Visakha Container Terminal has witnessed substantial growth since its inception with a CAGR of 22%. This could not have been possible without the support of the back-end infrastructure the terminal has in form of Container Freight Stations (CFSs) that are at par with the international standards.
Over a period of last 15 odd years, the volumes grew at the terminal gradually from a monthly average of 1000 teus to 40000 teus which was complemented by the CFSs of Visakhapatnam. From heavy to light cargo, dirty to clean, dry to reefer and many other types of cargoes were handled effectively & efficiently at the back-end infrastructure. The port city is blessed with a hinterland that has natural resources which are routed through the ideal gateway VCT, however with the support of CFSs in Visakhapatnam various other new commodities are being generated consistently. The CFSs at Visakhapatnam have moved a step further in introducing new commodities generating new business that created room for terminal expansion. Both the terminal and CFSs have worked together towards the incremental business opportunities and have been successful in doing so.
Commodities like fruits, Chocolates, Furnitures & Electronics used to reach the city of destiny through various other modes of transportation and from other regions. With the combined efforts of the Visakhapatnam trade, the aforementioned cargoes have made their destination into the port city through VCT directly now. Be it the warehousing facilities, cold storage, customs bonded storages, land availability for bulk cargo storage, adequate reefer points, appropriate equipment, tank-tainers handling facilities etc., have been developed in the back-end infrastructure of Visakhapatnam that made many EXIM players chose it as their obvious choice. There are about 10 CFSs within the range of 12-40 kms radius of VCT that are working 24×7 round the clock meeting the customers’ requirement and also have been upgrading their infrastructure with the increase in volumes. Besides, VCT which is the first container terminal to be AEO certified, the customs in Vizag has been constantly encouraging the EXIM trade to enrol themselves for the AEO programme to reap the benefits of it. On the CFS side it has been Sravan Shipping who got accredited with AEO status recently which is a testimony of Vizag trade’s endeavours to constantly upgrade in order to acclimatise to the ever-changing business climate.
