The Hindu Business Line : Concor raises tariffs for loaded containers

TRANSPORTING loaded containers between ports and inland container depots (ICDs) through trains is all set to become more expensive with the State-owned Container Corporation of India Ltd (Concor) hiking its tariffs by up to 6.5 per cent above the present tariff structure.

However, Concor has slashed tariffs for moving empty containers between ports and ICDs by about 8-17 per cent. The new rates will come into effect from November 15. Concor is the sole entity engaged in the transportation of containers within the country by rail.

The change in tariffs follows an increase in the cost structure of Concor by about 8-12 per cent with Indian Railways (IR) imposing a telescopic cost structure instead of a flat rate structure on Concor for the first time. The haulage charges fixed by the Railway Ministry for carriage of containers by Concor become the base rate on which Concor adds its own costs to arrive at a tariff for its customers.

With the haulage charges effective from November 1, the per-kilometre cost for moving containers over short distances will become more expensive than that for longer distances.

However, instead of passing on the entire change to its customers, Concor has tried to absorb the costs. "We have absorbed more in the lower distance segment and less in the longer distance segments," said an official.

A look at some of the new export-import rates now for transporting twenty-feet equivalent units (TEU) loaded containers with a standard weight of up to 24 tonnes. For transporting such containers between Tughlakabad depot in Delhi and JNPT (Jawaharlal Nehru Port Trust) in Mumbai, which is a distance of about 1,449 km, Concor would increase the charges to Rs 16,200 instead of the present level of Rs 15,200. Transporting charges between Jaipur and JNPT would be hiked to Rs 13,800 instead of Rs 13,000. The Bangalore-Chennai segment (350 km) would be hiked by Rs 100 to Rs 5,800; where as the Ahmedabad-JNPT sector would be charged at Rs 6,800 instead of the present rate of Rs 6,000. However, there will be no change in rates for the Kashipur (Kolkata)-Amingaon (Guwahati) sector, which would ensure that the tea-exporters are not affected.

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