Procedure in respect of 24x7 Direct Port Delivery (DPD)/Direct Port Entry (DPE) by Rail movements between NSD & Balmer Lawrie CFS

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.... The facility of DPD/DPE is being further extended by including and utilizing designated area of M/S Balmer Lawrie CFS. Kolkata Port Trust and M/S Balmer Lawrie have entered into a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) on 02.11.2018 for setting up an Extended Gate Common-user Facility at M/S Bah-ner Lawrie CFS premises at Kolkata for decongesting the roads  by improving the Rail co-efficient of the Ports cargo and thereby reducing the time taken for movement of containers into and out Of Kolkata port terminals. 3. M/S Balmer Lawrie will be acting as a service provider in handling of Containers and supply of rakes for carriage of containers with the objective of evacuating containers err-mass by rail and facilitating trade with reduced&n....

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.... with, the mandatory examination would be carried out by the Customs officers posted at this CFS Direct Port Entry (DPE) facility. 7.3 The Examining Officer (Proper Officer) shall verify the documents and register the Shipping Bill in ICES at the CFS Direct Port Entry (DPE) facility. If there is more than one container in a Shipping Bill, then registration shall be done after consolidation of all containers. 7.4 If an export container is selected for inspection / examination by the Risk Management System, then RMS instructions shall be executed by the Examining Officers (Proper Officer) and such container shall be inspected / examined at the designated examination area within the CFS Direct Port Entry (DPE) facility. There....

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....rt Entry (DPE) facility will be M/ s Balmer Lawrie CFS, Kolkata. 9.2 M/S Balmer Lawrie CFS may issue advisory for Exporters/ Trade prescribing timeline/cut-off time meant for export containers for connecting the vessels. 9.3 Transportation of DPE and DPI) containers from Kolkata Port to M/S Balmer Lawrie CFS DPD/DPE Facility and vice versa by rail will be the responsibility of M/ s Balmer Lawrie. 9.4 Designated area for providing the facility of Direct Port Entry (DPE) and Direct Port Delivery (DPD) shall be delineated prominently on ground. 9.5 M/ s Balmer Lawrie CFS shall provide facilities in newly notified DPD/ DPE facility area for verification of container number and seal by Customs Officers and fac....

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....ort containers is transferred / connected to the destined terminal within time subject to compliance of Customs Act or any other law. In case of delay by M/S Balmer Lawrie CFS all the charges charged by Terminals for entry of export container into Terminals beyond prescribed time should be borne by M/S Balmer Lawrie CFS, without passing on go the Exporters/ Trade. 9.13 They should comply with the provisions of the "Handling of Cargo in Customs Areas Regulations, 2009". 10. No extra charges to be levied: DPE & DPD facilitation aim at reducing the dwell time and cost of the import/export. Hence, levying any extra charges will be detrimental to the facility. 10.1 Steamer Agents/ Shipping Lines should not insist/ pressur....