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Terminal Access Charge, Detention Charge and Ground Usage Charge shall

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COMPENDIUM

Container Rail Terminal(CRT)

Haulage Charge (Haulage Charge per TEU & Container Class Rate)

Hub & Spoke System of Charging

As prescribed vide Rates Master Circular/CRT-CCR-Hub&Spoke/2015/0 Rates Circular No.20 of 2018 Rates Circular No.22 of 2017 and Subsequent Amendments/Clarifications

(Note: This is a compilation of extant guidelines on the subject matter. Reference to subsequent Board’s circulars/letters have been given with regard to amendments/clarifications and the same be referred to)

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INDEX

Chapter-I:

Container Rail Terminal (CRT)

Para No.

1.

Operation of container trains by Private Container Operator(PCO) in Railway owned terminals notified as Container Rail Terminal(CRT)

1.0

2.

General guidelines

2.0

3.

Night Incentive

2.8.1

4.

Charges

3.0

5.

Terminal Access Charge

3.1

6.

Permissible Free time and Detention Charge for Use of CRTs

3.2

7.

Ground Usage Charge

3.3

8.

Ground Usage Charge for advance stacking

3.4

9.

Waiver of Detention Charge and Ground Usage Charge

3.5

10.

Development Surcharge

3.6

11.

Multiple Railway Receipts

3.7

12.

Procedure for notifying a railway owned terminal as CRT

4.0

Chapter-II:

Haulage Charge

1.

Haulage Charge

1.0

2.

Haulage Charge per TEU for commodities other than notified commodities

1.1

3.

Double Stack Dwarf Container

1.1.5

4.

Haulage Charge for movement of Cube Containers

1.1.6

5.

Guidelines for Haulage Charge for roundtrip movement of container traffic of lead more than 50 km- Power to Zonal Railway

1.1.7

6.

Incentive for containerized traffic of Chemical Gypsum

1.1.8

7.

GTKM based rate for containerized Salt Traffic

1.1.9

8.

Container Class Rate for notified commodities

1.2

9.

Notified commodities

1.2.1

10.

Container Class Rate

1.2.2 - 1.2.8

11.

Charging of Bulk Cement (Cement in loose form) when transported in normal containers

1.2.9

12.

Charging of Bulk Cement (Cement in loose form) when transported in Tank containers

1.2.10

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Chapter-III:

Hub & Spoke system of Charging

1.

General

2.

Methodology for charging for single stack operations under Hub & Spoke system A & B

3.

Methodology for charging for double stack operations under Hub & Spoke system C & D

ANNEXURES

o Rate Table - Haulage Charge per TEU Annexure-1 o List of commodities excluded from Notified commodity Group (Para

1.2.1 of Chapter-II) Annexure-2 o Illustration w.r.t. Paras 1.2.5 and 1.2.6 of Chapter-II Annexure-3 o Special Haulage Rate for movement of Bulk Cement in normal container Annexure-4 o Hire Charge for utilization of Railway Brake Van by Container Train Operators

Annexure-5

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Chapter-I

CONTAINER RAIL TERMINAL

(Corrigendum No.49 of Rates Master Circular/CRT-CCR-Hub&Spoke/2015/0)

1.0 Guidelines regarding operation of container trains by Private Container Operator(PCO) in Railway owned terminals notified as Container Rail Terminal(CRT) are given below.

2.0 General guidelines

2.1 Operation and handling of conventional and container trains will be treated equally.

However, it must be ensured that railway‟s business interests are not compromised.

2.2 Depending upon assessment of requirement, Zonal Railways may notify one or more Container Rail Terminals(CRTs) at a railway owned terminal in accordance with procedure laid down under Para 4 of this chapter.

2.3 The CRTs will provide Common User Facilities for all PCOs. No PCO will be provided „exclusive use‟ of any Rail Facility except under relevant guidelines specifically issued by Railway Board to regulate provision of such facilities for PCOs. All PCOs will have access to any CRT on a non-exclusive basis on a „first come first serve‟ basis.

2.4 Use of ground at a CRT will be permitted t

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