Road Train Solutions Take Off

India's logistics sector takes a major leap forward as road train solutions take off. This is a boost to logistics efficiency, cost optimisation, and sustainable haulage

- Richa Tyagi.

India's logistics sector is witnessing a transformative shift with the commercialisation of the first Road Train. Flagged off by Minister of Road Transport and Highways, Nitin Gadkari, in Nagpur, the road train is developed by Volvo Trucks and known to have been in pilot for long on select routes operated by Delhivery Ltd.

This solution, an outcome of permits received for the vehicle measuring 25.25 m in length in 2020. As long as the combination is certified, each unit can be independently registered and interchanged, making the solution a gamechanger for the freight movement landscape. MORTH and ARAI certified the Road Train, and it now operates on the Nagpur-Bhiwandi route, graduating from exhaustive pilot runs. Commenting on the potential of this solution, Vinod Aggarwal, MD & CEO of VE Commercial Vehicles Ltd., hailed the Union Minister and ARAI for championing such advancements and committed to bringing more global innovations to India.