Our Achievements

Since 1948, B. G. Somadder & Sons was the sole clearing agent of undivided Assam. At that time, Late B. G. Somadder, Customs authorised Clearing Agent cleared huge quantity of imported consignments of wheat and despatched the same to different places in Assam. During a severe earthquake, huge quantity of galvanized aluminium sheets and other materials were despatched from Kolkata to different destinations in Assam. This service was rendered free of cost by B. G.Somadder.

• In 1947-48, Late B. G. Somadder converted his proprietorship concern to that of a partnership firm in the name and style of B. G. Somadder & Sons. Thereafter, till 1952, clearance and handling of imported consignments of undivided Assam was carried on by the partnership firm.
  Materials imported from Canada for a Hydel Project at Barapani (Meghalaya) was handled by the firm B. G. Somadder & Sons. For that Hydel Project at Barapani, all their materials were cleared and despatched to Assam by B. G. Somadder & Sons. Thereafter, the firm handled clearance work for Assam Cement Company (a Govt. Enterprise) and also for Mamlu Charria Limited at Cherrapunji, for which materials came from Yugoslavia worth crores of Rupees. Beside these, clearance for other materials imported by the local Importers was handled by B. G. Somadder & Sons. For Assam State Electricity Board’s Umiam Hydel Electricity Project, the firm cleared and stored and despatched the materials for months together in riverine route.
• B. G. Somadder & Sons was also the sole Customs authorised clearing agent for Yokohama Specie Bank, since 1947 known as Bank of Tokyo.
• B. G. Somadder & Sons was the Customs authorised clearing agent since inception of Scindia Steam Navigation Company.
• During the late of 60’s and early 70’s, the Govt. of Australia gifted to the Government of Assam and Meghalaya (which was then a new state of India, carved out of undivided Assam) as well as to the Department of Animal Husbandry, Govt. of India, consignments of live-stock comprising of Australian jersey cows, were imported by air in two batches to Kolkata, from Melbourne, enroute to Assam and Meghalaya. These two live-stock consignments of Australian cows were cleared and despatched to their final destination by B. G. Somadder & Sons, seamlessly.
• In the year 1973, huge quantity of machineries for Assam Gas Company worth several crores of Rupees was handled by B. G. Somadder & Sons at Kolkata Port.
• In 1978/79, Ship-wise Cement was cleared by B. G. Somadder & Sons from Haldia Dock and Diamond Harbour (mid-stream) and despatched to Central Inland Water Transportation Corporation (CIWTC), a Govt. of India Organisation.
• We have been appointed by West Bengal State Electricity Board as their Clearing Agent in the year 1990. We had executed their project work at Teesta Canal Falls Hydro-Electric Project at Siliguri. For Bakreswar Thermal Power Project of West Bengal Power Development Corporation Ltd., we had done the Customs clearance and transportation of their consignments upto their final destination.
• For Project consignments imported by KEC International for Bakreswar Thermal Power Project, we were again entrusted with the job and we effected Customs clearance and transportation to their satisfaction.
  We have executed work on behalf of Damodar Valley Corporation as their Customs authorised Shipping & Clearing Agent for about three decades. During this period we have executed Project clearance and transportation jobs for their project consignments like Maithon, Panchet and Mezia Thermal Power Project.
• For Assam State Electricity Board, we are their Customs authorised Shipping & Clearing Agent since the inception of the Board. We have executed all their project import works at Namrup, Assam.
• Apart from the above mentioned Thermal Power Project works, we have been awarded substantial contracts outside West Bengal also. We have done customs clearance for Feroz Gandhi Unchahar Thermal Power Project of Uttar Pradesh Rajya Bidyut Utpadan Nigam Ltd., Rai Bareli, U. P. and transportation of the entire imported materials from Kolkata Port to Rai Bareli.
• In addition to the Project consignments of West Bengal State Electricity Board, West Bengal Power Development Corporation Ltd., Assam State Electricity Board, Damodar Valley Corporation, we have done clearing, forwarding and transportation formalities of many other Government Enterprises/Undertakings. We are rendering our services as Bedding, Packing and Lashing contractor for Coal India Ltd., Northern Coalfields Ltd. and Bokaro Steel Plant.
• We are the authorized Customs Broker and Transport Agent of M/s. ITC Ltd., Paperboards & Specialty Papers Divn.
• We do clearance of about 200 containers of Paper Pulp, Chemicals and other consignments per month from Kolkata/Haldia Port along with LCL and air consignments.
• We were the authorised Custom House Agent of Oil & Natural Gas Commission, Govt. of India Undertaking during the period from 1978 to 1983 and had cleared about 10,000 M.T. of Drilling Rigs, Vibrators and many other types of equipment.
• We are the only clearing agent at Kolkata having their own dedicated Bedding, Packing and Lashing work force.