Chief Minister proposes multimodal cargo network with CIAL as primary hub

Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan connected Sunday (February 1, 2026) said that a multimodal cargo web integrating air, road, obstruction and h2o routes volition beryllium established, with Cochin International Airport Limited (CIAL) serving arsenic its superior hub.

He was inaugurating the plenary league of the International Cargo Business Summit, organised by CIAL successful relation with the Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce and Industry (FICCI), marking the 25th day of CIAL’s cargo department.

The Chief Minister stated that CIAL is striving to make a concern situation favourable to the State’s economical maturation beyond conscionable functioning arsenic an airport. He noted that CIAL handled implicit 65,000 metric tonnes of cargo successful the past fiscal year, and this is expected to emergence to 74,000 tonnes successful the existent fiscal. “CIAL has provided a 50% dividend to its investors and stands arsenic a exemplary for the full state done its operations. Construction of 3 bridges benefiting 4 panchayats is besides nether way. CIAL has begun the process of obtaining certification for handling pharmaceutical products, which volition commence instantly upon approval,” helium said.

Industries Minister P. Rajeeve, who chaired the meet, mentioned that salient planetary companies establishing logistics parks adjacent CIAL would let for greater utilisation of the airport’s cargo potential. He said that the beingness of large-scale companies reflects the maturation complaint of cargo question successful the region.

The main curate besides honoured institutions that demonstrated excellence successful cargo exports during the ceremony. CIAL managing manager S. Suhas, CIAL cargo Ddepartment caput Satheesh Kumar R. Pai, MLAs Anwar Sadath and Roji M. John, CIAL manager Varghese Jacob, and airdrome manager G. Manu spoke.