Won’t handle container cargo from Pakistan, Iran Afghanistan: Adani ports
The Hindu
The move comes in the backdrop of heroin seizure at the company operated Mundra port
Gujarat-based Adani Group, which operates ports across the country, announced on Monday that it will not handle Exim containerised cargo originating from Iran, Pakistan and Afghanistan from November 15.
The move assumes significance as it comes in the backdrop of approximately (DRI) at the company operated Mundra port on the Gujarat coast on September 16 in a containerised cargo imported as talc from Afghanistan via Iran’s Bandar Abbas port.
On Monday, Adani Port and Logistics that operates the Mundra port Special Economic Zone issued a trade advisory to its customers announcing that “with effect from November 15, 2021, APSEZ will not handle Exim containerised cargo originating from Iran, Pakistan and Afghanistan.”

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