The Hindu Business Line : Concor relocates ICD operations at Irugur complex

CONTAINER Corporation of India (Concor) has operationalised its new terminal complex at Irugur near here by relocating its inland container depot from the Railway Goods Shed yard in the city.

Mr P.G. Thiagarajan, Director (international marketing and operation), Concor, was present at the soft launch of the new terminal facility at the 42-acre Irugur ICD campus on Friday. He inaugurated the formal commissioning of ICD's import/export handling activities.

The Irugur ICD, comprising a 20,000-sq ft warehousing for storing export/import cargo, paved container trailer parking, administrative building, customs inspection area, separate halls to house shippers, custom house agents besides link roads and canteen facility for users, is situated on the L&T bypass road, offering easy access to the nearby National Highways 47 and 67.

In a trade notice, Concor said , with the commissioning of the Irugur ICD, the existing ICD at the Goods Shed Yard stands closed from April 14.

The new facilities that may be made available shortly for the exporting/importing community using the Concor facility at Irugur include an exclusive outfit of the plant and a quarantine department from the Union Ministry of Agriculture that will ensure safety certification of the sensitive import of plant/animal materials after due inspection, a facility till now available only at gateway ports.

With Coimbatore being a major textile hub, the location of the plant and the quarantine unit at the ICD premises itself is regarded an advantage.

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