A consortium led by Teamglobal Logistics Private Limited will start operation in January at a rail-linked CFS (container freight station) near Jawahar Lal Nehru Port located in Mumbai after winning a Twenty-year deal from state-owned CWC (Central Warehousing Corporation), sources said.
Polaris Logistics Park Pvt Ltd, a company formed by Teamglobal Logistics Pvt Ltd, Sinnar Agrovet Pvt Ltd, and Isa Logistics Pvt Ltd, will run the Central warehousing corporation, located some 12 Kilometres from J N port, on an O&M (operation and maintenance) contract, a source said. A CFS is a facility licensed by the CD (Customs Department) to help decongest a port by shifting containerized cargo and Customs-related activities outside the port area. Due to space constraints and customs procedures at India’s port, clearance takes place at such facilities. The facility of attached rail sliding is an added advantage as it helps move containers directly to Jawaharlal Nehru Port and vice versa.
Jawahar Lal Nehru Port located in Mumbai after winning a Twenty-year deal from state-owned CWC
Central warehousing corporation logistics park is one of the biggest among the 36 CFS that service J N Port, which is India’s biggest state-owned container gateway. The central warehousing corporation had sought to pick a new operation and maintenance contractor to run the facility after the previous contract given to Hind Terminals Private Limited ended earlier this year. The Teamglobal logistics consortium quoted a royalty of over Rs.400 per TEU (Twenty-foot container or in other terms Twenty Equipment Units) and a minimum guaranteed throughput of 24000 TEUs a month to emerge the successful bidder.
CWC logistics park is one of the biggest among the 36 CFS that service J N Port, India’s biggest state-owned container gateway
According to the official briefed on the contract, “The operation and maintenance contract to run the central warehousing corporation logistics park was signed recently.”
With the help of this deal, Teamglobal Logistics Pvt Ltd and Isa Logistics Pvt Ltd will expand their presence in and around Jawaharlal Nehru Port. Teamglobal logistics and Chheda group run Globicon Terminals, a Container freight station located about 17 km from Jawaharlal Nehru Port. Separately, Teamglobal Logistics also operates Container freight stations in Hyderabad and Chennai.
CWC Distriparks, a 31-acre container freight station owned by CWC is run by Conex Terminal Private Limited, a company promoted by Sinnar Agrovet and Isa Logistics.
CWC, a public sector undertaking attached to the Union Ministry of Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution, runs some Twenty-five container freight stations and inland container depots across the country, some of which have been leased to Pvt firms.
