14TH ANNUAL REPORT

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1 14TH ANNUAL REPORT C/o. CKB. 20 Raja Bahadur Mansion, 1st Floor, Ambalal Doshi marg, Fort, Mumbai Tel Telefax : info@amtoi.org Wesite :

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3 Minutes of the 13 th Annual General Meeting of the Association of Multimodal Transport Operators of India (AMTOI) held on September 17, 2012 at 4.00 p.m. at Vivanta By Taj - President Hotel, Cuffe Parade, Mumbai The Thirteenth Annual General Meeting of the Association was held on Monday, September 17, 2012 at 4.00 p.m., at Vivanta By Taj President, Cuffe Parade, Mumbai under the Chairmanship of President, Mr. Anand Sheth, which was attended by Members, the list is appended to the minutes as Annexure. Mr. R. K. Rubin read the Agenda for the meeting and requested the President to preside over the meeting. Agenda Item No. 1 : Welcome Address by the President, Mr. Anand Sheth At the outset President, Mr. Anand Sheth extended a warm welcome to all the members at the 13 th Annual General Meeting of the Association. Mr. Anand Sheth, President in his address to the members detailed the work done by the Association during the last year as well briefed members on various matters. He presented the developments with the Port of Antwerp which has culminated in an MOU being signed between POA and AMTOI on Mr. Marc Van Peel, Chairman and Eddy Bruyninckx, CEO on behalf of POA and Mr. Anand Sheth, President and Mr. Tushar Jani, Immediate Past President on behalf of AMTOI signed the MOU to create and to jointly develop a Portal, called Indian Natie, to share information about Indian as well Belgium companies which will be of great assistance to develop trade between the two countries. He further stated that a working group for this purpose has been created by nominating individuals from both sides. He referred to creation of Grievance Redressal Forum (GRF) which is being headed by Mr. Tushar Jani as Convenor and is working well since its inception. He was happy to confirm that many of the Grievances were redressed and resolved through discussion and mediation of the representatives of various associations who are constituent of GRF. He thanked Mr. Tushar Jani, Immediate Past President & Convenor of GRF for the excellent work done. 2

4 Our Association represented to the Ministry of Finance, Central Board of Excise and Customs on matter relating to Service Tax and its impediments to the Trade due to lack of clarity in its application. Further representations were made jointly with other Associations who had similar problems so as to bring about a change by appropriate clarification by the government. Moving on to the draft of Shipping Trade Practice Bill (STP) the same has been finalized by the DGS office and forwarded to MoS for necessary action. It was observed that the draft of STP was in variance to the text agreed by the drafting committee; hence AMTOI has brought it to the notice of the government to make necessary amendment as per the drafting committee proposal. It did mention about the inclusion of fine & penalty including imprisonment in the draft which was not agreed by AMTOI. We now await a future development of this bill being put through parliamentary process for having it passed during the winter session. Moving on to infrastructure, he emphasised that infrastructure development have always been short of requirement all over the country particularly in Port, Road and Rail sector because of which the country is suffering delay, high cost, etc. He drew the attention of the government to vigorously pursue the pending projects through to their completion and infuse more funds in this sector for speedy development. He referred to the JNPT situation arising out of a decision taken by TAMP in respect of charges levied by Port Terminals. The matter is in the Court and subjudice hence hoped something good will emerge in the near future which will benefit the trade at large and the port operators. AMTOI was offered a very prominent position in the Indian Maritime Week held in Delhi on 20 th Jan The entire session called AMTOI Business Forum was allocated a panel discussion, Q&A session was held with a large participation from a cross section of shipping and logistics industries. The Forum s recommendation was to be sent to various ministries for redressal. AMTOI Day 2011 held on 2 nd Nov 2011, with Shri K Mohandas, Secretary Shipping as the Chief Guest and was attended by several Maritime Industries leaders. Highlight of the suggestions made by the Industries is to form a Maritime Forum with representation of all sections of industry so that joint representation may be made to the Government. Two meetings have been held in this regard. The President recorded his gratitude to all the members of the Managing Committee for their support and cooperation. He also thanked all the members of the association for their support and contribution. He thanked the Special Invitees from various other Associations for contributing to the Association and 3

