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design and flexibility of more than 30 railway movement. Bulk.
movement via Rail, Road and officials to get the railway 9. Food grain in Containers 13. Since containers are
Sea. siding approvals, which System eventually will fully closed, current
Besides since ISO delays the railway siding get advantage of double overloading problem of
Containers are being used construction and thus stacking in upcoming Trucks will also get totally
universally, systems related the whole project gets Dedicated Freight reduced.
to its Design, Manufacturing, delayed. Corridor where double 14. Hydraulic Arrangement to
Operation, Inspection & 5. Since the overall Land stacking will be allowed. load / unload containers
Maintenance etc. all are requirement will decrease 10. Food grain in container is much simpler and
standardized and in place. with the absence of system will reduce economical than wagon
With the introduction Railway Siding smaller the overall Grain loading and unloading
of Food Grain Movement players too can enter into Silo Terminal cost by system. This hydraulic
via containers FCI will get this business at a very approximately 50%, as arrangement can be easily
following direct benefits; competitive price. This then following equipment installed at Grain Terminal
1. Containers have flexibility fact again will save more of grain silo terminal will and Grain Mandi to
to be moved by Rail as FCI money. no longer be required. handle containers.
well as via Road, the 6. Food Grain Wagon rake 15. Containers can be used
necessity of Railway is 3 times more expansive • 4000 MT Silo is not to carry other non-toxic
siding will no longer be than the general Flat required commodities also in their
there. The concessionaire Freight Car rake, this • 700 TPH Elevators return journey, which
can move the containers to will further save Govt’s and Conveyors are not will reduce the food grain
nearest ICD and rail it out money as containers are required carrying cost further.
from there. much less expansive than • 700 TPH Bulk Weighing 16. Individual containers
2. Concessionaires can get Food Grain Wagons System is not required carrying grain are best
land at a much cheaper 7. Moreover, 3PL (Third • 120 T underground rail suitable for last mile
price, as now they don’t Party Logistics) service hoppers are not required delivery.
have to necessarily search is very easy to deploy • Expansive Wagon 17. Also, containers are very
for land closer to railway for container movement, Loading System along easy to clean and hence
station. Now their choices which will make the grain with its Structural a perfect choice for food
will increase and thus movement operation very platform is not required grain movement.
their bargaining power economical due to stiff • Static Rail weighbridge is
too. competition between 3PL not required In view of all above
3. No railway siding means service agencies. advantages if food grain
big railway infrastructure 8. There are more than a 11. Fumigation of Container movement is carried out in
like railway siding, special dozen private freight car is very easy, which means Bulk Containers nation will
tools, maintenance spares operators in India who chances of infestation of a lot of capital cost as well as
etc. is not required and can move freight at much grain too is very low in operation cost. Besides, FCI
this also means that much cheaper rate than Indian containers will then be able to complete
lesser land is required Railways. They will all 12. Containers can be easily its target of building 100 lakh
which will save overall want to capture this grain deployed in Mandi too tonnes of Silo storage much
project cost. movement business as from where the grains faster.
4. Construction of railway volume wise it is a big can be easily transported
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siding is not easy, as one business. This will further in same containers to how-grain-movement-in-bulk-container-
has to coordinate with decrease the cost of grain Grain Silo Terminal in will-help-india

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