DELHI
Delhi and the national capital region together contribute to huge export and import cargo for both sea and air. This attracts most of the major shipping lines, forwarders, NVOCC and custom agents to have their corporate and Head offices in Delhi. The market being of various commodities like electronics textiles, handicraft, automobiles, manufactured majorly by Samsung, LG, Moser Baer, Maruti, Honda Cars, the logistics and infrastructure have the huge potential to grow multifold.
Containerized cargo comprises of total 52000 TEUs, from Delhi and vicinity, with all the major ICDs having a share of their respective volumes. Earlier the cargo was primarily handled by ICD TKD and CFS PPG, but with the revolutionary growth of the Exim volumes this gave rise to the private players operating ICD and CFS in the vicinity. Before 2003 there was one private CFS in Faridabad. Presently it has grown multifold with ICD operators such as ICD LONI; ICD DADRI; ICD GDL; ICD PATLI. This indicates the growth of Exim cargo. Other projects which are coming up in Bhiwadi and Rewari, will also add to the Exim growth in the region.
Another important feature in the development of growth in logistics is the public private partnership, by which the Indian railways invited private players to operate containerized trains. Prior to 2007 the only train operator was Concor. Now there are 15 companies in total, providing healthy and stiff competition and resulting in ending the monopoly of concor. These additional players indirectly or directly benefit the trade in terms of services rendered and cost reduction. In addition to this, within next year, there will be a dedicated freight corridor from Delhi to Mumbai, which will be advantageous for speedy movement and double stacking of trains. This will further enhance productivity, cost reduction, and speedy movement of cargo.
Apart from the growth in Exim throughput, infrastructure and private rail operators, there are still challenges being faced by the trade fraternity from the government, be it the charges levied by Indian railways, or the ban imposed by DGFT. These require a good amount of improvement. As compared to the global segment, our logistics cost is still the highest by 25%. More transparency in decision making is required by the government bodies to further strengthen the trade.
In a very short span of time, the India operations of Console Shipping Services Pvt. Ltd, has grown by leaps and bounds. Console Shipping Services, Delhi comprising a team of about 30 qualified professionals have put in their hard work in making CSS Delhi a known service provider among the trade with expertise in consolidation and FCL Movement both inbound and outbound under the leadership and vision of Nitin Bajpayee (General Manager-Export); Rajesh Arora (General Manager-Import) and a highly motivated team having excellent relations with the lines, and government bodies. CSS Delhi, with this combination of experts and experienced team, will achieve success in becoming one of the most preferred service providers in North India.