Logistics Industry

Smartr Logistics looking to raise $30 mn in Series A funding by August

Smartr Logistics is expecting to raise USD 30 million in Series A funding round by August this year to drive its aggressive expansion plans which include adding pin codes and services offering among others, a top company executive has said. The city-based company is also eying a more-than-two-fold growth in its topline at Rs 200-250 crore this fiscal from an estimated Rs 90 crore in the just concluded financial year, according to Yogesh Dhingra, Founder, Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer of Smartr Logistics. The logistics platform commenced operations in October 2021 with a seed funding of around Rs 100 crore led by IIFL India Pvt Equity Fund and Smiti Holding & Trading Company (Jalaj Dani Family Office). It currently offers services in both air express and ground logistics space.The company had raised close to Rs 100 crore for seed capital, which was a good amount to run the business (in its initial phase). I think investors are quite comfortable to see this. We are .

India's improved 1.7% spend on logistics to set stage for $5 trn economy

India will spend a whopping 1.7 per cent of its GDP on transport infrastructure this year -- around twice the level in America and most European countries -- a feat that has been noticed even by The Economist which called it 'eye-watering' upgrade that will set stage to achieve a USD 5 trillion economy. Prime Minister Narendra Modi's government has hiked capital outlay on infrastructure to USD 122 billion for the fiscal year starting April as it looks to provide a strong impetus to job creation and boost economic activity amid a global slowdown. According to official data, the Modi government has allocated Rs 2.4 lakh crore for railways capital expenditure, nine times higher than the amount in the financial year 2013-14. The funds will mostly be spent on building tracks, new coaches, electrification, and developing facilities at stations. Allocation for roads has jumped 36 per cent to Rs 2.7 lakh crore for 2023-24. There is also the focus on reviving 50 additional airports, heliport

GreenLine Logistics signs LNG supply agreement with Baidyanath LNG

GreenLine Logistics (Green Planet Logistics Pvt Ltd.), India's first and only LNG-fueled heavy trucking logistics company, has entered into an LNG supply agreement with Baidyanath LNG Private Ltd

Ekart to offer warehousing services to brands, manufacturers and retailers

The end-to-end warehousing services by Ekart will include ready-to-use warehousing space, order management, integrated logistics, and inventory management

ITC starts Rs 450 cr food manufacturing, logistics facility in Telangana

Telangana Minister for IT and Industries K T Rama Rao on Monday inaugurated FMCG major ITC's Rs 450 crore state-of-the-art Integrated Food Manufacturing and Logistics Facility at Medak. The inauguration was done in the presence of Sanjiv Puri, Chairman and Managing Director, ITC Ltd, a press release form ITC said. Spread over nearly 59 acres of land, the food processing facility with a built up area of 6.5 lakh sq ft entails an initial investment outlay of Rs 450 crore which will create large scale livelihoods across sustainable agri-value chains. The future-ready facility, equipped with end-to-end digital infrastructure, will be producing ITC's world-class foods brands including Aashirvaad atta, Sunfeast biscuits, Bingo! chips and Yippee! Noodles among others, in phases, it said. Commenting on the launch of the facility, Sanjiv Puri said, "ITC has been strengthening its footprint in Telangana across all three sectors - agriculture, manufacturing and services. Encouraged by the ..

Logistics management firm Locad raises $11 million in Series-A funding

Locad's logistics engine works with brands such as Levi's, Reckitt Benckiser, and Emma Sleep

Logistics market glows like a 'supernova' with entry of global behemoths

Most of the players are looking to invest anywhere between $ 500 million to a $ 1 billion in the new ventures in the next couple of years

Delhivery to acquire supply chain solutions firm Algorhythm Tech

Algorhythm offers end-to-end supply chain planning and execution products to clients

Welspun One Logistics Parks Fund 1 commits Rs 500 crore warehousing AIF

Creates a portfolio of Rs 2,300 crore across five cities, aggregating to about 6.6 million square feet of gross leasable area

Global freight rates down 30% YoY; steel, auto, and pharma to benefit

However, average container prices are still 2-3 times higher compared to pre-pandemic levels

