Container Corporation of India (CONCOR) is likely to commission two additional handling facilities at Rourkela in Orissa and at Majherhat West Bengal by June 2010. Work at both the places is on track.

CONCOR's domestic terminal at Majherhat near Kolkata Dock System is being upgraded into a fully-fledged container freight station (CFS) with additional warehousing facility of 2,000 sq mtrs. On completion, the CFS will be able to handle the export-import traffic also.

On the other hand, the company's Rourkela domestic terminal is to be spread over 18,000 sq mtrs. Presently, the company handles containerised traffic at Rourkela but from a railway goods shed which is also used by others, particularly private container train operators. This generally causes delay. Once operational, the terminal will substantially enhance CONCOR's throughput at Rourkela from the present 400 TEUs per month on an average, more so because there will be no waiting period. Also, it will be able to handle even factory stuffed boxes.

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