CONTAINER FREIGHT STATION, MULUND

BY - VINAY GUPTA (08)

ABDUL QADER (09)

NIKHIL KHOBRAGADE (14)

CFS MULUND - INTRODUCTION

Established in November 1991.

The Container Freight Station (CFS), Mulund is situated 29

Kms from Mumbai City on the Eastern Express Highway,

just 3 Kms short of Thane.

It spreads over an area of 35.88 acres (1,47,520 sq. Mtrs)

with the Indian Railways Central Line bisecting it into

Mulund (East) and Mulund (West). Mulund (West) spread

over 12.88 acres (51, 520 Sq. Mtrs) accommodates Export

Department and Mulund (E) covering 24 acres (96000 Sq.

Mtrs) has the Import Department of the CFS.

……………... CONTI

In November 1995, Mulund was notified as customs area for

the purpose of Import and CFS operations were expanded to

import as well, though only of certain specified cargo such

as waste paper, PVC resin, metal scrap, woolen rags etc.

Like exports, the import operations were initially limited to

de-stuffing of containers and examination / clearance of

cargo.

The Bills of entry were filed in the Customs House and

assessed by the respective appraising groups. The Customs

duty too was paid in the Custom House. In other words, the

CFS-Mulund (East) functioned as an integral part of the

Import Department of Bombay Custom House.

CUSTODIAN The Department has appointed Container Corp. of India (CONCOR),

a Government of India Undertaking under the Ministry of Railways,

as the custodian of the Customs area notified at Mulund for the

purpose of stuffing, de-stuffing, examination and clearance of

containerized cargo.

However, CONCOR has, from the very beginning, entered into an

agreement with Indira Rashtriya Kamgar Sahakari Society Ltd.

(IRKSS), ( a Mulund based entity with former Maharashtra Chief

Minister/Defence Minister Shri Sharad Pawar as its honorary

president), and thereby entrusted the latter with nearly all the CFS

operations like handling and transportation of containers from

Mulund to Nhava Sheva/Mumbai port and vice versa as also of

handling of cargo within the CFS premises.

GATEWAY PORT / AIRPORT The containerized export cargo sealed at CFS feeds both the

Nhava Sheva and Mumbai Ports. The cargo moves by road on the

trailers belonging to M/s. Seaport Container Terminal Ltd. About

80% of the containers go to Nhava Sheva Port and the remaining

20 % to Mumbai Port.

The import cargo on the other hand comes entirely from Nhava

Sheva by rail (90%) via Panvel, Diva and Thane (about 70 Km

journey) as well as by road (10%).

CONCOR has also been allowed to transport export cargo in

Customs-sealed trucks from CFS Mulund to Chhatrapati Shivaji

International Airport, Sahar (w. e. f. October 2000) and to

Ahmedabad Airport (w. e. f. June 2001) for its shipment by air

INFRASTRUCTURE

Paved Area

Admin Area

Warehouse

Equipments

Security And Firefighting

IT Infrastructure

Port and Other Facilities

PAVED AREA

CFS MULUND (WEST)-EXPORTS(Mumbai) (code) Paved Area - 26,000 sq. mts.

ADMIN AREA

Commissioned 1991 Total Area - 52,000 sq. mts. Paved Area - 26,000 sq. mts.Warehouse space - 4300 sq. mtrs. Equipment -1 top lifter, 1 loaded sling crane, 2 Empty container fork lifts, 10 Cargo handling forklifts. 

WAREHOUSE

EQUIPMENTS

SECURITY

IT

OTHER SERVICES Main Services offered

Export LogisticsOctroi Duty PaymentLCL and FCL clearence under one roof