Date:19/10/2008 URL: http://www.thehindu.com/2008/10/19/stories/2008101952530500.htm

Kerala

At the mercy of agents

LONG WAIT: It was on this day last year that the Kollam Cargo Port was commissioned. Since then, people here are eagerly waiting for the arrival of a cargo ship. But for technical reasons, shipping agents are not yet prepared to operate from Kollam as a base.