Chennai Port Authority launches ‘Port Setu’, developed by NACFS (Chennai Chapter), to Digitise monitoring of Export Container Movement from CFSs to Chennai Port under ONOP Initiative

·         The One Nation One Port Process (ONOP) Initiative, spearheaded by the Ministry of Ports, Shipping and Waterways (MoPSW), aims to digitalise and harmonise port procedures across all the Indian Ports.

·         Chennai Port Authority, in association with Chennai Customs, National Association of Container Freight Station (NACFS) – Chennai Chapter, and container terminals M/s. CCTL and M/s. CITPL, has implemented Port Setu, Phase 1 of the Intelligent Vehicle Monitoring System (IVMS), for monitoring the movement of export containers from CFS to Chennai Port.

·         Port Setu, a first-of-its-kind solution in India, digitises the monitoring of Export Container Movement from CFSs to Chennai through technology such as Automatic Number Plate Recognition (ANPR), Optical Character Recognition (OCR), RFID Readers and software integrations, including Customs’ ICEGATE.

·         The Port Setu solution went live on 17-09-2026.

The system was formally launched on 1 October 2026 

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