It is a universally acknowledged fact that the cost of logistics is very high in India. Roads carry about 60 per cent of the freight cargo in India. As rail transportation is more energy efficient than road, movement of goods via the road-cum-rail mode could reduce logistics costs considerably.
When container evacuation suffered heavily due to non-availability of drivers and trucks it is time think what railways can offer.
When India’s busiest container gateway ports were getting clogged as evacuation of import containers hampered by shortage of labour and trucks in the wake of nation-wide lockdown Container Corporation of India (CONCOR) started moving containers after out of charge is given by Customs. Concor has been plying extra services to move import containers out of port terminals to various inland container depots (ICDs) to reduce congestion due to container pile-up at ports in the face of inadequate road transportation
CONCOR has offered ground rent waivers at its ICDs to facilitate trade which is facing challenges in clearance and transportation of cargo and in arranging finance.
To mitigate the challenges arising out of the lockdown CONCOR ICDs are functioning 24/7 with adequate measures in place to contain the epidemic.
In this interactive webinar with Mr V.Kalyanarama, CMD, CONCOR participants will gain more insights into the innovative, customer-centric business strategies of CONCOR.
This Interactive session will have a Q&A session also container rail logistics discussing the points below
• EXIM Trade Volumes
• Dry Ports Scenario
• Congestion and Container evacuation
• Trade facilitation Initiatives
