Bhiwandi to Taloja Mumbai's logistics map gets redrawn

From cost-driven clusters to cold chains and coastal cargo, Mumbai is witnessing a quiet logistics revolution shaped by demand, design, and decentralisation.

- Libin Chacko Kurian

Mumbai’s logistics identity is undergoing a shift— not by disruption, but by design. While Bhiwandi continues to anchor high-volume warehousing, regions like Taloja are rising as specialised zones for cold storage and industrial cargo. Within the city, the demands of quick commerce are redefining warehousing footprints, even as multimodal upgrades, such as the Dedicated Freight Corridor and coastal shipping lanes, reshape how goods move across the Mumbai Metropolitan Region (MMR).

Mumbai's warehousing landscape, in particular, is witnessing a scale-up in demand, with quick commerce and urban delivery players leading the charge. For instance, Swiggy-owned Scootsy Logistics has signed one of the largest warehousing lease deals in India this year, securing 580,000 sq ft at One K Square Logistic Park in Bhiwandi.

As India’s most sought-after warehousing destination, 20 km northeast of Mumbai, Bhiwandi continues to dominate as the region's most active warehousing hub, driven largely by e-commerce, retail, and 3PL players. “Bhiwandi fulfilment hub and 3PLs are heavy—it’s already going on and on,” says Deepak Tiwari, Director of Mumbai-based supply chain consultancy Syncoptichain Ventures. He previously worked with KSH Logistics, Transworld Terminals, CMA CGM, and dnata.

“Reliance, Flipkart, Amazon—all have massive facilities there.” He attributes Bhiwandi's continued appeal to its price advantage over other areas. “The price between Taloja warehousing and Bhiwandi, there's a huge difference,” he notes, adding that developers and occupiers are pushing further outward as demand scales.

But if Bhiwandi is the high-volume, cost-sensitive logistics workhorse, Taloja is carving out its own identity as an industrial support zone—especially in the wake of the upcoming Navi Mumbai International Airport (NMIA). It is located roughly 40 km east of Mumbai and just 15 km from NMIA.