Cochin Port to become India's first ePort

BANGALORE, INDIA: IT services and outsourcing firm, Tata Consultancy Services (TCS), has said that it has completed the ERP implementation of Cochin Port Trust in record time to enable the south Indian port to become the country’s first ePort.

Christened ‘e-thuramugham’ or ePort, the project integrates the port’s operational, financials, real-estate and human resources systems on an Integrated Port Information System. Once fully functional, it will provide a real time interface with customs, port users, banks and the port community system of the Indian Ports Association. The system will provide single window facility to the trade for filing applications, receiving service bills, payments and enquiries.

N. Ramachandran, chairman, Cochin Port Trust, said: “I am extremely happy to see the speedy implementation of e-thuramugham in record time of 10 months. With this, we will be enabled and empowered to closely monitor performance, improve operational efficiency and provide higher standards of service to the shipping and export-import community.”

“We are confident that with our “domain expertise and technology solutions", we will help Cochin Port Trust become a world class Port,” G. Srinivasa Raghavan, country head, India Business, TCS, said.

TCS has implemented and customized the application software for port operations, SAP ERP, GIS-based Estate Management and set-up a state-of-art data centre along with campus-wide networking. The GIS based estate management system will enable Cochin Port Trust to monitor as well maximize returns on their reality holdings.