The Ministry ports, shipping and waterways on 15th March 2021 has published the Paradip Port Trust (Licensing of Stevedoring and Shore Handling) Regulations, 2021 in supersession of the Paradip Port Trust (Licensing of Stevedores) Regulation, 2009.
The regulation shall be applicable to stevedoring activities on board and shore handling activities onshore undertaken by the agent, but shall not apply to such activities undertaken either by the Board or by any person with whom Public Private Partnership agreement or Build-Operate–Transfer agreement or such other agreement has been entered into by the Board.
A licence for carrying out the stevedoring and shore handling activities may be issued to an applicant who fulfills the following criteria, namely:––
(a) the applicant is a company registered under the Companies Act, 2013 (18 of 2013) or a partnership Firm or any other legal entity;
(b) the applicant has employed, or submits an undertaking to employ, atleast six supervisory personnel possessing minimum of two years’ of experience in cargo handling or stowage;
(C)the applicant possesses equipment and gears required for stevedoring activities and shore handling activities, as specified by the Board;
Any person who desires to obtain a licence under these regulations for carrying out the stevedoring and shore handling activities may, at any time, submit an application online in the format available on the website of the Board, or in writing to the Chairman in Form-A, along with the documents specified therein and a fee of rupees fifty thousand or such higher fee, as the Board may fix, from time to time.
The license shall be valid for a period of three years from the date of issue of licence unless otherwise specified.
