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Container Corporation of India’s Durgapur terminal, complete with a railway siding with connection to mainline and other facilities, is to cater mainly to the iron and steel units located in Durgapur-Asansol industrial belt of West Bengal.

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Kolkata, Dec. 4 Container Corporation of India’s (Concor) Durgapur terminal in West Bengal, which is expected to be ready for operation in a month or so, is to handle 500 TEUs a month on commissioning.

Giving this information to Business Line here on Wednesday, Mr A.K. Behera, Chief General Manager, Concor, East, said, “The throughput would have been much more, but for the present economic slowdown.”

The terminal, geared to handle more than 1,000 TEUs a month, would cater mainly to the iron and steel plants, both in public and private sectors, dominating the industrial scene of the region, he said.

Spread over 29.7 acres of land acquired from Asansol Durgapur Development Authority, the terminal, according to Concor CGM, has been built at a cost of Rs 8.5 crore.

“It will be ideally suited for a number of industrial units located in and around Asansol-Durgapur industrial belt, as it is close to the National Highway 2 and will be connected to the mainline by a railway siding,” Mr Behera said, adding that that the total size of the paved area in the terminal would be more than 20,000 sq metres to facilitate loading/unloading and stuffing/destuffing of containers.

Reach stackers, fork lifts and other handling equipment would be in place shortly. “There will be several trailers to offer door-to-door service,” he said, pointing out that terminal-to-terminal and chassis-to-chassis services or combination of them too would be provided, depending on customers requirements.

The iron and steel units in and around Durgapur/Asansol area, currently despatching by road pig iron and TMT bars to northern and southern regions, should avail themselves of Concor’s services which, it was claimed, would be cost-effective.

At a meeting held in Durgapur on Tuesday, the representatives of user industries wanted to know about the cost, transit time and safety and security of containers. “On all the three counts, we assured them, the Concor services would prove to be the best,” Mr Behera said.

“Right now, the terminal will cater to the domestic traffic, but in due course we will upgrade it to a full-fledged container freight station (CFS) to cater to imports and export trade,” he added.

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