South Central Railways (SCR) has loaded Bulk Cement in Specialised Tank Containers and Containers with Liner Bags in a first-of-its-kind venture that could be a game changer in the transportation of bulk cement. Tank containers with specific features allow for movement by rail, road, or ship.
M/s Bharathi Cements siding at Yerraguntla, Andhra Pradesh, has loaded the first rake towards Irugur and Tondiarpet, Tamil Nadu. The container rake is being hauled as a single unit, with 30 specialised tank containers with a capacity of roughly 26 tonnes each and 50 containers with liner bags with a capacity of approximately 27 tonnes each.
Bulk cement dispatch constitutes around 25 per cent of the total cement production of nearly 350 million tonnes. This traffic is predominantly transported currently through non-rail modes of transport.
