SCHOOL OF COMMERCE

A PRESENTATION ON INLAND CONTAINER DEPOT

SUBMITTED TO PROF. MEGHA KANUNGO

SUBMITTED BY ANSHIKA SRIVASTAVA BERNARD EMMANUEL DEEPIKA JAISWAL HEERALAL YADAV NEHA GADKARI

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Inland Container Depot Functions of ICDs Operations of ICDs Benefits of ICDs Import Procedure Export Procedure Major ICDs in INDIA Basic Requirements for setting an ICD. ICD Pithampur Facilities available at ICD Pithampur
Types of Containers available at ICD Pithampur

INLAND CONTAINER DEPOT (ICD)

A common user facility with public authority status equipped with requisite infrastructure to handle export import cargo. Also called as Dry Ports.

FUNCTIONS OF ICDs
Receipt and Delivery of Cargo Stuffing and De-stuffing of Containers Customs Clearance Temporary Storage of Cargo and Containers Reworking of Containers Maintenance of Containers Packing of Goods Storage of Empty Containers.

OPERATIONS OF ICD
Rail Siding (in case of a rail based terminal) Container Yard Warehouse Gate Complex

BENEFITS OF ICD
Concentration points for long distance cargos. Customs clearance facility available near the centers of production and consumption No customs required at port gateways Reduced level of pilferage. Provides safety to cargo. Reduced overall level of empty container movement. Increase in trade flows. Transit facility for cargos. Competitive transport cost.

Procedure to Export Goods through ICD

Exporter takes the goods to the ICD and files the shipping bill. The goods are examined by the Customs Officers and they are stuffed into the containers and thereafter the containers are sealed. Such containers are transported to the Seaports by the Container Corporation of India or any other authorized agency, either by rail or road, when the containers are loaded into the vessels for delivery of the same at the specified foreign port. In the case of export through ICD, the exporters are requested to file two additional copies of Shipping Bills known as "Transference Copies" along with other documents.

MAJOR ICDS IN INDIA

Basic Requirements for Setting an ICD in INDIA

Sufficient Land Area Suitable Warehousing capability. Suitable paved area for safe and easy movement of trucks and trailers Requisite office facilities ICD must have an easy access-connectivity to the road network.

ICD Pithampur
Strategically located at the industrial heartland of M.P., the state of art dry port lies a mere 45 kms from the financial nerve center of Central India Indore. Spread over an area of 17 acre with all the necessary infrastructure, ICD Pithampur brings to you all the advantages offered by major maritime ports like Jawaharlal Nehru Port, Nhava Sheva and Mumbai Port for containerized cargo, & Sahara Air Port, Mumbai, for aircargo. The port covers a wide area of Indore, Pithampur, Dewas, Mandideep, Bhopal, Nagda, Ghatabillod, Dhamnod, Sarangpur, Ratlam, Pilukhedi etc.

INFRASTRUCTURE, EQUIPMENTS AND FACILITIES

ICD, Pithampur occupies an area of 17 acres sufficient to cater to the requirement of this region. Modern all weather Warehouse of 20,000 sq. feet floor area. Bank counter facility. Availability of one reach-stacker, three 70 T cranes, three hydra cranes, two fork-lifts, and adequate labor for handling, stuffing/ de-stuffing of containers/CBTs. Excellent lighting arrangements to allow night working. Well-groomed security to ensure safety of consignments. 70 trailers to cater to the road transport between ICD & Ratlam and also for local requirement of factory stuffing / de-stuffing. EDI Facility is available at ICD Pithampur

Facility for choking & palletization available Custom House Agents to help & expedite process. Shipping Agents available. LCL facility to encourage the small exporters Air Cargo facility through Truck Bonding procedure. Goods are Custom cleared and sent to SAHAR AIRPORT, where under Customs supervision, they are loaded to the Aircraft as per the destination. Importers can manifest import containers directly to the ICD for delivery. On arrival of the containers at the sea port - Mumbai Port and Nhava Sheva Port, CONCOR transports them to the ICD, where the same are Customs cleared. Exporter's find the empty containers readily available at the ICD for stuffing. After stuffing, the export containers are custom cleared and sealed at ICD itself. CONCOR transport the same to the seaport and hands over to the respective shipping lines for further carriage overseas.

TYPES OF CONTAINERS AVAILABLE AT ICD PITHAMPUR

General purpose container

High Cube General purpose Container