5 the AMTOI Secretariat for their continued support and co-operation. With this he concluded his welcome address. Agenda Item No. 2 : To confirm the Minutes of the last Annual General Meeting held on September 20, 2011 The minutes of the last Annual General Meeting held on September 20, 2011 were read, confirmed and signed. RESOLVED that the Minutes of the 12 th Annual General Meeting held on September 20, 2011 was circulated to the members and presented before the meeting are approved and adopted. Proposed by : Mr. Tej Contractor, M/s. Mayur C Contractor Logsitics Pvt Ltd Seconded by : Mr. Ravi Gandhi, M/s. Hans Maritime Services Pvt Ltd Carried : Unanimously Agenda item No.3: To adopt the audited Balance Sheet and the Income & Expenditure Account for the year ended March 31, 2012 and the Auditor s report thereon. The Hon. Treasurer, Mr. Shashi Tanna briefed the members on the Balance Sheet and Income and Expenditure Account for the year ended March 31, 2012 and the Auditor s report. After due discussions and deliberations on the accounts the same were approved and the following resolution was passed: RESOLVED that the Annual Accounts together with the Managing Committee Report and Auditors Report of the Association for the year ended March 31, 2012 presented before the meeting and circulated to the members be and are approved and adopted. Proposed by: Mr. Khushrow N. Major, Jeena & Co., Seconded by: Mr. Ravi Gandhi, M/s. Hans Maritime Services Pvt Ltd Carried : Unanimously 4

6 Agenda Item No. 4 : To appoint Auditors for the year & fix their remuneration The Hon. Treasurer informed the members that the present Auditors M/s. B.M. Mehta & Co. hold office until the conclusion of the Annual General Meeting and are recommended for re-appointment. The Auditors have given their consent for re-appointment with a request to increase their Audit Fee s for the current term. The matter was put forth to the General Body who confirmed appointment of M/s. B M Mehta & Co. with an increase in Audit Fee s to Rs.15,000/- the House unanimously approved the same. Proposed by : Mr. Tushar Jani, M/s. Blue Sea Shipping Agencies Pvt Ltd Seconded by: Carried Mr. Vivek Kele, M/s. Teamglobal Logsitics Pvt Ltd : Unanimously Agenda Item No. 5: To announce results of the Election of Managing Committee Members for the year The President informed the members that in response to circular dated August 23, 2012 sent to all members, the Association had received nomination forms of: 1. Mr. Shantanu Bhadkamkar, M/s. ATC (Shipping & Clearing) Agency Pvt Ltd. 2. Mr. Anand Sheth, M/s. Axis Shipping Agencies Pvt Ltd 3. Mr. Shankar Chatterjee, M/s. Bertling Logistics India Pvt Ltd The Association had three nomination forms for two posts of Managing Committee Members. Mr. Shankar Chatterjee from Bertling Logistics India Pvt Ltd & Mr. Anand Sheth from Axis Shipping Agencies Pvt Ltd withdrew their candidature from the election, hence the following one member was elected unopposed: 1. Mr. Shantanu Bhadkamkar, M/s. ATC (Shipping & Clearing) Agency Pvt. Ltd. The newly elected Managing Committee member was presented with a Bouquet. 5

