Kathmandu, Feb. 15 -- Nepal will receive transshipment privileges and permission to use electronic tracking on Nepal-bound cargo at Kolkata port from Friday. But importers complain that limited services by shipping companies and poor infrastructure at the harbour still remain as hurdles to faster cargo movement.

Nepal has been receiving transshipment privileges at Vishakhapatnam port and using electronic tracking on cargo dispatched from there since August. As per the transshipment modality that will be implemented at Kolkata port from Friday, containers will be transported directly to the Birgunj Inland Container Depot and cleared through customs.

The modality is expected to reduce the cost of trading by minimising transportation time ...