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Railways reduces discounts on haulage charges for container movement

Rail ministry says the reduced rates of 15% per twenty-feet equivalent unit (TEU) for empty containers and empty flat wagons, as against the earlier 25%, will apply till July 31

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Dhruvaksh Saha New Delhi
The Ministry of Railways will scrap the 5 per cent discount on haulage charges for the movement of loaded containers from 1 May, along with a reduction in the discount rate offered on movement of empty containers.

The ministry, in a circular, said that the reduced rates of 15 per cent per twenty-feet equivalent unit (TEU) for empty containers and empty flat wagons, as against the earlier 25 per cent, will be applicable till July 31.

Haulage charge is the price of ferrying containers from ports to inland container depots. There are two standard sizes of containers — TEUs and forty-feet

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