Carriage of coastal cargo from one Indian port to another port in foreign going vessels - Regarding

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....that the desired facility will allow the foreign going vessels to carry coastal cargo on their voyage from one Indian port to another before they leave the last Indian port and are bound foreign shores, e.g. ships operating on route from Nhava Sheva-Cochin-Tuticorin to say Australia and vice versa can be utilised to carry domestic containers from Nhava Sheva to Cochin and Tuticorin while en-route to foreign ports and similarly on return voyage, they can be utilised for carrying domestic containers from Tuticorin to Cochin and Nhava Sheva. According to the trade, the proposed facility will help create better capacity utilisation of ships and also reduce the transaction cost of exports and imports. 2. The proposal has been considered by the ....

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....less the Bill of Coastal Goods duly passed along with the permission of the proper officer to load the container is received by him. On receipt of the documents, the Master shall prepare a Coastal Manifest in triplicate. A separate set of manifest shall be prepared for each coastal port for which the vessel is carrying coastal cargo. The proper officer may, after making necessary checks, make an endorsement on the manifest, retaining one copy of the manifest and return the other two copies to the Master of the vessel. The Master shall retain one copy as carrier's record and submit the other to the proper officer at the destination port along with the Bill(s) of Coastal Goods relating to the goods meant for that port. (d) Before any coastal....