7 Agenda Item No. 6 : Any other matter with the permission of the Chair Matters relating to the MOU with POA were explained after specific request by members. It s a portal jointly developed by both the parties with intentions to provide detailed information about both the countries in regard to logistics /customs regulations/port availability/tariff /train operators/truck operators, etc so that logistics players from both sides can take advantage of the same. Further explore possibilities to exhibit products of Indian origin to European customers may be devised. Mr. Tushar Jani, Immediate Past President informed the House that AMTOI has grown up since its formation by the elders of the industries and the Founder members. During the last two years Mr. Anand Sheth, President with his vision and leadership elevated AMTOI s position to the next level. AMTOI has become a powerful force as several references have been made to the Association by the Ministry and DGS for matters relating to the Industry. AMTOI has always been a part of DGS/MoS interaction for matters relating to the trade where the matters such as STP, Cabotage Policy, etc. were discussed before making a policy pronounment. Members, particularly M/S Tushar Jani, Shantanu Bhadkamkar and Rajen Bhatia appreciated the contributions of the Committee in general and Mr. Anand Sheth, the outgoing President in particular. Mr. Shantanu Bhadkamkar also expressed concern over the attendance and felt that AGM is not just an annual event but also a platform for sharing with the members the work done during the year and a platform for the members to share their view and express their expectations from the association. He, therefore expected that members should participate in such events in greater number particularly at value added events such as presentation of white paper by Ernst & Young on Future of Logistics in India. Agenda Item No 7: A Vote of Thanks by the Hon. Secretary Mr. R. K. Rubin, Hon. Secretary in his Vote of Thanks, on behalf of entire Managing Committee, extended thanks to all the members who attended the AGM. He also recorded a Vote of Thanks to the Government Departments, Customs Officials, Press, Auditors and Special Invitees of various other Associations on the AMTOI Managing Committee. He concluded by thanking the Managing Committee Members and the AMTOI Secretariat for their continued support and co-operation. 6

8 He particularly thanked Chinubhai Kalidass & Bros for continuing to offer their office for AMTOI. There being no other business, the meeting ended with a Vote of Thanks to the Chair. Chairman Hon. Secretary 7

9 LIST OF ATTENDEES AGM 2012 MONDAY, Sr.No. Name of the Members Name of the Company 1 Mr. Anand Sheth Axis Shipping Agencies Pvt Ltd 2 Mr. Shashi Tanna Links Cargo Agencies Pvt Ltd 3 Mr. R. K. Rubin Transcon Freight Systems Pvt Ltd 4 Mr. Tushar Jani Blue Sea Shipping Agencies Pvt Ltd 5 Mr. Ravi J Gandhi Hans Maritime Services Pvt Ltd 6 Mr. Sailesh Bhatia Bhatia Shipping Pvt Ltd 7 Mr. Dilip Ahuja Neptune Container Line & Logistics Pvt Ltd 8 Mr. Shantanu Bhadkamkar A.T.C. (Clearing & Shipping) Pvt Ltd 9 Mr. Khushrow N Major Jeena & Co., 10 Mr. Nailesh Gandhi Express Global Logistics Pvt Ltd 11 Mr. Tej Contactor Mayur C Contractor Logistics Pvt Ltd 12 Mr. Vivek Kele Teamglobal Logsitics Pvt Ltd 13 Mr. Rajeev Sikka Sikkas Kwick Handling Services (P) Ltd 14 Mr. Loknath Rai Freight Systems (I) Pvt Ltd 15 Mr. Nachi Patel Manilal Patel Clearing Forwarding Pvt Ltd 16 Mr. Percy M Bilimoria United Liner Agencies of India Pvt Ltd 17 Mr. Rajen S Bhatia Tulsidas Khimji Pvt Ltd 18 Mr. Sachin Parekh Keel Logistics Pvt Ltd 8

