Page 10 - Logistics

Covid-19 impact: E-commerce drives demand for warehousing in H1

Embassy Industrial Parks (EIP), Stellar Supply Chain Solutions, and TVS Industrial & Logistics Parks, among others, have seen a growth of anything between 30 per cent and 100 per cent in H1CY21.

Amazon may lose its logistics business under US antitrust legislation

Democrat Pramila Jayapal proposes company be barred from luring sellers to use its logistics services in exchange for preferential treatment on it web store.

Alibaba Group to develop self-driving trucks with logistics unit Cainiao

Chinese e-commerce leader Alibaba Group Holding Ltd plans to develop self-driving trucks with logistics subsidiary Cainiao, Chief Technology Officer Cheng Li said on Thursday

Outsourcing service provider BLS to help Amazon expand India footprint

The company provides outsourcing services to governments and diplomatic missions globally

Delhivery raises $275 million funding, valuation rises to over $3 billion

Delhivery on Monday said it has raised USD 275 million in a primary funding round, led by Fidelity Management and Research Company

Can tech solve the mass vaccination drive that India needs to adopt?

Though large logistics firms are working with the govt for vaccine delivery, for last-mile connectivity especially in the hinterlands, tech might come in handy

Logistics Data Bank Services extended to 9 major SEZs across India

Major SEZs include Visakhapatnam, SEEPZ Mumbai, Surat, MEPZ Chennai, Cochin, Kandla, Noida, Mangalore and Dahez SEZ

Cold chain logistics likely to grow at over 20% CAGR by 2025: JLL

India's cold chain sector is expected to grow at over 20 per cent CAGR by 2025, according to JLL, due to its transformation from conventional cold storage to modern storage space.

Amid Covid-19 second wave, Centre may not weigh in on 'essential' debate

Will let states define what kind of e-com deliveries will be allowed

Arzooo launches in-house logistics service Arzooo Express

Retail-tech startup Arzooo said it had launched an in-house logistics service that would manage the first-mile service to last-mile delivery of goods for its partner stores across the country

PM Narendra Modi to soon unveil masterplan on multimodal connectivity

The bigger idea is to cut logistics cost, travel time and enhance competitiveness of domestic manufacturing

NHAI sets up a logistics subsidiary, shifts 9 SPVs to new entity

NHAI has rechristened Cochin Port Road Private Ltd as National Highways Logistics Management Company to oversee multimodal logistics parks and port connectivity projects

India Ratings gives logistics stable outlook in FY22, sees demand growing

Agency estimates 8 per cent year-on-year improvement in volumes for Indian ports in FY22.

Need of the hour is to reduce logistics cost: Commerce Minister Goyal

India cannot be competitive if this cost remains high, Goyal said

Edtech, logistics and gig-economy to drive jobs as startups step up hiring

Freshers hiring likely to double as compared to last year

Gati-KWE to process cargo loads of 100 trucks a day at new Delhi facility

The proposed facility is designed to process cargo loads of almost 100 trucks a day

Logistics firm Shiprocket raises Rs 200 crore in series C funding round

Investors included Silicon Valley based venture capital firm Tribe Capital

Logistics aggregator platform Shiprocket raises Rs 200 cr in C3 funding

The fresh funding round was co-led by Tribe Capital, a leading Silicon Valley-based venture capital firm, along with March Capital, a Santa Monica-based venture growth firm

Hiranandani to set up logistics and hyperscale data centre park in Bengal

Acquires 100 acres from Hindustan Motors, will invest Rs 8,500 cr directly into a project havinf Rs 10,000 cr outlay; rest to come from customer bookings

Govt's logistics division to formulate national packaging initiative

The logistics division, under the Commerce Ministry, has started an exercise to formulate a national packaging initiative