CHENNAI PORT Address:
Chennai Port Trust, Rajaji Salai, Chennai - 600 001
Telephone: 562201 to 562220 / 560151 to 560160
Fax : 561228 Telex No.: 041 8331
1. Chennai Port
folloews the concept of single window clearance.
The Export Documentation Center housing Customs,
Chennai Clearing and Forwarding. Labour and the
Dock Labour Board is within the Port Complex.
2. Palletised cargo is given 10% rebate on
wharfage and the weight of the pallet is not
taken into account for the purpose of calculating
wharfage.
3. 30 day free time is allowed for aggregation of
cargo on the wharf before the arrival of the
vessel.
4. Private equipment is allowed in certain areas
to augment rate of loading/discharging of dry
bulk cargoes.
5. Priority berthing is given for Export oriented
vessels.
6. Demurrage is charged on minimum flat rate
basis for export goods left lying in transit area
beyond cargoes.
7. Open Space in transit area for export cargo
such as barytes, lumps, quartz etc. is offered on
concessional basis.
1. Manning strength for stuffing
containers is the lowest and matching international standards
(i.e.) 4 mazdoors, one EFLT driver and one Tally Clerk and the
average stuffing/destuffing charge is Rs.375.00 per TEU.
2. Exclusive Container Freight Station for Export cargo has
commissioned recently with "ON WHEEL" loading facilities
and LCL shippers can advantage of this.
3. Exclusive Container Freight Station to handle import LCL
containers.
4. Terminal handling charges at Chennai Port Container Terminal is
Rs. 1415.00 for 20 containers and Rs. 2125.00 for 40 containers.
The handling charges are the lowest among the Indian ports.
5. ICD boxes are handled totally by Container Corporation of India
who receive incoming export loads from various ICD's in plot
alloted inside the port. The boxes are moved by their own tractor
trailers to the terminal for shipment. Similarly, import boxes
brought by the common feeder vesels are moved from the terminal to
their own yard, dedicated trains are moved out of the port to the
respective IDC's.
6. The Chennai POrt is well connected with inland container depots
at Coimbatore, Banglore, Guntur, Anaparti, Hyderbad and New Delhi.
Weekly dedicated trains run on nominated days from Chennai POrt to
IDC's.
7. Under the Long Term Berth Reservation Scheme introduced in
Chennai Port, feeder vessels in the Chennai-Singapore sector are
now available with fixed day schedule viz. on Wednesdays and
Sundays. This enables the exporters to plan export containers for
those dedicated vessels which would in turn reach Singapore in
time to connect to the mainline vessels.
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