Gateway Rail Freight to set up 4th ICD

Gateway Rail Freight, subsidiary of Gateway Distriparks, will set up its fourth inland container depot (ICD) at Viramgam near Ahmedabad in Gujarat. Expected to be operational within a year, the terminal will cater to the need of Ahmedabad, Sanand, and Mehsana and Becharaji EXIM market by providing ICD services such as customs clearance and storage of cargo. Prem Kishan Gupta, Chairman and Managing Director, Gateway Rail and Gateway Distriparks said, “This terminal will be on the confluence of the two double stack routes between Garhi Harsaru in Gurgaon (Haryana) and two main ports on the west coast at Mundra and Pipavav in Gujarat. The terminal with the railway siding and container yard will be constructed over 25 acres of land and initially will have a capacity to handle two trains simultaneously. It will have a capacity to handle 1.50 lakh TEUs annually.”