Freight

Rail logistics emerged as a cost-efficient mode, with an average cost of Rs 1.96 per tonne per km, significantly lower than road transport (Rs 11.03), while air transportation is the most expensive, albeit the fastest, mode of freight transportation, averaging Rs 72 per tonne per km, DPIIT said.

Iran-Israel Conflict: Centre to meet shipping stakeholders to assess impact on trade

Nearly two-thirds of India's crude oil and half of the LNG imports pass through the Strait of Hormuz, a narrow waterway which could be at risk in the ongoing Israel-Iran war.

With containers stuck in China, India braces for higher freight costs and container shortages

The impact in terms of increase in freight costs would be at least 10 percent and could go up to 30 percent, said Jitendra Srivastava, CEO, Triton Logistics & Maritime.

Tech powers Bengaluru airport's cargo terminal, boosts security, cuts paperwork

Bengaluru airport expects an increase in cargo movement due to the e-commerce boom and Foxconn’s upcoming mobile phone manufacturing plant in Devanahalli Industrial Area

Indian Railways saw wagons, locomotives production rise in FY25, says Economic Survey 2025

According to the report, a total of 2,031 kilometres of railway network was commissioned in the current fiscal year during April to November, which was slightly slower than the 2,282 km of rail network was commissioned in FY24 during the same period.

Freight operations begin at Heelalige Goods Terminal on Bengaluru–Hosur rail route

Heelalige Goods Terminal, near Electronics City, is expected to meet the growing demand for goods transportation, serving both Bengaluru and Hosur regions.

Logistics industry pushes for western DFC, steps to boost export in Budget 2024-25: Gateway Distripark Jt MD

Industry, government and stakeholders across the supply chain are working towards creating a robust and globally competitive logistics ecosystem which is the backbone of economic growth.

Indian Railways passenger traffic still struggling to overcome pandemic woes says Economic Survey 2024

Going forward projects for three major corridors viz. (1) High-traffic density corridors, (2) Energy, Mineral and Cement Corridors and (3) Rail Sagar (port connectivity) corridors are also planned to reduce logistics cost, carbon footprint and boost railway freight volumes.

Budget 2024 to boost logistics infra with multimodal connectivity: Allcargo CFO

The interim budget tabled in the Parliament, earlier this year, signalled the government's relentless focus on strengthening infrastructure and connectivity for a broad-based economic growth.

Budget 2024 paves way for inclusive and sustainable economic growth: Group CFO, Allcargo Group

The emphasis on enhancing port connectivity, developing railway corridors, and alleviating congestion in high-traffic corridors is set to enhance logistics efficiency.

Railways achieve 1154.67 MT freight loading till December 2023

The revenue from goods traffic earned by Indian Railways has gone up by Rs 4,626.92 crores to Rs 12,5106.2 crore during April-December in the current financial year from Rs 12,0479.3 crore in the same period last year.

Suez crisis: As US military takes control, shipping lines prepare to restart ops

With the deployment of the US-led OPG, Maersk said it was preparing to resume shipping operations. MSC Mediterranean is expected to hold a high-level meeting on December 27.

Suez Canal closure worries industry but government confident of minimal impact

While there is expectation that global militaries will step in soon and secure the Red Sea and the Suez Canal by the end of the week, a prolonged delay in reusing them may lead to a 30-40 percent rise in cost of transportation

JSW signs agreement with South Western Railway for seven specialised wagons for iron ore transportation

Seven specialised Hopper wagons to be used for iron ore transportation; JSW invests Rs 29.57 crore per rake

MC Exclusive | National Logistics Policy: Most digital processes related to cargo movement streamlined

The govt has come up with an estimated total logistics cost for India, which will be made public by the end of Sept 2023, Sumita Dawra, Spl Secy in the Dept for Promotion of Industry and Internal Trade, said. This will help show a clear YoY comparison of how the NLP is helping reduce costs.

Freight market pendulum swings back toward normal

The shipping industry is showing signs of bottoming, but the COVID bonanza is long gone

Exclusive | Indian Railways plans to float tender worth Rs 25,000 crore to procure 60,000 wagons in July-Sept

The ministry will in July-September float tenders for the procurement of the 60,000 freight wagons, which may include a tender to procure 10,000 aluminum wagons as well.

'FIRE' corridors to fuel economic development, Finmin says at NICDIT meeting

Nirmala Sitharaman also urged states to keep up the pace of infrastructure projects at the meeting, which saw Chief Ministers from four states, ministers from nine states, besides senior officials from all the states attend the meeting.

Indian Railway will need to raise around Rs 30,000 crore from asset monetisation in FY24: Sources

Indian Railways missed its asset monetisation target in 2021-22. This is likely to be repeated in 2022-23 as well, when against a target of Rs 57,000 crore, it will likely raise only around Rs 20,000 - 25,000 crore.

Railways earns Rs 1.30 lakh crore from freight loading in first 10 months of FY 2022-23

The ministry of railways said that the freight earnings increased by 16 percent when compared to the same period last year.

Expect custom, cargo movement clearances to start on ULIP platform in 2-3 quarters: TCI's Vineet Agarwal

TCI has already tested some of the application programming interfaces (APIs) available on ULIP.

Budget 2023: Govt increases spend on dedicated freight corridors, logistics infrastructure

Budget 2023: As per the revised estimates of the central government, Rs 15,388.05 crore will be spent for track renewal, Rs 3,220 crore will be spent for gauge conversion, and Rs 24,092.66 crore will be spent for doubling in 2022-23. A sum of Rs 24,914.07 crore will be spent on setting new lines as well in 2022-23.

Economic Survey 2023: Indian Railways passenger segment still struggling to overcome pandemic woes, freight steams forward

Indian Railways’ focus on freight movement during the pandemic has resulted in Railways clocking over 18 percent growth in cargo loaded in the first three quarters of the present financial year 2021-22 over the corresponding period of the previous year, points out the Survey.

Supply chain disruptions worry Indian EXIM industry once again, as COVID-19 cases surge in China

Rising number of COVID-19 cases in China has also affected the availability of workforce at major ports in that country.

MC Interview | We aim to diversify our business to generate a third of our revenue from non-road segment in the next five years: TCI MD Vineet Agarwal

Agarwal said that his company plans to invest Rs 200-250 crore as capital expenditure to boost capacity of its non-road assets in the next four years. Most of that will be used to acquire new ships, containers and working assets, and for the construction of warehouses.