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Indian railways offers 25% discount on transport of empty containers

The initiative of giving discount in haulage of empty containers and flat wagons is expected to increase more loading in both EXIM trade and domestic segments of container traffic

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Shine Jacob New Delhi

Last Updated : Dec 15 2018 | 12:00 AM IST

Giving a major boost to container movement to ports, the Indian Railways on Friday announced its decision to provide 25 per cent discount on transport of empty containers as well empty flat container wagons.

The initiative of giving discount in haulage of empty containers and flat wagons is expected to increase more loading in both EXIM trade and domestic segments of container traffic. A railway official said this would boost the finances of 18 private container train operators (CTO) and state-run Container Corporation (Concor), that are operating in the segment.

The Indian Railways handles around 47.35 million tonne of container

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