Advantage:

  1. LOCATION ADVANTAGE AT ARAKKONAM 
    •  The ICD at ARAKKONAM is located 78 Kms from Chennai Port Trust and is 
       surrounded by cargo centers at Ranipet, Sriperumbudur, Ambur,Vaniambadi, Chittoor, Kuppam, Tiruttani, South Karnataka and South Andhra Pradesh and connected with road/rail links.
    •  No road congestion to reach Chennai.
    •  Serve as Truck terminal as secondary transport enabling both way load which will increase the truck earning.
  2. FACILITIES ADVANTAGE
    •  Complete all customs formalities at Arakkonam itself for export/import. 
    •  General/bonded warehouse/empty container storage yard/truck terminal/large open area on a plot of 10 acres.
    •  Customs license, bonded warehouse license, customs documentation at site.
    •  Container repairs, container fumigation, container cleaning.
    •  Container handling equipments, de-stuffing and stuffing equipments
  3. CHA ADVANTAGE
    • Free office accommodation with online communication. CHAs can hand over the documents at Chennai itself which could be processed by SATTVA for movement.
    •  CHA Regulations permit CHA to operate anywhere in India including ARAKKONAM. 
  4. TIME/COST ADVANTAGE
    • Quick turn around of Time and faster single day clearance.
    • Reduction of time, energy, cost and other charges for Importers and Exporters.
    • Value added facilities such as competitive rates with all major liners for all destinations at competitive tariffs.
    • Faster single day clearance to reduce congestion in Chennai.
    • No port demurrage for ICD containers transhipped fast and no hold up of cargo.
    • Availing of DUTY DRAWBACK facility at Arakkonam itself
    • To avoid congestion at the entrance of the `O’ gate area, Government of India, Ministry of Finance has imposed a condition stating that w.e.f. 15.9.05 all Central Excise sealed containers/self-sealed containers shall not be allowed into `O’ gate of Chennai Port Trust without completing the Customs formalities in any one of the CFSs.
  5. RAIL ADVANTAGE
    •  ICD at Melpakkam is just 2 ½ Kilometers from Arakkonam junction which is the nerve center of railway activities for southern India and also linking various Indian railway zones like , north , west and south. With effect from 28-10-2005, Melpakkam Station on Arakkonam-Katpadi Section is opened for Goods traffic for both wagonload and trainload. Now the cargo from Chennai port can directly be moved to our Sattva ICD at Arakkonam vice-versa, by rail.
    • We have recently signed a JV with SICAL Group for movement of containers to and fro Chennai Port Trust to Arakkonam. By this, we can move the containers by rail which will avoid road congestion to Chennai Container Terminal, Chennai Port.
    • Since Government of Tamil Nadu is interested in reducing the road congestion connecting Chennai Port Trust and on their advice, the facility is being developed. With SMART - Sical Rail Network we run regular Container services to Delhi, Mundra, Bangalore, etc.