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West Bengal's first privately promoted container freight station (CFS), so it is claimed, is being set up at Durgapur. Promoted by Allied ICD Services, belonging to the PDP Group, the CFS will be commissioned shortly. The proposed CFS, it is learnt, will mainly handle containers to be transported by road between Durgapur and Haldia dock and the Kolkata Dock System.

Spread over six acres, the CFS is estimated to cost Rs 20 crore in the first phase, to be funded partly by way of contribution from the promoters and partly by way of loans from banks and financial institutions. There are plans to expand it subsequently, as and when the situation will so warrant. A total of 11 acres has been sanctioned for the project.

Allied ICD Services has identified about 35 firms in and around Durgapur as probable users of the CFS and these include Philips Carbon Black, Graphite India, Adhunik Steel and Durgapur Steel Plant.

The initial throughput is estimated at 900 TEUs per month, 600 for exports and 300 of imports. It may be recalled that Container Corporation of India too is planning to set up a terminal at Durgapur, but mainly to handle domestic traffic.

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