Extended container scanning hours streamline cargo clearance at Kolkata Port, while existing DPD and transit procedures remain unchanged.

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....Container scanning operations at Syama Prasad Mookherjee Port, Kolkata have been extended with immediate effect from 10:00 to 22:00 on all working days for both DTCS and MXCS, to ease operational constraints and improve cargo clearance. Stakeholders are advised to use daytime scanning to optimise utilisation and reduce congestion during night operations. Procedures for DPD containers, ICD-bound containers and Nepal/Bhutan-bound CTD containers remain unchanged and continue under the existing public notices. Customs officers must ensure staffing and uninterrupted processing of import documents, examination, assessment, out-of-charge and related functions during the extended hours.....