A three-day Ports Review Meeting named ‘Chintan Baithak’ will be held at Gujarat from 21st to 23rd of this month. It will be chaired by Minister of Ports, Shipping and Waterways Mansukh Mandaviya. The Chintan Baithak will include sessions on exploring new vistas of urban transportation, effective implementation of SAROD-Ports and issues related to International Arbitrations.

 
The future action plan for development of satellite ports by all major ports will be deliberated upon. Mr. Mandaviya stated that the basic purpose of holding this Chintan Baithak is to evolve out of the box ideas for improving the performance and efficiency of our Major Ports, setting up of world-class infrastructure facilities at ports by adopting global benchmarks for reducing logistics costs, enhancing connectivity and Ease Of Doing Business.

 
He further added that all the ideas that emerge out of these extensive discussions are going to be detailed in the Maritime Vision 2030 to fulfil Prime Minister’s vision of ‘ Atmanirbhar Bharat’ with his key mantra of ‘Reform, Perform and Transform.