10 ANNUAL REPORT FOR THE YEAR & AUDITED STATEMENTS OF ACCOUNTS FOR THE YEAR

11 ASSOCIATION OF MULTIMODAL TRANSPORT OPERATORS OF INDIA [ A M T O I ] ANNUAL REPORT & AUDITED STATEMENTS OF ACCOUNTS FOR THE FINANCIAL YEAR The Managing Committee of the Association has the pleasure in presenting to its members this Annual Report for the period April 1 st 2012 to March 31 st 2013 together with the Audited Statements of Income & Expenditure Accounts and Balance Sheet as on 31 st March THE MANAGING COMMITTEE MEMBERS 1. Mr. Shashi Tanna - President 2. Mr. Shantanu Bhadkamkar - Vice President 3. Mr. Vivek Kele - Hon. Secretary 4. Mr. R. K. Rubin - Hon. Treasurer 5. Mr. Sailesh Bhatia - Member 6. Mr. Nailesh Gandhi - Member 7. Mr. Ravi Gandhi - Member 8. Mr. Anand Sheth - Immediate Past President 8. Mr. Tushar Jani - Advisor 9. Mr. Dilip Ahuja - Special Invitee 10. Mr. Tej Contractor - Special Invitee 11. Mr. Yogesh Parekh - Special Invitee 12. Mr. Xerxes Master - Special Invitee 13. Mr. Udayabhaskar Reddy - Special Invitee 10

12 INVITEE ASSOCIATIONS ON THE EXTENDED BOARD With a view to have joint representation to the government as well as to have enhanced co-ordination for its members, AMTOI has once again invited the following associations as invitees to the AMTOI Extended Board. 1. Mr. Keshav Tanna Air Cargo Agents Association of India 2. Mr. Prithwijit Maitra The Container Shipping Lines Association (India) 3. Mr. Nityam Khosla Consolidators Association of India 4. Mr. C.R. Nambiar Mumbai And Nhava-Sheva Ship-Agents Association & Federation of Ship Agents Association of India 5. Mr. George Joseph Federation of Freight Forwarders Association in India 6. Mr. Anil Devli Indian National Shipowners Association 7. Mr. Mukesh Oza Container Freight Station Association of India 8. Mr. S.S. Kulkarni Indian Private Port & Terminals Association 3. BOARD OF ADVISORS Mr. Vishal U. Sheth Mr. Hetan Patel Advocate Chartered Accountant, PHD & Associates 4. FINANCIAL RESULTS INCOME FROM Annual Membership Fees & Entrance Fees ) ) ,57, ,25, Interest Income of FDs 11,37, ,61, Income and Expenditure A/c. 16,35, ,83, Excess of Income over Expenditure Excess of Income over Expenditure 11

13 5. MEMBERS PATRON GOLD ORDINARY ASSOCIATE As on NIL Joined during the year ( ) Less :- Cancellation /Resignation As on Addition A] NAME OF PATRON - LIFE MEMBER ALLCARGO LOGISTICS PVT LTD, MUMBAI B] NAME OF GOLD MEMBERS 1) LINK SHIPPING & MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS PVT LTD., MUMBAI 2) EXPO FREIGHT PVT LTD., CHENNAI 3) TVS DYNAMIC GLOBAL FREIGHT SERVICE LTD., CHENNAI C] NAMES OF NEW MEMBERS April 2012 March BDP Global Logistics (India) Pvt Ltd 2. Global Logistics Solutions India Pvt Ltd 3. Translink Logistics Pvt. Ltd 4. Thaai Multimodal Trans Pvt Ltd 5. Gloshipping & Logistics Pvt Ltd 6. Interjas Logistics Pvt Ltd 7. Embassy Transportation India Pvt Ltd 8. Smart Marine Services Pvt Ltd 9. Transmarine Services India Pvt Ltd 12

14 10. All Care Logisitcs Pvt Ltd 11. Jetex Ocean Air Pvt Ltd 12. Global Freight Forwarders 13. Associated Global Logistics Pvt Ltd 14. Gulf Ocean Shipping Pvt Ltd 15. Siesta Logistics Corporation Ltd 16. All-Ways Logistics India Pvt Ltd 17. Indev Logistics Pvt Ltd 18. Express Global Logistics Pvt Ltd 19. Steel Carriers Infrastructure Pvt Ltd D] NAMES OF NEW MEMBERS upto Shree Balaji Shipping Co. 2. Silverline Worldwide Logistics 3. JMD Global Forwarders INC 4. Allfreight Logistics Pvt Ltd 5. Mastervoss International Projects Pvt Ltd 6. Star India Container Line Pvt Ltd 7. Hindustan Logistics Pvt Ltd 8. Cwick (Import Consolidations Pvt Ltd 9. P. James 10. Magnum Cargo Pvt Ltd 11. PSTS Logistics Pvt Ltd 12. MCS Logistics India Pvt Ltd 13. Parulekars Shipping Pvt Ltd 13

