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Technology Thrusts Wagons of Container Corporation of India Limited

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At the inception of operations, the Indian Railways provided approx. 1300 dedicated container wagons to CONCOR for moving containers. These were supplemented over a period of time by certain over-age rolling stock modified for container carriage. These wagons, however were technologically dated, and unable to provide the kind of transits and reliability that state-of-the-art inter-modal services required. CONCOR therefore initiated procurement action for state-of-the-art, high-speed container flat-wagons in 1994-95. It was decided to procure 3200 wagons in three tranches for which CONCOR entered into a loan agreement with IBRD.

In the new BLC type wagons, the increased length (new rakes have 45 BLCs per train) results in an increased payload per train. These wagons are also equipped with superior characteristics such as automatic twist locks, low beds through reduced wheel diameter, slack-less draw bars etc. The wagons are designed to run at 100 km/h, and have already revolutionized train transits between hinterland terminals and Mumbai gateway terminals of JNPT/NSICT. The reduced transit and turn round enhances earning potential while the negligible en-route detachments improve service reliability. Presently 75% of all Exim business is on new wagons and should reach, by the end FY-2001, the saturation point of 85% or so. Currently 1905 new wagons are deployed and procurement action for the third Tranche of another 1320 wagons is under way.

In 1997-98 CONCOR also acquired from IR 1300 BFKI type of container flats as a strategic move to control all dedicated container rolling stock. These have subsequently been upgraded and retrofitted with air brakes to improve their reliability and transit performance. These wagons are mostly deployed in dedicated domestic CONTRACK circuits.

After the acquisition exercise, CONCOR estimates that the average age of the rolling stock will decrease to7/8 years from the present 15 years. The present size of the wagon fleet in use on CONCOR’s network is approximately 5300 wagons, of which as many as 60% are owned by the company. In the future, besides acquiring more BLC type wagons, there is also a plan to induct special 45 ft. wagons to carry 22 ft containers for domestic traffic,as also 45 ft international containers, and to induct BRN type of wagons after taking them over from the Railways, and converting them for exclusive container movement.

The main technical reatures of the new BLC Wagons are as follows:

i. Speed-100 kmph
ii. Low wheel diameter to permit
iii. Transportation of high cube containers at maximum speed
iv. Slackless draw bars
v. Automatic twist locks and load sensing device.
vi. Anti-Pilferage device
vii. 90 teu’s per train
viii. Payload permissible 61 tonnes

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