Presently, the containerization level of general cargo that can be containerised is only 68% in India against the international levels of around 80%. Further increase in containerisation of bulk cargo is expected over the next few years. it is to be noted that the share of liquid and dry bulk cargo has reduced from 94% in 2005-06 to 87 % in 2009-10. There has been an increase of 7% in the share of “Others” (food grains, automotive spares, automobiles, steel, cotton yarn, other containerized cargo ) due to increase in containerized cargo movement. This proportion is likely to increase as new technologies are getting developed for easy and economic filling and discharge of dry bulk cargo from the containers.
Dry Bulk cargo is generally transported in large quantities in ship's hold or in rail wagons. Smaller quantities of grains , sugar, cement, grains/seeds etc (still considered "bulk") gets packed in gunny/plastic bags before transporting to the destination. It is estimated that about 6.2 million bags are used per day for packing these materials. Containers can effectively be deployed for the movement of small to medium quantities of dry bulk cargo. This requires silos at both suppliers and receivers end and also some capital equipments. The overall economics prove that it is cheaper to handle dry bulk in containers than in bags or bulk , especially for domestic logistics .
Few techniques used by M/s Scorpio Engineering Pvt Ltd, Bangalore is shown below. For more details you may please contact them .
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