South Western Railway enters into agreement with JSW for transportation of iron ore

New Delhi [India], December 22 : South Western Railway (SWR) and JSW Minerals Rail Logistics Private Limited entered into an agreement on Friday for the operation of five special types of wagons with a 'side discharge' arrangement for unloading, officials said.
It will be put to use for the transportation of iron ore from the mines at Mineral Enterprises Ltd. Siding, Sasalu and Swamihalli to the steel plant of JSW at Tornagallu. This is in addition to seven rakes for which an agreement was signed on October 17, they said.
In a statement, SWR officials said, ''Total 12 BOBSNS (Bogie open hopper wagons with bottom discharge arrangement to carry ballast ores) rakes shall be procured by JSW Minerals Rail Logistics Private Limited. The rake is manufactured by Titagarh Rail System Limited, Kolkata and the first rake is expected to operate from April 2024.''
JSW Minerals Rail Logistics Private Limited is investing Rs. 29.57 crore per rake. A rebate of 10 per cent is granted to the customer on base freight for every booking, it said.
CPRO informed that the introduction of the BOBSNS wagon will ease out the unloading difficulty through wagon tippler or manually. The capacity of this rake is 3.5 per cent more than the 59 BOXN rake and it will save about 2 hours of unloading time per rake of goods compared to regular BOXN rakes.
The Agreement has been signed by A Sundar, Chief Commercial Manager/Freight Marketing, SWR and Sushil Nowal, Executive Vice President (Planning and Logistics)/JSW, in the presence of Satya Prakash Shastri, Principal Chief Commercial Manager/SWR, Aravinda Herle G, Deputy Chief Commercial Manager/Freight Service/SWR and JSW officials.