15 7. MANAGING COMMITTEE MEETINGS The Present Managing Committee held 10 meetings & 3 Extended Board Meetings during the Term Meetings held during the Term S.No. NAME OF THE MEMBERS MC MEETINGS HELD MC MEETINGS ATTENDED EBM MEETINGS HELD EBM MEETINGS ATTENDED 1 Mr. Shashi Tanna - President Mr. Shantanu Bhadkamkar 2 Vice President Mr. Vivek Kele - Hon. Secretary Mr. R.K. Rubin - Hon. Treasurer Mr. Sailesh Bhatia - MC Member Mr. Nailesh Gandhi - MC Member Mr. Ravi Gandhi - MC Member Mr. Anand Sheth 8 Immediate Past President Mr. Tushar Jani - Advisor Mr. Dilip Ahuja - Invitee Member Mr. Tej Contractor - Invitee Member Mr. Rajeev Sikka Invitee Member Mr. Yogesh Parekh - Invitee Member Mr. Xerxes Master - Invitee Member Mr. Udayabhaskar Reddy 15 Invitee Member, Chennai Mr. Ramakrishna Invitee Member, Delhi

16 17 Mr. Keshav Tanna, Air Cargo Agents Association of India Mr. Prithwijit Maitra, The Container Shipping Lines Association (India) Mr. Nityam Khosla, Consolidators Association of India Mr. Mukesh Oza, Container Freight Station Association of India Mr. Anil Devli, Indian National Shipowners' Association 3 0 Mr. S. S. Kulkarni, Indian Private Port & Terminal Association 22 of India Mr. C.R. Nambiar, Mumbai And Nhava-Sheva ship-agents Association Federation of Ship Agents Association of India Mr. George Joseph, Federation of Freight Forwarders' Association of India INVITATION TO SPECIAL INVITEES AMTOI invited the following Members as Special Invitees on the Managing Committee for the term as their experience and knowledge would help the Association. 1) Mr. Dilip Ahuja of Neptune Container Lines & Logistics Pvt Ltd 2) Mr.Tej Contractor of Mayur C Contractor Logistics Pvt Ltd 3) Mr. Rajeev Sikka of Swick Kwick Handling Services Pvt Ltd 4) Mr. Yogesh Parekh of Orchid Shipping Pvt Ltd 5) Mr. Xerxes Master of Prudential Shipping Logistics Pvt Ltd 6) Mr. U Udayabhaskar Reddy of Sanco Trans Ltd 7) Mr Ramakrishna of Balaji Mariline India Pvt Ltd CATE it is alredy tereab 15

17 ove. 9. REPRESENTATIONS The Association has been successful in being on the following committees.- a) Permanent Trade Facilitation Committee at the following custom stations (i) Jawaharlal Nehru Custom Nhava Sheva- Export / Import (ii) Mumbai Air Cargo Customs Export / Import (iii) Hyderabad Commissionerate Export / Import (iv) Chennai Air Cargo Custom Export / Import (v) Pune Commissionerate Export / Import (vi) Sub-Committee on Multimodal Transport for 12 th Five Year Plan Convened by Jt. Secretary, Ministry of Shipping, Govt of India b) Working Group on the MMTG Act Amendment c) Working Group on Draft Shipping Trade Practices Act d) Working Group (Sub Group) on coastal shipping policy e) Member of Grievance Redressal Group of Ministry of Shipping f) Member of Sectoral Innovation Council of the Ministry of Shipping g) Member of Interactive Group of Trade and Industry Ministry of Railways h) Nominated on Indian Merchant Chamber panel of Arbitration i) Member of advisory council of India Maritime Week an initiative of the Ministry of Shipping j) Member in Indian Maritime University, Chennai as Composition of Members for the Court Constitution of New court k) Member of Governing Council of Maharashtra Chamber of Commerce, Industry & Agriculture (MACCIA). 16

