Double Stack Services commence between Gateway Distriparks' ICD Viramgam and Mundra Port

MUMBAI/DELHI : Gateway Distriparks Limited announces the commencement of its double stack rail transportation services between its Inland Container Depot (ICD) in Ahmedabad (Viramgam) to Mundra Port for its Export-Import trade customers. This key development will significantly enhance operational efficiency, improve asset productivity for the company's 31trainsandultimatelyreducetheoverallcostoflogisticsfor the trade, while expediting container evacuation at the port and its Inland Container Depots (ICDs). The first double stack train was flagged off by Indian Railways officials from AhmedabadDivisiononThursday,29thJune.

development not only for the ICD Viramgam market but also ourNorthernIndiaICDs."said RajguruBehgal,PresidentRail,GatewayDistriparksLimited.

ICD Viramgam, spread over 40 acres, is located at Ahmedabad and has a capacity to handle 200,000 TEUs per annum with 2 rail sidings used for consolidating containers for double stack rail services. Gateway Distriparks can leverage its strategically located network of ICDs by consolidatingcontainersformultipledestinationsatitshubs in Gurgaon and Ahmedabad, which are connected to the WesternDedicatedFreightCorridor.

"We are excited to start double stacking rail services between ICD Viramgam and Mundra Port. This will help us withfasterevacuationofcontainersandreducedwelltimeat theportforourcustomers.Inparticular,asICDViramgamis a hub that we use for consolidating containers for double stack operations, we will greatly benefit from this