Indian Transport & Logistics News - September - October 2021

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The Sept-Oct issue has a focus on technology developments in Indian logistics. The Cover Story by Libin Chacko Kurian dives deep into the current trends, the rationale behind them, investments flowing into startups and the future they plan to build.

Update by Lakshmi Ajay on container shipping discusses the crisis that crippled Indian exporters with runaway sea freight rates to transit delays, congestion in ports, container shortage and policy constraints.

Shalini Nair’s Special Report talks about how logistics platforms have had to adapt to new terminologies, rules and restrictions, all the while creating safety protocols, movement guidelines and aggregate capacities.

Industry Report by Jyothi Shankaran details how the WMS, automated vehicles and blockchain-linked IoT devices make the entire delivery process seamless - right from the factory to the customer.

The ports are facing bottlenecks but one of the reasons is the manual paperwork. Zinal Dedhia’s Report on TradeLens describes it as an effort to solve this problem by digitising supply chains across the world.

In Interview, V-Trans managing director Mahendra Shah talks about his company’s reach, clients, partnerships, the business of V-Xpress & V-Logis, technology adoption and the future.