‘Absence of regulated parking & offloading at platforms results in huge cargo bunching’

Sunil Kohli, MD, Rahat Cargo says, “The congestion mainly at the airports of metro cities begins from the cargo offloading at the limited truck-doc areas due to departure schedules of flights of several carriers coinciding with each other followed by a delayed process of weighment by the custodian. An absence of regulated parking & offloading processes at the platforms results in bunching of huge cargo at any given time. The subsequent congestion occurs for the screening process wherein large quantum of cargo queues up for their turns incurring considerable delays. Thus, all the related agencies have to provide the requisite facilities commensurate with the growth of cargo tonnage facilitating hassle free timely handling of processes. The related agencies must install additional provisions and redesign their systems and processes, wherever needed to be in readiness for any peak demand scenario. They must also consider using technology, coordination, and best practices to optimize the use of resources and minimize delays and congestions.”