St. John ICD
St. John owns a state-of-the-art ICD, built to International Standards at Tuticorin, situated on the Harbour Express Way, within 8 km from Tuticorin Port. It comprises over 250,000 sq. ft of Warehouse space including "bonding" facility, sprawling over 70 acres including "Open-Bonding" facility. And over 200,000 sq. ft area of container stacking yard. It is currently handling over 80,000 TEUs per annum. Fully "automated" Electronic Data Interchange (EDI) facility, supported by adequate infrastructure facilities make it one of the most efficient in the country. International Standard security arrangements ensure security of cargo. This was the first ICD in the country to get portside ICD status to provide all Export Import pre and post shipment services under one roof. And it was the first portside ICD facility in India to receive ISO 9002 standards from BVQI, ISO-9001-2000 standards from DNV & IKEA I-WAY certification for systems & socio-environmental standards.
The concept of Container Freight Station has been conceived with the view to de-congest the Port. The ICD is nothing but an extension of the Port. In order to cope with the growth of Port Traffic, it is necessary to have a ICD equipped with all Infrastructure facilities. It is also necessary to give Cost-effective, Committed Service to all Importers and Exporters using the ICD. Also to handle multiple Line – facilities, with Single Point Contact & an All-Under-One-Roof Concept
Other Features- The container stacking yard is floored with interlocking blocks and hence, ample space for safe
stacking and storage of Import
containers. - 24x7x365 round-the-clock Operations.
- On site processing of documents using the Indian Customs EDI Scheme.
- A custom-built ICD Information System enables online tracking of cargo details.
- High quality International standard security arrangements ensure security of cargo.
- Administrative block of about 12000 Sq.ft which is exclusively marked for Customs, cafeteria, Business center, Bank, Insurance Counter, ICD Customers and administrative office.
- Experienced and reputed surveyors.
- Adequate Insurance coverage.
- Faster delivery and hence, better vehicle turnaround time. Import Tariff Export Tariff