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Mamuni Das

New Delhi , Dec. 22

CONTAINER Corporation of India (Concor) is in the process of identifying the new demand areas and bottlenecks in the freight transport routes, where railway lines are required to be in place to connect import/export gateways.

After completing the study, Concor would submit the proposal to the Railway Board. The Railways would use Concors' inputs while deciding its track laying plans, sources said.

Concor, which transports containers between ports/airports and inland container depots using rail links, does not build its own railway tracks. The organisation uses Indian Railways' tracks and signalling system for which Concor pays `haulage charges'.

"We are studying various transport routes and their traffic potential in terms of containers that are required to be transferred. We have already identified various routes that could prove profitable in nature," a senior company official told Business Line. The report is expected to be ready within a few days.

As for the present port-inland container depot (ICD) connectivity infrastructure, Concor offers rail connectivity to 20 inland container depots (ICDs) from the JNPT/NSICT. It offers transportation between the ports of Mundra, Pipavav and seven ICDs each.

While Concor offers connectivity to three ICDs from the Mumbai Port Trust, it offers connects two ICDs each to the ports of Chennai, Kochi, Kandla and Haldia. The organisation also offers rail connectivity between the ports at Kolkata, Tuticorin and an ICD each.

As on date, Concor has a high-speed wagon fleet of 3,850, which it uses for export-import traffic. The organisation has pending orders for another 20-21 rakes (trains) that are likely to be delivered by March 2005.

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