The Indian Railways have asked firms running container trains to pay a non-refundable fee of Rs25 crores and Rs5 crores, depending upon the type of permit, for roll over of their concession agreements that ends in 2026 and 2027 after a 20-year run. The renewal of the concession agreement will be for 10 years. The Ministry of Railways privatised the container train operating sector in 2007, by issuing permits to some 16 firms to ply on the Indian Railways network. These include state-run Container Corporation of India Ltd (Concor), Adani Logistics Ltd, DP World Rail Logistics Ltd, J M Baxi Ports & Logistics Ltd, Hind Terminals Pvt Ltd, Gateway Distriparks Ltd, Pristine Mega Logistics Pvt Ltd, Pipavav Railway Corporation Ltd, Navkar Corporation Ltd, Central Warehousing Corporation Ltd, CJ Darcl Logistics Ltd, Distribution Logistics Infrastructure Pvt Ltd, Container Rail Road Services Pvt Ltd, India Infrastructure and Logistics pvt Ltd and Sical Multimodal and Rail Transport Ltd.
