With limited seaport area and frequent congestion, warehouse capacity and circulation at the seaport become a big challenge. Faced with this reality, ICD port becomes an optimal solution, not only expanding space but also playing an important role in reducing congestion and optimizing the transportation process at seaports. Today, let's learn about ICD port with Macsco in the article below.
1.What is ICD port? What is depot?
ICD port (Inland Container Depot) is understood as an inland port, dry port, or inland port. Is an extension of the seaport, located entirely in the inland area. And Depot is a short term often used in the industry.
2. Structure of ICD port
ICD ports often have a very large area and include many areas, associated with different functions and services:
– Container yard (also known as Container Yard)
– Container cleaning area
– Consolidation area for retail goods (CFS)
– Bonded warehouse area
– Office and administrative area
– Repair area
– Cargo screening area
3.Services in ICD port
– Goods storage services, bonded warehouse, CFS
– Container yard services of all kinds
– Loading and unloading services, container lifting and lowering
- Customs procedures,…
4. Functions and roles of ICD ports
4.1 Location for gathering goods and containers
Because the area at seaports is often limited, ICD ports are the optimal solution, helping to reduce the pressure on container traffic to the port. From there, containers can be concentrated more effectively, reducing the risk of container jams and reducing waiting time.
4.2 Reduce the port's load on customs procedures
When goods go through customs procedures at the port, it takes a lot of time before the container can be taken out of the port or unloaded from the ship to be imported into the warehouse or yard. This makes the seaport very susceptible to overload, making the goods clearance process lengthy, time-consuming and costly for all parties. Customs clearance activities are transferred to ICD port to help solve the problem of congestion at the port.
4.3 Is a goods distribution center
ICD port is specialized and has many amenities, helping to move goods and containers faster and more professionally.
4.4 Provides many utilities
The dry port also plays the role of providing and supporting accompanying utility services such as warehouse rental, bonded warehouse, loading and unloading services, lifting, etc.
5. Requirements for ICD port facilities
To meet the above functions and roles, ICD port needs to meet certain technical facilities requirements such as:
– ICD port must have a large-scale area, wide and airy enough to arrange the necessary functional areas
– Have enough machinery and equipment to serve container loading and unloading activities
– There is an office and administrative area
– There must be a solid fence separating it from the surrounding area to ensure safety
– Warehouses must meet standards to store goods and containers.
Above are some shares about ICD/Depot port. If you have questions that need answering or need to transport import and export goods, please contact Macsco Logistics immediately with a team of many years of experience for the fastest and most accurate support.
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