Gateway Distriparks Limited () is an Indian
logistics
Logistics is generally the detailed organization and implementation of a complex operation. In a general business sense, logistics manages the flow of goods between the point of origin and the point of consumption to meet the requirements of ...
company based in
Mumbai, India
Mumbai (, ; also known as Bombay — List of renamed Indian cities and states#Maharashtra, the official name until 1995) is the capital city of the Indian States and union territories of India, state of Maharashtra and the ''de facto'' fin ...
with three business verticals:
Container Freight Stations (CFS), Inland Container Depots (ICD) with rail movement and
Cold Chain Storage & Logistics. The company was founded in April 1994, and originally promoted by Newsprint Trading & Sales Corporation (NTSC), CWT Distribution Limited, NUR Investment and Trading Pvt. Ltd. and Intercontinental Forest Products Pte. Ltd. (IFP) as a
joint venture
A joint venture (JV) is a business entity created by two or more parties, generally characterized by shared ownership, shared returns and risks, and shared governance. Companies typically pursue joint ventures for one of four reasons: to acces ...
company to conduct the business of
warehousing
A warehouse is a building for storing goods. Warehouses are used by manufacturers, importers, exporters, wholesalers, transport businesses, customs, etc. They are usually large plain buildings in industrial parks on the outskirts of cities, tow ...
, container freight stations and all related activities. As of November 2015, Prism International Private Limited (same group as NTSC) is the sole promoter of the company.
History
Core Business
GDL operates three core businesses: Container Freight Stations (CFS), Rail-linked Inland Container Depots (ICD) and Cold Chain Storage & Logistics.
Container Freight Stations (CFS)
GDL operates Container Freight Stations, located at major Indian ports such as
Navi Mumbai
Navi Mumbai (), is a planned city situated on the west coast of the Indian subcontinent, located in the Konkan division of Maharashtra state, on the mainland of India.
Navi Mumbai is part of the Mumbai Metropolitan Region (MMR). The city is ...
,
Chennai
Chennai (, ), formerly known as Madras ( the official name until 1996), is the capital city of Tamil Nadu, the southernmost Indian state. The largest city of the state in area and population, Chennai is located on the Coromandel Coast of th ...
,
Visakhapatanam
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and
Kochi
Kochi (), also known as Cochin ( ) ( the official name until 1996) is a major port city on the Malabar Coast of India bordering the Laccadive Sea, which is a part of the Arabian Sea. It is part of the district of Ernakulam in the state of K ...
. The stations offer container yards, general warehousing, bonded warehousing, empty handling and
RFID
Radio-frequency identification (RFID) uses electromagnetic fields to automatically identify and track tags attached to objects. An RFID system consists of a tiny radio transponder, a radio receiver and transmitter. When triggered by an electromag ...
technologies used for container tracking. GDL also has its own dedicated fleet of over 25 rakes and 265 trailers for first and last mile connectivity.
Rail-linked Inland Container Depots (ICD)
GDL's rail operations are handled by its subsidiary, Gateway Rail Freight Limited. The ICDs are located at
Garhi Harsaru
Garhi Harsaru is a town and railway station in Gurugram district of Haryana state in India. It lies on the road from Gurugram city to Pataudi town. Its postal code (PIN) is 122505. According to the Census India 2011, it has a population of abou ...
(
Gurgaon, Haryana
Gurgaon (pronunciation: ʊɽɡãːw, officially named Gurugram (pronunciation: ʊɾʊɡɾaːm, is a city located in the northern Indian state of Haryana. It is situated near the Delhi–Haryana border, about southwest of the nationa ...
),
Sahnewal
Sahnewal is a city and a municipal council in Ludhiana district in the Indian state of Punjab. The city is situated on National Highway No. 44, between Khanna and Ludhiana.
Demographics
At the 2001 India census, Sahnewal had a population of ...
(
Ludhiana, Punjab
Ludhiana ( ) is the most populous and the largest city in the Indian state of Punjab. The city has an estimated population of 1,618,879 2011 census and distributed over , making Ludhiana the most densely populated urban centre in the state. I ...
) and
Faridabad, Haryana
Faridabad is the most populous List of cities in Haryana by population, city in the Indian state of Haryana and a part of National Capital Region (India), Delhi National Capital Region. It is one of the major satellite cities around Delhi an ...
. In 2010,
Blackstone Group
Blackstone Inc. is an American alternative investment management company based in New York City. Blackstone's private equity business has been one of the largest investors in leveraged buyouts in the last three decades, while its real estate b ...
had invested 300 crores in GatewayRail, and then in 2019 GDL bought back the entire shareholding from Blackstone.
Company had announced the fifth rail linked container terminal of its subsidiary, Gateway Rail Freight Limited at
Viramgam
Viramgam is a town and former princely state in the Indian state of Gujarat. The town is located in the Ahmedabad district, which contains the city of Ahmedabad, the state's largest city. Gateway Distriparks notably flagged off the first export ...
.
Cold Chain Logistics
The
cold chain
A cold chain is a low temperature-controlled supply chain network. An unbroken cold chain is an uninterrupted series of refrigerated production, storage and distribution activities, along with associated equipment and logistics, which maintain qu ...
logistics of GDL is run by its subsidiary, Snowman Logistics Limited.
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{{Logistics companies of India
Logistics companies of India
Companies based in Mumbai
Indian companies established in 1994
1994 establishments in Maharashtra
Companies listed on the National Stock Exchange of India
Companies listed on the Bombay Stock Exchange