Cargo - Consolidation of cargo at gateway port

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..... ly. It has been stated that at present, the LCL cargoes accepted by the shipping lines at hinterland ICDs/CFSs are reworked at transshipment hubs etc. Singapore, Dubai etc., which adds to the overall costs, thus making Indian exports uncompetitive in international market. Creation of similar facilities in India would therefore help promote our exports. Major advantages to the country are stated to be savings a foreign exchange due to substantial reduction in freight charges incurred by shipper, better handling and safer delivery of cargo as the activity takes place under the supervision of Indian agencies, additional traffic generated at gateway ports in terms of TEUs and reduction of transit time. Presently, as per Circular No. 57/98 .....

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..... t their ICDs/CFSs for storage, examination and consolidation of such cargo. The exporter shall be given a choice of indicating the shipping line to be used for shipment of his consignment or leave it to the custodian. The custodian shall nominate the shipping line destination-wise where such choice has been left to the custodian. The consignment of one shipping bill should not be allowed to be moved in part. After examination and clearance of LCL cargo, the packages opened for customs examination shall be sealed by Customs. the shipping line will use identification mark in each package clearly indicating serial number of package, description of the goods and the total number of packages covered under that particular shipping bi .....

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..... s in the presence of Customs. The custodian of the gateway port of CFS near gateway port would maintain a tally sheet containerwise, giving details of the export consignments, the previous Container No. Shipping Bill No. AR-4 No. and the details of new container in which goods have been restuffed. After the reworking/restuffing of the containers, tally sheet should be signed by the representatives of the custodian of the CFS and shipping line as well as by the supervising Customs Officers. After signing the tally sheet the Customs officer would indicate the container number in which such cargoes are stuffed on both the transference copies of shipping bill and AR-4, and retain one copy of such shipping bill. The other transference co .....

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