Continental Warehousing Corporation Ltd. (CWCL) has
inaugurated its first container freight station (CFS) at Red Hills, near the
Chennai port.
The first phase of the project,
which is complete, has 35,000 square feet covered space to function as an
import and export CFS and bonded warehouse. The CFS also has three lakh square
feet of paved area for container storage and one lakh square feet of open paved
area for bonding containers and cargoes.
During the second phase of the
project, the company plans to convert the CFS into a facility, which would
provide storage and distribution facilities for general cargo and chemicals.
Reportedly, the company has 54 acres of land near the CFS for developing this
facility.