Rail Freight from Kandla and Mundra Ports

When the answer isn't clear, we price both, and often combine them, with road haulage for the first or last mile.

Mundra has strong rail connectivity to inland container depots in Gujarat, Rajasthan, Delhi NCR, Punjab and beyond, and benefits from the Western Dedicated Freight Corridor. For containerised cargo we:

• Book space with the container train operator
• Arrange movement of the container on the right rake from the terminal
• Coordinate customs procedures, whether cargo is cleared at the port or moved under bond for clearance at the destination ICD
• Arrange delivery by road from the ICD to your premises

For commodities such as coal, fertiliser, salt, clinker and grains discharged at Kandla or Mundra, a full rake can move thousands of tonnes in one movement. We handle:

• Rake indent and booking with the railway
• Trucking from the berth or storage to the rail siding
• Loading supervision, weighment and the railway receipt (RR)
• Coordination with the receiving siding for unloading

Typical bulk rail moves from Kandla include coal and fertiliser to inland plants and distribution points in Gujarat, Rajasthan, Madhya Pradesh and Punjab.

Rail looks cheaper per tonne, but a fair comparison with road includes every leg:

• First mile: trucking from the berth, CFS or warehouse to the rail terminal or siding
• Terminal handling: lifting containers on and off wagons, or loading bulk into rakes
• Rail freight: the haulage charge itself, by container or by rake
• Destination handling: unloading at the ICD or siding
• Last mile: delivery by road from the terminal to your premises

We quote all five together, so you can compare rail with door-to-door road transport on equal terms.

1. Requirement: cargo, quantity, origin port, destination station or ICD and timeline.
2. Option and cost check: rail and road compared, including first and last mile.
3. Booking: rake or container slot booked and the loading window agreed.
4. First mile and loading: cargo trucked to the siding or terminal and loaded under supervision.
5. Transit tracking: updates until arrival.
6. Last mile: delivery from the destination terminal to your door.

Rail works best when the port stage is in step with it. A rake waiting for cargo still costs money. Because we also handle customs clearance and port operations, we time the discharge, clearance and siding delivery together. Our logistics support service can run the whole sequence for regular volumes.