MADRAS, Oct: A micro earth station was installed at the Madras Port Trust and hooked up with NICNET on October 10, 1992 as part of the PORTNET project to provide an Electronic Data Interchange System for the Indian maritime industry, reports our correspondent from Madras. The Madras Port is the first major port in the Country, to be linked with NICNET.
(For further information on the PORTNET project, refer our Projects column.)