Pakistan, India to restore cargo shipping services after 30 years

12/18/2006 9:48:26 AM

IN an effort to boost trade, Pakistan's acting High Commissioner to India has announced that India and Pakistan are expected to sign this week a revised protocol that will allow vessels from the two Asian nations to lift a third country's cargo from each other's ports. The protocol will also permit ships from a third country to lift Indian and Pakistani cargo, in a move that will restore cargo shipping services between the two former enemies for the first time in three decades, according to a report in the Pakistan Daily Times. It said that the revised protocol, which is an amended form of the 1975 Shipping Protocol, will also allow transit facilities to seafarers of either country for joining or disembarking from foreign flag vessels, provided seafarers possess valid identification documents and transit visas. Asian Shipper News

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