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| Type | Freight Marketing Circular |
|---|---|
| Topic | freight |
continent. When goods are accepted for carriage by goods trains, the freight on such goods shall
GOODS NOTES INCORPORATING LATEST CHANGES AS FAR AS POSSIBLE. MOST OF THIS NOTES PREPARED BY AN INSTRUCTOR. ANONYMOUS. MY REGARDS AND THANKS TO HIM INDEX Sl. No. Topic Page No. 1. Various Kinds of goods handled by the Railway 1 2. Various kinds of wagons & Details on wagons 4 3. Forwarding Note 8 4. e-payment, eT-RR 11 5. Wagon Demand Registration Fee , e-RD & e-way bill 13 6. Preferential Traffic Order &Indent, Allotment & Supply of wagons 20 7. Routing of Goods 24 8. Rating of Goods & Freight & Other Charges for goods traffic. 25 9. Classification of Goods 28 10. Weight Conditions 30 11. Weighment of Goods 31 12. Packing Conditions 34 13. Labeling & Marking 36 14. Placement of wagons , WTR, Loading of goods 40 15. Sealing & Riveting 42 16. Freight Operations Information System (FOIS) 44 17. Railway Receipt, Said to Contain Railway Receipt 47 18. Un-loading of Goods, DDM, DDPC 48 19. Re-Weighment of Goods 50 20. Punitive Charges 51 21. Delivery of Goods on collection of Railway Receipt 54 22. Open Delivery & Assessment Delivery 55 23. Delivery of Goods in absence of the Railway Receipt 57 24. Gate Pass, Sunday Inventory 60 25. Mis-declaration of Goods 61 26. Unconnected Goods 62 27. Undelivered Goods 63 28. Transportation Products 64 29. Freight Incentive Schemes 71 30. Rebooking of Goods 81 31. Diversion of Goods 83 32. Demurrage Charges 85 33. Wharfage Charges 88 34 Stacking of Goods 91 35. Intoxicating Drugs, Contraband Goods 92 36. Railway Material Consignments 93 37. Military Goods 94 38. Explosive & Dangerous goods 95 39. Live Stock 97 40. Sidings 99 41. Responsibility of Railways as Common Carriers 101 42. Claims & Claims Preparation 102 43. Registers maintained at Goods Office& Balance Sheet 105 44. Introduction of freight marketing 108 45&46. Gati Shakti Cargo Multimodal Terminal, BDUs & Model paper 109 &112 1. Various kinds of goods handled by the Railways Introduction:- Indian Railways (IR) is a great national asset and the backbone of Indian economy. A single transport network connects far flung areas of the country. It is one of the largest transportation and logistics network of the world. IR runs more than 13,169 passenger trains daily & carry over 23 million of passengers per day, connecting about 8,000 stations spread across the Indian sub-continent. Indian Railways carry a heterogeneous variety of goods. These consists of raw materials, finished products, perishable, goods loose or in bulk and in bags, articles of high and low value, fragile and dangerous goods, building materials of all kind and medicines, chemicals and drugs, clothing, footwear and essential food stuffs. In fact, they directly or remotely enter into the daily existence of the average person. Goods’ includes a. Containers, pellets or similar articles of transport used to consolidate goods. b. Animals. Important commodities carried by IR: • Coal & coke • Cement • Food grains & pulses • Fertilizers • POL • Containers Different kinds of goods handled by the Railways are mentioned below: 1. General goods. 2. Dangerous goods & explosive goods. 3. Offensive goods. 4. Live stock. 5. Perishables goods. 6. Contraband goods. 7. Bulky articles. 8. Railway material. 9. Military traffic. 10.Goods in loose. 11. Petroleum, Oil & Lubricants (POL) 12. Over Dimensional Consignment (ODC) 1. General goods: General goods are general merchandized goods such as Cement, Food grains, Flours and Pulses, Sugar, Iron Ores, Iron and Steel, Salt, Fertilizers, Coal and Coke, Machinery and machine tools etc. [2] 2. Dangerous goods & explosive goods: Dangerous goods are classified into NINE classes as follows, having regard to the hazard involved in their carriage by rail (Red Tariff No.20) (1) Explosives (2) Gases, compressed, liquefied or dissolved under pressure (3) Petro
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