Incentive Scheme for Freight Forwarders

 Incentive Scheme for Freight Forwarders:

1. Objective – Cargo storage and increasing the commodity group on the railways.

2. Restricted commodities –

A. Applicable to all traffic, except following:

1. All types of Coal ;

2. All types of Coke ;

3. Iron Ore ;

4. P.O.L. ;

5. Traffic moving in Privately owned wagons (Availing freight concession under any other scheme);

6. Traffic loaded in Ports ;

7. Container traffic ;

8. Military traffic ;

9. RMC ;

10. Short lead traffic of less than 100 kms.; and

11. Marine Gypsum.

B. If more than two goods are loaded in wagon then the following items are not allowed with the above items-

I. All types of ores and minerals.

II. Food Grains, Cement, Iron and steel, chemical fertilizer.

3. Distance Restriction- 700 Kms

4. Permitted wagon- Covered BOXN and Flat wagons.

5. Loading and unloading will be undertaken by Cargo-aggregator.

6. One or more variety of goods can be loaded in the wagons.

7. One or more variety of goods can be loaded without restriction in respect to

number of wagons.

8. Incentive:

9. Prepayment of freight is compulsory, will be booked at owner’s risk rate. Railway receipt will be issued for ‘self’ with remark ‘Said to contain’.

10. All extent commercial rules and regulations will apply eg. Demurrage, Wharfage etc.