CFS & ICD Landscape in

India
Industry Trends &
Analysis
NAME

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Abhishek Sharma

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Farhan Khan

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Ziya Khan

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Naved Khan

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Ronak Somaiya

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From the ports, the cargo, if not checked out through customs
at the port itself, is transferred to a Container Freight Station
(CFS) or Inland Container Depot (ICD) depending on
shippers requirements, where it has to cleared through
customs by the importer or by a Custom Clearance Agent on
the importers behalf.

MARKET SCENARIO

At present, India has more than 190 CFS/ICDs in various parts of the country with a majority of them
being in the southern and western regions. However, in capacity terms, they are mainly concentrated on
the western coasts.
Competition is high in the CFS business, with about 15 and 8 major players catering to the JNPT and
Chennai ports, respectively.

On the ICD side, while there are a number of small players, Container Corporation of India (Concor)
with a pan India network of 59 ICDs, largely dominates this sub-segment.

Key entities involved in the CFS/ICD business in India are Concor, Gateway Distriparks Ltd. (GDL),
Allcargo Global Logistics (AGL), Balmer Lawrie, Hind Terminals Pvt. Ltd (HTPL), Central
Warehousing Corporation (CWC) and Sanco Trans Limited (STL).

Source Industry of commerce

STATEWISE FOOTPRINTS OF CFS/ICD

Major CFS & ICD

Footprints

CFSs and ICDs remain the fastest growing segment of the Indian Logistics
industry and also highly profitable in most instances. Experts expects this
growth to gain pace in line with the increasing need to tackle the growing
complexities of maritime intensive supply chain.

Growing competition from private participation

will also bring forth an array of new services and
customised logistic solutions being provided.

Recent investments towards developing - Free Trade

Warehousing Zones (FTWZs) by private players are
illustrative of the growth potential and patent need of
supporting infrastructure.