SETTING FOOT IN 2021 - AFS POLICY FROM TAKING OFF IN INDIA - GATI
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Vol.: XXI Issue 02; January 2021 04th - 05th of same month at G.P.O. New Delhi-110001; RNI No.: DELENG/2003/10642; Date of Publication: 03/01/2021
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What is stopping Industry gears up for
AFS policy from vaccine storage
taking off in india & distribution
Setting foot in 2021
EXPRESS TALK
An edge in
airfreight operations
Offering a 360-degree service competency to its clients, Gati is leveraging Allcargo’s logistics capabilities and infrastructure
including NVOCC, CFSs, warehousing, project logistics and contract logistics. Bala Aghoramurthy, Deputy Managing Director,
Gati-KWE (an Allcargo Company) talks about Gati’s express distribution, its airfreight operations & cold chain solutions.
logistics, as it operates with an asset-
light model. As a part of the model, the
company functions with a distributed
network of trucking companies,
providing vehicles as needed. Gati
leverages a hub-and-spoke model
with the highest standards of safety
and compliance. It has enhanced a
tracking system with a state-of-the-
art ERP and tracking system.
How diverse is Gati’s service offering?
Gati offers an extensive range of
business services which include
surface and air express distribution,
supply chain solutions, e-commerce
and e-fulfillment, inventory supply
chain management and cold chain
Kalpana Lohumi solutions. Moreover, Gati has rolled
out a range of exclusive special
What gives Gati Express Distribution Freight Stations, warehousing, project services such as Art Express, Student
an edge? logistics and contract logistics. Express, Bike Express, etc. to fulfill the
With unparalleled reach to over 99 Both can now leverage each other’s needs of various customer segments.
per cent of the districts in India, Gati strength to offer clients a top-notch Moreover, thanks to the strategic
Express Distribution has extensive end-to-end logistics solution. Gati’s alliance with Allcargo Logistics,
operation bandwidth with over 600 excellence first and last-mile logistics Gati is well-positioned to offer
offices and over 5,000 trucks and and Allcargo’s proven expertise in customised solutions to other logistics
rail services. Customers can transport diverse logistics verticals will build needs like CFS-ICD, NVOCC, contract
their cargo anywhere across the a comprehensive framework for the logistics, etc.
country, with the company’s express distribution of the COVID-19 vaccine
distribution network which covers for the successful implementation What gives Gati Air the edge in the
over 19,800 pin codes and 735 of Universal Immunization Program airfreight operations segment?
districts. The unparalleled express (UIP) of the Central government. Companies opt for airfreight to ensure
distribution wherewithal of Gati safe, swift and timely deliveries at the
has further been strengthened What makes Gati a pioneer in door- right price of the cargo. For more
by Allcargo Logistics’ diverse to-door express logistics? than two decades, we have been
logistics operations Since its inception in 1989, Gati has consistently delivering on all those
Bala Aghoramurthy
Deputy Managing Director, Gati-KWE which include been able to maintain a leadership parameters, add to that our unmatched
(an Allcargo Company) NVOCC, Container position in door-to-door express network across the country. Therefore,
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EXPRESS TALK
Gati Air has emerged as the most warehousing solutions, logistics parks was pegged at around 1,121 billion
viable and dependable air freight and project logistics. in 2018. It is expected to grow at a
service provider during the pandemic CAGR of 14.8 per cent over 2019-
situation. We have a robust presence Gati is now globally connected and can 2024 and reach an estimated 2,618
through Gati Air Transit Centres leverage Allcargo’s digital platform billion by 2024.
or Air Operating Centres at 35 ECU360, offering online shipment
airports across India, thus covering booking facilities based on the end- With a target set for mid-2021, how Gati Express
all the commercial airports in the to-end quotes. ECU360 is the most is Gati gearing up for them?
country. We also offer direct delivery sought-after online destination for Being one of the largest logistics
Distribution has extensive
service to all metro locations within global trade, as it offers door-to-door companies in India, we would like operation bandwidth
50 km range. quotes of more than 55 countries with to continue with our mission to offer with over 600 offices and
pick-up and delivery options. Apart comprehensive and differentiated over 5,000 trucks and
What are the strategic advantages from offering comprehensive cargo solutions to our customers.
Gati Air is leveraging? visibility to the customers throughout
rail services. Customers
As an Allcargo group company, we the cargo shipping cycle, it leverages We are also leveraging our global can transport their cargo
are now positioned as an end-to-end a multimodal operational mechanism and pan India reach thanks to anywhere across the
logistics solution provider, providing to facilitate the transportation of our strategic collaboration with
customer one-window-experience. shipments across diverse operational Allcargo to offer our customers
country, with the company’s
Our connectivity is now spread across touch points. end-to-end visibility. Going forward, express distribution
160 countries across the world. we continue to further enhance network which covers over
Our services have now become What is the size of India’s logistics our service delivery by adopting 19,800 pin codes and
even more integrated with NVOCC and cold chain market? digital technologies and tech-
and container freight stations, The size of India’s cold chain market enabled solutions. 735 districts
Indian trucking sector suffers losses
road talk
ccording to WheelsEye have been charged extra. The
A Technology research,
“Indian trucking sector is suffering
system works across all FASTag
enabled toll plazas of India. The
from losses of ₹2-3 crore per day new feature promises quicker
in faulty toll transactions. The refunds for faulty deductions by
Gurugram-based logistics tech reverse integrating the refund
startup has revealed this figure process with the National
in a research conducted on over Payments Corporation of India
5 lakh FASTag users. WheelsEye and IDFC Bank. Providing relief to
claimed that one out of every 60 affected customers, the company
FASTag transactions is faulty, as a has also shrunk the process to just
result of which truck owners lose three to five days from an earlier
hard-earned money every day. 21 days.
This survey prompted the startup
to develop an auto-detection and “E-toll collection systems are a
refund feature for wrong or double symbol of developing economies. government making it mandatory The Ministry of Road Transport and
toll deductions from FASTag They enable a faster transit, check and COVID-19 forcing contactless Highways ordered that FASTags
accounts. In an industry-first move, leakage, and create an efficient toll transactions. While we will become mandatory from
the company has launched an flow of money. While countries have reached a massive scale January 1, 2021. There will be no
auto-detection & refund system like Norway, Italy, Japan, USA, on adoption, we are still way more cash lanes at the toll plazas.
for faulty FASTag transactions. Germany have their e-toll behind in providing a glitch-free It has also been made mandatory
The feature comprises an AI-based collection systems since as early and smooth experience” says to register a new vehicle, to renew
automated detection process and as 1969, India has just begun. Sonesh Jain, Spokesperson, or purchase insurance, and even
generates refunds to users who It got a massive push due to the WheelsEye Technology. pay traffic fines in Chennai.
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