Bonded trucking is the future ............................................................................................
Celebi Delhi Cargo Terminal has started a daily Road Feeder Service (RFS) from Ludhiana and Kanpur. Ramesh Mamidala, CEO, Celebi Delhi Cargo Terminal Management, enumerates expansion plans.
Enumerate the latest RFS development.
We have already started the Ludhiana facility with effect from February 1, 2017, and in Kanpur from March 6, 2017. The bonded trucking partners for the Kanpur and Ludhiana facilities is Om Logistics. These bonded trucks will bring the cargo to Delhi and then the cargo will be handed over to airlines in Delhi.
The facility has features like no waiting or immediate handling at truck docks. The cargo willbereadyforloadingatActual Time Arrivals (ATA) +4 hours. Even, for large lots (6T plus) additional capacity can be arranged at short notice. More importantly, there will be assured delivery and no minimum weight. Kindly highlight the USP of Celebi bonded trucks?
Bonded trucking has already started several times. So, what makes our truck different is customised vehicle which is planned for cost optimisation. The size of the truck is 19 feet. We have three compartments in the truck; first and second one is of six feet and third one is of seven feet. And each compartment can carry 2,000 kilos. If we don’t have sufficient cargo for the whole truck, then we will have a possibility of knocking one compartment separately with the custom seal and the rest will be available to be used for the general cargo. How do you envision to make Delhi as a cargo hub?
We are working hard to make Delhi as the hub for transshipment and pharma. We are trying to bring pharma from hinterland and bringing transhipment from, let’s say Dhaka, Colombo, Kathmandu, and develop domestic to international transshipment and vis-à-vis, and international to international transhipment. For this, Dhaka (DAC) freighters has already started and we are working on Colombo freighters. This will help us to make Delhi as a hub for transshipment and pharma. Please elaborate on the ULD Repair System.
ULDs are the pallets and containers that the airlines used to forward cargo and baggage and they get damaged. For repair, the airlines have to send it to their headquarters. We have a space, so with this facility, we are trying to help the airlines with their repairs. We are in a process to organise few licenses that are required for such stations. What are your expansion plans for RFS?
The expansion will be further into Kolkata-Durgapur, Indore, Jaipur, Ahmedabad and Roorkee-Haridwar belt. We are also working on BBIN (Bangladesh, Bhutan, India & Nepal) RFS corridor. Hence, there is a possibility of moving trucks from these places and we are trying to get cargo to India without any restrictions.