Almighty Containers Freight Stations Pvt. Ltd.
(C.F.S : GHAVAN PHATA, VILLAGE WAHAL TAL. URAN,
DIST.
RAIGADH.MUMBAI).
ANALYSIS REPORT.
ON
PROS AND CONS OF BUILDING YOUR OWN
CONTAINER FREIGHT STATION.
RESEARCH INDEX.
• TOPIC- OPEANING AN OWN CONTAINER FREIGHT
STATION.
• DEFINATION OF A CONTAINER FREIGHT
STATION.
• PROBLEM IDENTIFIED.
• RESEARCH METHODOLOGY.
• FUNCTIONS OF C.F.S.
– RAIL SIDING.
– CONTAINER YARD.
– WAREHOUSING.
– GATE COMPLEX.
• BENEFITS OF C.F.S.
• LIMITATION OF C.F.S.
• CONCLUSION.
C.F.S
I.C.D
SEZ.
PORT.
DEFINITION OF ICD/CFS
• Container Freight Station may be defined as:-
A common user facility with public authority
status equipped with fixed installations and
offering services for handling and temporary
storage of import/export laden and empty
containers carried under customs control and
with customs and other agencies competent to
clear goods.
• The CFS. Provides highly atomized
warehousing services.
• Functions OF C.F.S.
• Receipt and dispatch/delivery of cargo.
• Stuffing and stripping of containers.
• Transit operations by rail/road to and from
serving ports.
• Customs clearance.
• Consolidation and desegregation of LCL cargo.
• Temporary storage of cargo and containers.
• Reworking of containers.
• Maintenance and repair of container units.
• The operations of the CFSs revolve around
the following centers of activity:-
i.) Rail Siding (in case of a rail
based terminal)
• The place where container trains are received
dispatched and handled in a terminal. Similarly,
the containers are loaded on and unloaded
from rail wagons at the siding through overhead
cranes and / or other lifting equipments.
ii) Container Yard
• Container yard occupies the largest area in the
CFS. It is stacking area were the export
containers are aggregated prior to dispatch to
port, import containers are stored till Customs
clearance and where empties await onward
movement. Likewise, some stacking areas are
earmarked for keeping special containers such
as refrigerated, hazardous, overweight/over-
length, etc.
iii) Warehouse
• A covered space/shed where export cargo is
received and import cargo stored/delivered;
containers are stuffed/stripped or reworked;
LCL exports are consolidated and import LCLs
are unpacked; and cargo is physically
examined by Customs. Export and import
consignments are generally handled either at
separate areas in a warehouse or in different
nominated warehouses/sheds.
iv) Gate Complex
• The gate complex regulates the entry and exist
of road vehicles carrying cargo and containers
through the terminal. It is place where
documentation, security and container
inspection procedures are undertaken.
• V) BENEFITS OF CFS’s
• The benefits as envisaged from an CFS are as follows :-
• The main benefits from CFSs
• i) Concentration points for long distance cargoes and its
unitization.
• ii) Service as a transit facility.
• iii) Customs clearance facility available near the centers of
production and consumption
• iv) Reduced level of demurrage and pilferage.
• v) No Customs required at gateway ports.
• vi) Issuance of through bill of lading by shipping lines, hereby
resuming full liability of
• Shipment.
• vii) Reduced overall level of empty container movement.
• xi) Competitive transport cost.
• ix) Reduced inventory cost.
• x) Increased trade flows.
Limitations-
• Setting up a C.F.S involves lots of cost and
investment in it.
• The capital is blocked for a long term as the
returns are slow.
• The places near ports lack infrastructure
facilities so it is difficult to maintain a C.F.S.