18 10. SUB-COMMITTEE S AMTOI Managing Committee formed sub-committees to work in various segments and the work allocation was done on the following basis Sub-Committee Responsible Assistance AMTOI Day Mr. Vivek Kele Mr. Sailesh Bhatia Chapters Mr. Shantanu Mr. R. K. Rubin Bhadkamkar Conference Mr Vivek Kele Mr. Shantanu Bhadkamkar Constitution Mr. Anand Sheth Mr. Shantanu Bhadkamkar Customs (PTFC - AIR) Mr. Rajeev Sikka Mr. Shashi Tanna Customs (PTFC - JNCH) Mr. R.K. Rubin Mr. Sailesh Bhatia Customs (PTFC - NCH) Mr. Sailesh Bhatia Mr. Tej Contractor Direct Tax Mr. Shantanu Mr. Nailesh Gandhi Bhadkamkar Government Relations Mr. Tushar Jani Mr. Shantanu Bhadkamkar GRF Mr. Tushar Jani Mr. Anand Sheth Indirect Tax Mr. Shantanu Bhadkamkar Mr. Nailesh Gandhi IT / Website / IGM Mr. Ravi Gandhi Mr. Vivek Kele + Mr. Tej Contractor Legal Issue Mr. Vivek Kele Mr. Shashi Tanna Membership Drive Mr. Xerxes Master Mr. Yogesh Parekh Ministries of Shipping, Commerce & Finance Mr. Anand Sheth / Mr. Shantanu Bhadkamkar / Mr. Tushar Jani MMTG Mr. Anand Sheth Mr. Shantanu Bhadkamkar MTO License Renewal Mr. Tej Contractor Mr. Xerxes Master Newsletter Mr. Xerxes Master Capt. R. Sindhwani 17

19 Office Premises Mr. Sailesh Bhatia Mr. Yogesh Parekh Port Mr. Dilip Ahuja Mr. Ravi Gandhi SCOPE Mr. Nailesh Gandhi Mr. Anand Sheth STP Mr. Anand Sheth Mr. Shantanu Bhadkamkar TAMP Mr. Dilip Ahuja Mr. Ravi Gandhi Trade Bodies / Mr. Ravi Gandhi Mr. Vivek Kele Public Relation Training Mr. Shashi Tanna Mr. Tej Contractor Trust Mr. R. K. Rubin Mr. Xerxes Master 11. SUB-COMMITTEE ACTVITIES AMTOI ANNUAL DAY The Managing Committee decided to hold the Annual Day in the month of October CHAPTER The Association has been able to enroll number of members from southern region through Chennai chapter. The Regional Committee at Chennai is - 1) Mr. Deepak Ramaswamy of Int l Clearing & Shipping Agency (India) Pvt Ltd as Convenor. 2) Mr. U. Uday Bhaskar Reddy of Sanco Trans Ltd as Treasurer. The Chennai Chapter is active in taking up issues faced by the Members in South India on a regular basis. 18

