Where we are, how steel gets from our gate to a ship, and the honest version of what our location does and does not give you.
Indo East is at Jalan Industrial Complex, Jangalpur, on NH-6 in Howrah — about 22 km from Kolkata Port, with direct highway access for trailer movement. For a heavy, low-value-per-tonne cargo like fabricated steel, inland haulage is a real cost and a real risk, and 22 km of it is a genuine advantage over a works inland.
The honest qualification: Kolkata is a riverine port with draft limitations, so very large vessels call at Haldia further down the Hooghly instead. Which of the two a consignment moves through is a routing decision made with the line at booking, not something we decide in advance.
| Stage | What happens |
|---|---|
| 1. Works, Jangalpur | Bundled, marked and weighed. Loading photographs taken. |
| 2. NH-6 | Direct highway access from the gate — no city-centre routing for trailers |
| 3. Container stuffing | Factory stuffing at our works, or at a CFS depending on the incoterm and the line |
| 4. Customs | Shipping bill filed by our customs broker; examination as required |
| 5. Port | Kolkata (Syama Prasad Mookerjee Port) or Haldia, per the routing agreed with the line |
| 6. Vessel | Transit time and connections confirmed by the line at booking |
We do not publish transit times to destination ports, because they are set by the service, the transhipment hub and the season rather than by us. A forwarder's schedule at the time of booking is the only figure worth quoting, and we would rather give you that than a number from a brochure.
| Indo East | Your forwarder or the line | |
|---|---|---|
| Bundling, marking, packing | ✓ | |
| Loading photographs and seal record | ✓ | |
| Factory stuffing where agreed | ✓ | |
| Shipping bill and customs formalities | ✓ via our broker | |
| Certificate of origin | ✓ via MCCI or eCoO | |
| Inland haulage to port | Arranged, per the incoterm | Or yours, per the incoterm |
| Ocean freight and booking | ✓ | |
| Marine insurance | Per the incoterm | Per the incoterm |
| Destination clearance and delivery | ✓ |
Where the line falls between the two columns is set by the incoterm, which is why we ask for it early. See export documentation for the paper that goes with each.
Indo East has completed one direct export — fabricated structural steel shipped to the Maldives in January 2018, by us, from our own works, through Kolkata Port, under our own Import Export Code. Indo East steel is also installed on a 50 MW solar project in Togo, West Africa, supplied through a client rather than shipped by us.
Those are the only two. We state that rather than implying a wider footprint, because an overseas buyer's first act is to check, and because a supplier who is straight about a short record is easier to trust on everything else. We are actively accepting direct export orders.
Answered from our own line, not from the standard's cover page.
About 22 km, with direct NH-6 access from the works gate. Haldia is the deep-draft alternate further down the Hooghly, used where vessel size requires it.
Kolkata (Syama Prasad Mookerjee Port) or Haldia, depending on the vessel and the service. It is a routing decision made with the shipping line at booking rather than something fixed in advance.
We do not publish them, because they are set by the service, the transhipment hub and the season rather than by us. The line's schedule at the time of booking is the only figure worth relying on, and we will get it for you.
One, directly: the Maldives, in January 2018, under our own Import Export Code. Indo East steel is also installed on a 50 MW solar project in Togo, supplied through a client rather than shipped by us. We state that plainly rather than implying more.
Yes, where the incoterm and the line allow it. Factory stuffing means the steel is handled once rather than twice, which matters for a galvanized coating.
Give us the standard, the quantity, the incoterm and the destination port and a director replies within 48 business hours — with a price, or with the one question that stops us giving you one. Galvanizing is on our own floor, so the answer comes from us and not from a sub-contractor.
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