Key Features and Facilities at ICD Khodiyar AHMEDABAD

• Land area: 31.8 hectares
• Rail lines and network: Three full length rail lines with provision to handle 3 trains simultaneously. The ICD is connected by electrified railway lines from the adjacent Khodiyar railway station at a distance of 500 m. It will provide rail linkage to gateway ports like JNPCT, NSICT, GTIL, MICT and PPSP.
• Approach road: Two-lane concrete roads connect the S.G.Highway.
• A facility outside the municipal limits with easy access to the National Highway: Khodiyar is located outside the municipal limits and is directly connected to National Highway 8A C with a broad and easy approach road which is ideal for heavy vehicular traffic.
• Container yard: ICD-Khodiyar is paved with CC Blocks covering an area of 1,10,000 sq. m. The CY is also night-illuminated with high mast tower lights and equipped with reefer plug-in points. The CY has capacity to store 6,500 TEUs and can handle up to 3,00,000 TEUs per annum. It has been developed to stack containers in a planned way so that line-wise inventory can be maintained in a congestion-free environment. Cargo and container movement in the CY will be unidirectional.
• Real time track and trace of containers: Containers handled in the CY can be traced as a result of location recording via hand-held Radio Data Terminals (RDTs).
• Warehouses: Five state-of-art warehouses with area of 13,000 sq. m will be utilised for ex-im warehousing. All the warehouses are high-roofed and designed to enable cargo handling operations from both sides of the warehouse. The standard flow of cargo will reduce cargo turnaround time and increase space utility, facilitating better cargo handling.
• Truck/trailer parking: Truck/trailer parking with 8,500 sq. m area is available within the ICD premises at the entry and exit points, but outside the Customs bonded area. Approximately 80 trucks can be parked in the area, which has been provided with basic amenities like office space for transporters, surveyors, drinking water facility, two-wheeler parking, canteen, Sulabh public complex for bath/toilet units, etc.
• Container repair yard: An area of 1,000 sq. m has been earmarked as container repair yard within the ICD, where ISO containers can be repaired by certified surveyors.
• Gate complex: Two gate complexes have been constructed for easy entry/exit, where Customs and CONCOR staff will be available for documentation (at the gate only).
• Weighbridge and weighing scales: A 60-mt electronic weighbridge is available for weighing containers and cargo.
• Security and monitoring of operation: Round-the-clock security as per DGR norms, including ex-servicemen and gunmen, is available at ICD-Khodiyar.
• Bank on premises: Bank of Baroda will operate a branch at ICD-Khodiyar.
• Administrative building: It measures 3,000 sq. m over three floors and houses Customs and CONCOR administrative offices on the second floor, trade offices on the first floor and CONCOR and Customs ex-im cell with users' documentation area on the ground floor. There is also other offices/area for transporters, surveyors, bank, labour rest facility, storage for record and seals/samples. Provision also made for P&Q and ADC offices.
• Equipment deployed: State-of-art reach stackers to handle loaded and empty containers, mechanised cranes and forklifts with attachments for handling cargo and containers, trailers for internal shifting and train examination centre provided inside the ICD.
• Other VAS facilities: Container repair facilities, cargo fumigation, palletisation, lashing and chocking for securing cargo in containers and allied ex-im facilities.
• ETMS: CONCOR's Exim Terminal Management System (ETMS), e-filing on ETMS and information kiosks for fully IT-enabled services available.