20 TRAINING PROGRAM & SEMINAR The Association in co-operation with Ernst & Young Pvt. Ltd. arranged presentation on 17 th September 2012 of White Paper Logi(sti)cally Speaking on the way forward for Multimodal and Logistics industry. The presentation was made by Mr. Biren Parekh, Partner, Advisory Services, Ernst & Young Pvt. Ltd. The Association in co-operation with Mediterranean Shipping Company arranged a training session on Hazardous Cargo for MTO s on 12 th December 2012, at MSC Office, Mumbai. The training was for all Members of AMTOI & Non Members. The Association in cooperation with Mr. John Maffet, Gallen Marine Insurance Agency & Mr. Utpal Kapadia from Athena Insurance arranged a seminar on insurance and claim handling procedure for MTO s on 6 th March 2013 at Yacht Club, Mumbai. Mr. Hetan Patel, from PHD Associates was invited to make a presentation on Tax Residence Certificate on 02 nd Feb 2013 at Yacht Club, Mumbai. CUSTOMS (PTFC) AMTOI representative s represented to the different Custom Commissionerates to ease the day to day operational difficulties of our Members. The Sub Committee s continues to represent all matters brought forward by its members at Nhava Sheva, Mumbai Airport, Hyderabad, Pune & Chennai. DIRECT / INDIRECT TAX The association has appointed a consultant for advising the association and members with regard to queries on direct / indirect taxes. In addition AMTOI has appointed consultants to help prepare, submit and pursue representation on Service Tax issues. The representation has been submitted to Chairperson, CBEC, Ministry of Finance, Department of Revenue, Director General of Service Tax, Mumbai, Addl. Commissioner of Service Tax, Mumbai & Joint Secretary, CBEC (Tax Research Unit II), Ministry of Finance, Department of Revenue for issuance of clarification on non-imposition of service tax on international freight, margin earned on freight and revenue from ancillary activities. 19

21 WEBSITE The AMTOI website is very informative, useful and interactive for Members. Members/ Non Members are regular visitors to the website and have been successful in inviting new members. The Website has been re-engineered with more features which will be useful to Members. MEMBERSHIP The Sub-Committee has been actively increasing the Member strength which has grown 197 members. MMTG AMTOI continues to pursue various amendments in the MMTG Act and meetings have been held to pursue the amendments. AMTOI submitted the comments to the Final Draft of MMTG Amendments. MTO LICENSE RENEWAL The Committee has assisted various members in the renewal process of their MTO licence by representing the matter to the office of Director General of Shipping as well as guiding members in the correct interpretation of the act. AMTOI has established a system to remind Members and offer assistance for renewal of licenses, held up for more than 60 days at DGS office. TAMP / PORTS AMTOI continues to participate in the various TAMP hearings. AMTOI also made representations to port authorities on the difficulties faced by its members on a day to day basis. AMTOI also actively pursued port related issues with the MOS independently & jointly with other Associations. SCOPE AMTOI is a member of SCOPE shipping and SCOPE Air Forum of Ministry of Commerce. AMTOI attended meeting of SCOPE Shipping & Air held on 12 th December 2012 at New Delhi. 20

22 INDIA NATIE Following initial visit of AMTOI to Port of Antwerp and the signing of the MOU, more detailed discussions took place with the Port of Antwerp in June 2012 during visit of M/S Tushar Jani, Anand Sheth and Ravindra Gandhi specifically for this purpose. Discussions were initiated with vendors, ensuring the various concerns of Port of Antwerp concerning programming be done in Drupal. The proposals submitted by the vendors were put across to the Port of Antwerp. During the visit of Mr. Luc Arnauts, a full day workshop was conducted in November 2012, to finalise on the structure of the platform, proposals received from vendors, ideas and to narrow down on vendors who were best suited for the purpose. The event was hosted by Mr. Tushar Jani and attended by POA representative Mr. Raj Khalid, our IPP Mr. Anand Sheth, President Mr. Shashi Tanna, VP Mr. Shantanu Bhadkamkar and Mr. Ravindra Gandhi. Further meetings with vendors, based on discussions with POA, were conducted by our Hon. Secretary Mr. Vivek Kele and Mr. Ravindra Gandhi and three vendors were short listed and tabled during meeting held with POA on 8 th Feb in Mumbai. The meeting was attended by the Chairman, Port of Antwerp and after due deliberations, it was decided to award the contract to M/S Digit 9.0- Web Marketing Pvt. Ltd, who seemed to meet all requirements of POA. AMTOI signed a formal contract on 25 th March 2013 with Digit 9.0- Web Marketing Pvt. Ltd on behalf of India Natie and the programme is currently at an advanced designing stage. Mr. Ravi Gandhi alongwith Mr. Vivek Kele are spearheading the project from the AMTOI side. GRF Under the Convenership of AMTOI, 06 GRF Meetings were held during the Term with the participation of respective constituents. We are pleased to place it on record that 05 cases of grievances were received out of which 01 were resolved amicably. 01 case is subjudice and 03 are under process. Out of the 06 Grievances Redressal Forum meeting held during the Term , AMTOI as Convenor attended all the 06 Meetings, ACAAI - 5, BCHAA - 2, CAI - 5, CSLA - 5, FEDSAI/MANSA - 2 and FFFAI

