Report on Air Cargo Handling Modernization, Definitional Mission, India.

摘要

The U.S. Trade and Development Program (TDP) contracted for a Definitional Mission (DM) to define the Terms of Reference and estimate the cost of a study on air cargo handling modernization for the four (4) international airports in India: New Delhi, Bombay, Madras and Calcutta. The principal objectives were: To meet with officials and review with them cargo handling procedures and facilities; To witness first hand the problems generated by existing procedures and facilities; To understand the main areas of concern; To investigate the possible use of automation and computerization; To determine what requirements might exist for a more detailed study; and To attempt to ascertain the goods and services likely to be specified, as a result of a more detailed study by a U.S. Engineering firm, and U.S. competitiveness as to price, quality and delivery for these goods and services.