CONCOR to launch 1,000 specialised tank containers to transport cement by rail

BENGALURU : Container Corporation of India (CONCOR), a part of the Indian Railways, plans to procure nearly 1,000 specialised tank containers that can transport cement by rail. This is in a bid to divert the cargo from road to rail. It had already procured 90 such containers from Braithwaite, a public sector unit under the Ministry of Railways, said sources.

CONCOR has, for the first time, introduced specialized tank containers for loading bulk cement in loose form. Real-time operations have commenced from MMHM (My Home Cement Siding), Mellacheruvu in Andhra Pradesh to CONCOR ICD at Bangalore.

This marks yet another milestone in strengthening India’s logistics supply Chain. These tank containers support the cement industry by enabling bulk movement via rail—an efficient, green, and sustainable mode of transport.

Recently, CONCOR flagged off its first tank container rake carrying 2,199 tonnes of bulk cement from Maha Cement (Mellacheruvu, AP) to ICD Whitefield, Bengaluru. The client was Hyderabad-based My Home Cement, sources said.

The shipment marked a new development in cement transportation for CONCOR, introducing specialised tank containers that enable safe, efficient movement of cement in loose form; reduced dependency on conventional bagged transport by road; lower transit losses and multi-handling and significant cut in carbon footprint, the source said.