Regional Conference on Strengthening Transport Connectivity & Trade Facilitation in

South & South West Asia

Harpreet SinghDirector (Projects & Services), CONCOR

INDIA

Lahore, Pakistan, 9-10 December 2013

Outline of Presentation

• Setting the Context• Sub-regional Groups/ Trade agreements• Assessment of Infrastructure• Contribution of CONCOR• Way Ahead for the Region

Setting the Context• South & South West Asia region: High growth

nations as compared to World average. It is major driver of global economic recovery

• In the aftermath of global financial crisis in West: domestic & regional trade is a must to sustain growth

• For this: Transport Connectivity is v. critical

Sub-regional groups/ Trade agreements

• To boost business in the sub-region, several groups and trade agreements have been formed

• Preferential trade arrangements play a major role in stimulating trade

• These agreements result in reduced costs and increasing volumes of regional trade

Trade Competitiveness depends on efficient, fast, reliable and seamless

connectivity

Assessment of Infrastructure

(Source: Kalegama & Abayasekara, Regional Economic cooperation and connectivity in south and south west asia)

The infrastructure of Transport Network

in South and South West Asia is

lower than the World average

Assessment of Infrastructure…

Air transport is most developed in the regionPorts are also relatively well developed. All

top 10 container ports are in AsiaRoad and Rail networks are less developed in

the Region. Need lots of improvements and inputs

Greater emphasis needs to be laid on improving Rail connectivity of the Region

Container Corporation of India Ltd

CONCOR

Leading multimodal logistics company of India with 80% market share

Contribution to Connectivity

Roles of CONCOR

• Carrier

• Terminal Operator

• Warehouse operator

CONCOR’s FUNCTIONS

• Logistics support to EXIM & Domestic Traffic

• Coordinates Containerized Rail Movements across the country.

• Provides Warehousing facilities

• Designs, Constructs, and operates Dry Ports (ICDs) & Domestic Terminals in India.

• Operates Port terminals in collaboration with International Port Operators.

• Significant player in the multi-modal transportation services.

• Made forays into Cold Chain, Air Cargo etc.

CONCOR’s PAN INDIA PRESENCE

CONCOR: Marches Ahead…

1989-90 2001-02 2012-13

Throughput in TEUs

52,000 10,44,721 25,85,686

Net Worth in Rs. Billion

0.18 9.09 62.81

Total Income in Rs. Billion

0.0037 13.35 47.43

CONCOR: Improving Connectivity

Vast network of 62 terminals spread across length & breadth of India

Large fleet of 260 high speed rakesState of the art equipments deployed at

terminals (RTG/RMG/RST)Operating Nepal’s first and only rail

connected dry port through JV12 MMLPS being developed mostly along DFCPlanning operations in other neighbouring

countries

Way Ahead for the Region

Intergovernmental agreement on dry ports of international importance (230 dry ports in 27 countries, approx 81 are potential)

Trans Asian Railways Network (missing links; railway gauge mismatches: India/Pakistan-1676mm, Iran/Turkey-1435mm, Bangladesh-MG mostly)

Intergovernmental agreement on Asian Highways Network

Way Ahead for the Region…

Demonstration Run of Container Trains (Islamabad-Tehran-Istanbul, Bangladesh-India-Nepal planned)

Expert Group of SAARC: Identified railway routes for regional integration

Setting up of ICPs (Total 13 ICPs planned: 1 with Pakistan, 4 with Nepal, 1 with Myanmar, 7 with Bangladesh)

Way Ahead for the Region…

CONCOR ready to set up an ICD near Wagah border for facilitation of Containerized trade with Pakistan.

Containers interchange protocol between India and Pakistan needs to be finalized

The modalities of containers to be moved across the border needs to be tied up with all stakeholders including shipping lines

CONCOR is keen to run Container train to Pakistan if these modalities are worked out between the two Governments.

THANK YOU

dps@concorindia.com