Maersk has announced the Inland Container Depot (ICD) Madurai as a new acceptance point. The company is getting closer to its customers in the hinterland of Tamil Nadu.
An infrastructure spread over a total area of about 70 acre, the state-of-the-art ICD is one of the largest in the country and will serve as a major infrastructural hub for South India.
Equipped with a warehouse to support faster cargo clearance, the ICD will help reduce overall logistics costs by up to 30 percent, while also providing operational transparency to customers.
Until recently, importers shipped their cargo to Tuticorin Port where it was cleared by Customs, destuffed and kept at a warehouse. As per customer requirements, the cargo was then being moved by trucks from Tuticorin to its final delivery point in and around Madurai.
With ICD Madurai as a new acceptance point, the company will help move the cargo directly to Madurai, speed up the clearance process and manage de-stuffing and storage at the warehouse at Madurai.
The new ICD also provides customers with a choice of taking the container and delivering it at the final delivery point, and return containers back in Madurai.
The new acceptance point will also enable ease of doing business in the region by coming closer to customers and thus reducing the overall logistics costs by up to 30 percent.
The infrastructure offerings at ICD Madurai include 24x7 operations, storage including bonded warehousing facilities, faster claim rate of duty drawback and GST refund, and capability to handle air cargo connecting Chennai and Bengaluru.