DIAL Cargo gets international e-ASIA 2007 award

New Delhi, Sep 23: The cargo operations of Delhi International Airport Pvt Ltd (DIAL) recently won the highly prestigious e-Asia 2007 award on implementation of e-commerce/electronic data interchange in air cargo sector.

The award was given by Asia Pacific Council for Trade Facilitation and Electronic Business (AFACT) in Bangkok. Over 30 contestants from 18 different countries made presentations on their e-operations and DIAL's entity was adjudged the best.

Implementation of electronic commerce/electronic data interchange is a thrust area of the government under Export Promotion Board (EPB) and is coordinated by the Ministry of Commerce. It results in paperless e-transactions as per international standards. The project was initiated by the Airports Authority of India (AAI) at four Indian airports and steered by a core team of DIAL officials for the IGI Airport.

The air cargo terminal spread over 27 acres of land manages and operates a common user infrastructure facility for storage and processing of international air cargo. With the help of semi-mechanised integrated facilities, the terminal undertakes secured and efficient export, import and trans-shipment cargo functions.

It provides a single window clearance for export and import cargo to facilitate expeditious processing and custom clearance of international cargo. Delhi airport currently handles more than 0.4 million tonnes of cargo per annum. The figure is expected to grow to two million tonnes by 2025.

UNI