Container Corporation of India (CONCOR) is adopting a strategy that includes
setting up dedicated air freight stations, expanding the network of inland
container depots (ICDs), taking up stakes in ports, exploring options of
starting coastal shipping services with shipping lines and offering cold chain
storage services, in order to take on competition from private operators.
Now, to increase penetration in the hinterland, CONCOR has invested over Rs
100 crore to add four more terminals to its existing chain of 59 ICDs. While the
ones at Durgapur (West Bengal) and Sarai Madhopur in Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh
have been commissioned recently, Sikandrabad (Uttar Pradesh) and Khodiyar
(Gujarat) facilities are under construction.
CONCOR is also looking at setting up dedicated air freight stations at seven
ICDs, including at Pithampur (Madhya Pradesh) and Ahmedabad (Gujarat).
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inland container depot to be functional by March 2010 (15-Sep-09)