MULTAN, Dec 27th: Khawaja Jalaluddin Roomi form President of MCCI has been elected as Chairman of Multan Dry port Trust.Malik Asrar Ahmed Awan and Seth Muhammad Akbar have been elected as Senior Vice President and Vice President for 2019. Talking to media men, Jalaluddin Roomi said ,"We will make Preparations at dry ports for a competitive environment in the container seaport system because the performance of dry ports need to be improved along with the dynamic nature of maritime business, to efficiently fulfil the demand all the key players in the container seaport system, provide economies of scale and scope to their respective clients and enhances the importance of inland networks to improve and consistently elongate the competitiveness of container seaports. Rommi said that the significant exodus of containers inland due to the container revolution has increased the salience of inland terminals for efficient freight distribution. Further, the migration of containers gradually inland has forced seaports to depend on these inland terminals to determine their competitiveness and offer a mechanism for competitive freight price to the consumer. He urged upon the investors, industrialists,traders and importers to fully utilise this dry-port to make its success. He said that freight train facility for karachi would be available for exporters and importers and all available facilities would be provided to them.
