Under Ease of Doing Business, the Paradip Port Authority (PPA) has installed a Mobile X-Ray Container Scanner (MXCS) at a cost of Rs 29.68 crore adjacent to the Paradip International Container Terminal Pvt Ltd (PICTPL) for reducing the need for manual inspection of containers and to help in checking for threats such as explosives, narcotics, weapons of mass destruction (WMDs), contraband and dwell time of containers.
The Atomic Energy Regulatory Board (AERB) has given licence to the local Customs Commissionerate for regular use of the MXCS under the guidance of AERB-trained Radiological Safety Officers (RSOs) of PPA.
To facilitate transfer of Mobile X-Ray Scanner to the Customs authorities, a tripartite agreement was signed on Friday between the PPA, Paradip Customs Division and Smiths Detection (Asia Pacific) Pte Ltd between Tarun Kumar Panda, IRS, Deputy Commissioner, Customs Division, Paradip; Vikrant Trilokekar,MD, Smith Detection; GEdison, TM, PPA; in the presence of PPA Chairman Haranadh, who urged the port users to take advantage of the facility for improving the cargo throughput.