents covering inland locations as well, via Major transshipment hubs. Emphasis and focus on Latin America, Africa, Baltic and Europe trade lanes.

• Sea - Air operations for specific industries like Pharmaceuticals and Garments via Dubai.

• Logistic, Transportation and Warehousing facilities for corporate clients to provide exwork services in Export and Door deliveries for DDU and DDP shipments.

• Air Freight Imports & Exports .

• Cochin is the gateway port to only one hinderland location i.e ICD Coimbatore which is situated 220kms away& daily Bonded Truck Service is available which is operated by Concor (Container Corporation Of India) between Cochin and Coimbatore.

Major commodities handled through Cochin port are :-

Imports	Exports
- Food Grains - Coal - Fertilizer raw material - Iron Steel & Machinery - Cashew Nuts - Zinc Conc - Newsprint	- Coir Products - Tea - Cashew Kernels - Marine products - Coffee - Spices

Contacts :

Branch Head: Mr. Venoy: venoy.salescok@globelinkww.com
Groupage Inbounds: Mr. Sasi: sasi.doccok@globelinkww.com
Groupage Outbounds: Mr. Dilip: dileep.doccok@globelinkww.com
Marketing: Mr. Venoy: venoy.salescok@globelinkww.com
Mr. Rajesh: rajesh.salescok@globelinkww.com

India News Bulletin

News on Rail Corridor connecting Port of JNP

From 15 th Feb 07, JNPT will have a common rail opertator, which is a first of its kind joint container evacuation initiative. From now onwards a container train run by CONCOR will operate to a particular ICD in India loaded with cargo of the three terminals of JNP (JNPT, Nsict, GTI). Till now container trains were carrying dedicated cargoes for a particular terminal at JNP, which handles over 58% of Indias container traffic. Besides its own terminal, JNP has two container terminals operated by DP World (Nisict) and Maersk led consortium and JNP (GTI).Indian railways and Concor have also joined JNP for this common rail operator concept At present dedicated container trains used to run for al these terminals from 17 different ICD locations across India, the scene would change with Inter terminl rail handling operations (ITRHO) effective 15 th Feb 07. For instance destined to Delhi ICD will be filled by containers from two of these three terminals. One terminal will take lead to fill the rakes. The benefit would be in turn around times. The turnaround time for a container train crucial for evacuating cargo will be reduced to 5 hrs instead of 8 hours. This will also increase port productivity and help in decongestion of port.