India: Cashew logistics meet opens today

KOCHI, MARCH 6: 

Cashew Export Promotion Council of India (CEPCI), the apex organisation of Indian Cashew Exporters, is organising Logistikaju 2013, a two-day event in Kollam on March 7-8.

The Indian Cashew Logistics Meet will start on March 7 evening with sessions on international logistics, national logistics and individual presentations by service providers.

There will be facility for one-to-one business interactions for which networking tables will be available CEPCI sources said.

This event is being organised in the light of the present Raw Cashew season in West African countries, special availability of RCN shipping, sailings from African ports to Cochin, Tuticorin, Mangalore and Vishakapatnam and the local movement of cashews from Cochin and Tuticorin to Kollam.

Logistikaju 2013 would be an ideal opportunity for the processors /traders to address their special needs to the relevant shipping/logistics companies, K. Sasi Varma, CEPCI Executive Director and Secretary, said.It will also provide ample space for shipping /logistics companies, steamer agents/lines, CHAs/C&F agents, brokers/suppliers, insurance companies, port agencies, freight operators, river - sea vessel operators, etc to interact with processors and exporters of cashew.