23 MISCELLANEOUS 1) AMTOI continues to pursue consumer complaint filed against Corporation Bank. 2) AMTOI is circulating Weekly Newsletter by on important news and information on Shipping & Logistics industry to all its members. 3) AMTOI invited Mr. Gautam Chatterjee, Director General of Shipping to address the Extended Board Meeting held on 5 th February ) AMTOI has been invited by various Trade Bodies to be a part of their respective governing council / Managing Committee. 5) AMTOI was invited as guest speaker at the Indo-Belgium Luxemburg Chamber of Commerce Ashit Mehta Memorial Seminar held at yacht Club, Mumbai. 8) AMTOI raised objection with Competition Commission of India, New Delhi against the notification issued by Cathay Pacific Airways, regarding unjustified levy of Airport Landing Charges. 9) AMTOI made a submission to Director General of Shipping regarding fraudulent use of forged bill of lading for bill discounting under letter of credit. 10) AMTOI raised the issue with APM Terminal regarding the stoppage of work by NSCOWA and MHVICOA. 11) AMTOI submitted agenda points to Ministry of Shipping (MG Section) regarding meeting of the committee on Redressal of Grievances. 12) AMTOI communicated to Director General of Shipping regarding the necessity of registration of person issuing of bill of lading. 13) AMTOI submitted to Director General of Shipping views of its members on the points raised in agenda for 1 st Meeting of the sub-group on logistics services under IMG. 22

24 MANAGING COMMITTEE MEMBERS RESPONSIBILITY STATEMENT Pursuant to Section 217 (2AA) of the Companies Amendment Act, 2001 the Managing Committee Members confirm that i) in preparation of the annual accounts, the applicable Accounting Standards have been followed; ii) iii) iv) appropriate accounting policies have been selected and applied consistently and have judgment and estimates that are reasonable and prudent so as to give a true and fair view of the state of affairs of the Association as on March 31, 2013 and there is excess Income over Expenditure for the year ended March 31, proper and sufficient care has been taken for the maintenance of adequate accounting records in accordance with the provision of the Companies Act, 1956 for safeguarding the assets of the Association and for preventing and detecting fraud and other irregularities; and Sub-clause (iv) is not applicable to our Association. AUDITORS The present Auditors M/s. B M Mehta & Co. hold office till the conclusion of the ensuing Annual General Meeting and is recommended for re-appointment. The auditors have given their consent for their appointment. THANKSGIVING The Managing Committee Members would like to sincerely thank Ministry of Shipping, Road Transport and Highway who is our parent Ministry and The Directorate General of Shipping who is our regulatory body for all their help, assistance in addressing our difficulties. Further the Managing Committee Members are thankful to : 1. Ministry of Commerce & Industry 2. Mumbai Port Trust 3. Jawaharlal Nehru Port Trust 4. Central Board of Excise & Customs (CBEC) 5. Mumbai Customs 23

25 6. Jawahar Customs 7. Container Corporation of India (CONCOR) 8. Central Warehousing Corporation (CWC) 9. Container Shipping Lines Association of India (CSLA) 10. Mumbai and Nhava Sheva Ship Agents Association (MANSA) 11. Indian National Shipowners Association (INSA) 12. Federation of Freight Forwarders Association (FFFAI) 13. Air Cargo Agents Association of India (ACAAI) 14. Federation of Ship Agents Association of India (FEDSAI) 15. Container Freight Station Association of India (CFSAI) 16. Indian Private Port & Terminals Association (IPPTA) 17. Our Auditors B. M. Mehta & Company 18. EXIM News Letter, Daily Shipping Times, Maritime India 24

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