Gateway Distriparks Limited, together with its subsidiaries, engages in the business of container related logistics.
The company’s primary business is to operate container freight stations (CFS), which are facilities set up for the purpose of in-transit container handling, examination, assessment of cargo with respect to regulatory clearances, both import and export. The company started operations with a CFS at the Country’s premier container port of Jawaharlal Nehru Port Trust (JNPT).
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Gateway Distriparks Limited, together with its subsidiaries, engages in the business of container related logistics.
The company’s primary business is to operate container freight stations (CFS), which are facilities set up for the purpose of in-transit container handling, examination, assessment of cargo with respect to regulatory clearances, both import and export. The company started operations with a CFS at the Country’s premier container port of Jawaharlal Nehru Port Trust (JNPT).
The company owns a CFS at Chennai after amalgamation of its wholly owned subsidiary, Gateway Distriparks (South) Private Limited with effect from April 2014. The company has set up a CFS during the year ended March 31, 2017 and is in process of setting up general warehouse facilities at Krishnapatnam in Andhra Pradesh. These CFS provide common user facilities offering services for container handling, transport and storage of import / export laden and empty containers and cargo carried under customs control.
The company is an integrated logistics facilitator in India with three synergetic verticals –CFS, Inland Container Depots with rail transportation, and Cold Chain Logistics.
Gateway Rail Freight Limited, a subsidiary of the company, provides inter-modal logistics and operates rail-linked Inland Container Depots. Snowman Logistics Limited, an associate company of the company, is the major integrated temperature controlled logistics service provider in India. The company is the primary shareholder in Snowman with 40.25%.
The company engages in the business of general and bonded warehousing, as well as the handling and clearing of sea borne EXIM containerised cargo at Navi Mumbai. The company operates two CFSs at Navi Mumbai, two at Chennai, one at Visakhapatanam, one at Kochi and one at Krishapatnam with a total capacity of 720,000 TEUs.
GatewayRail is the major private container train operator in India and provides intermodal logistics from its own rail-linked ICDs at Gurgaon, Ludhiana, Faridabad and Viramgam to maritime ports at Nhava Sheva, Mundra and Pipavav, transporting both EXIM, as well as domestic containers. It also operates a domestic terminal at Navi Mumbai, and has future plans to expand with new terminals at major export-import related manufacturing regions. GatewayRail operates a fleet of 24 rakes and 263 road trailers.
Snowman is the major cold chain provider in India and provides integrated temperature controlled warehousing, transportation and distribution services. Snowman caters to approximately 400 cities and towns on a pan-India basis through its major network of 32 warehouses in 15 cities and owned fleet of 293 refrigerated vehicles. Snowman has a capacity of 106,964 pallets. Other investors in Snowman include Mitsubishi Corporation and IFC (World Bank).
History
Gateway Distriparks Limited was incorporated in 1994.