Allcargo Logistics Sept-quarter consolidated PAT falls 13% to Rs 230 crore

Allcargo Logistics has reported a 13 per cent fall in consolidated Profit After Tax (PAT) at Rs 230 crore for the quarter ended September 30, 2022. The company's consolidated PAT in the year-ago period was Rs 263 crore, as per a regulatory filing. The income from operations rose 6.5 per cent to Rs 5,300 crore in the reporting quarter as against Rs 4,978 crore in the second quarter of FY22, as per the filing. Earnings before income, taxes, depreciation and amortisation (EBITDA) during the quarter stood at Rs 450 crore. "We have posted the highest-ever Q2 revenue and EBITDA and also the highest margin ever for any quarter, this time, said Shashi Kiran Shetty, Chairman, Allcargo Logistics, ECU Worldwide and Gati Ltd. On the board's approval to the company's plans to buyout the remaining stake in GKEPL, Shetty said. "We share an extremely close relationship with KWE group built on mutual respect and that will continue across businesses. With this acquisition, we will be able to exped

Transportation theme catches fund houses' fancy as stocks outperform

Line up new fund offers following sharp outperformance by stocks in the space

Blue Dart Express' volume growth momentum likely to sustain in FY23

Margin levels could see an improvement on higher volumes, price hike

Warehousing transaction volumes grew 62% YoY in FY22: Knight Frank

NCR and Mumbai led the market on overall volumes, while Pune and Hyderabad witnessed the highest percentage growth, at 166% and 128%, respectively

Top headlines: DGCA extends curbs on SpiceJet; Wipro fires 300 employees

The Cabinet on Wednesday approved the national logistics policy, which aims at reducing transportation cost and improve global performance of the sector.

Union Cabinet to approve National Logistics Policy on Wednesday: Report

The Union Cabinet is likely to approve the National Logistics Policy in its meeting on Wednesday, sources said. Prime Minister Narendra Modi last week unveiled the policy which seeks to cut transportation cost by promoting seamless movement of goods across the country. While launching the policy, the prime minister had said that "from 13-14 per cent (of the GDP), we should all aim to bring the logistics cost to single-digit as soon as possible". According to an e-book of the department for promotion of industry and internal trade (DPIIT), an unified logistics interface platform (ULIP) will be developed as part of the policy to help different government and private agencies; shippers, service providers enable information exchange on a real time basis in a confidential manner. Development of ULIP is one of the eight interventions proposed under the comprehensive logistics action plan, through which the policy will be implemented. The other interventions proposed include Standardisat

Does new logistics policy make related-stocks a favourable bet?

Logistics stocks traded mixed on Monday after the govt announced National Logistics Policy. It aims to integrate and develop a technologically-enabled logistics ecosystem in India. Here's a report

Reduced logistics expense under NLP to benefit customers: Flipkart

Increase in efficiency and reduction in logistics expenses with the newly-launched National Logistics Policy will benefit customers by making products available at lower cost, e-commerce company Flipkart said on Monday. Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday unveiled the National Logistics Policy that seeks to address challenges facing the transport sector and bring down the logistics cost of businesses from 13-14 per cent to a single digit. At a grand launch event, he had said the policy aims to expedite the last-mile delivery, helping businesses save time and money. "The National Logistics Policy is a welcome move and this along with PM Gati Shakti plan will help build a more resilient logistics ecosystem in the country. Along with improving efficiency across the value chain, it will also result in a considerable reduction in logistics costs from their present level, thereby benefiting the end customer with lower costs," Flipkart Group Chief Corporate Affairs Officer Rajneesh ..

Decoded: What is National Logistics Policy and how will it get implemented?

The policy will be implemented through a Comprehensive Logistics Action Plan (CLAP), which will include key action areas

National Logistics Policy has potential to usher ease of moving: India Inc

The National Logistics Policy unveiled by Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday will substantially reduce transportation costs across the entire supply chain and has the potential to usher in "ease of moving" in the country, India Inc said. The prime minister unveiled the National Logistics Policy that seeks to address challenges facing the transport sector and bring down the logistics cost of businesses from 13-14 per cent to a single digit. At a grand launch event, he said the policy aims to expedite the last-mile delivery, helping businesses save time and money. While the new policy addresses challenges of the logistics sector, it together with the infrastructure augmentation plan PM GatiShakti will address gaps, he said. CII Director General Chandrajit Banerjee said besides improving ease of doing business and ease of living, the policy along with other pillars of the PM Gati-Shakti has the potential to usher in an unprecedented era of 'ease of moving' in the country, ensuri