Need for shift from competition to collaboration to bring cost efficiencies in the Indian logistics sector

May 2018

Historically the different modes of transportation within the logistics industry have been competing against each other for market share because of w...

Tags: Transportation, Logistics, GDP, Dedicated Freight Corridor, Sagarmala, GST, ICRA, Shamsher Dewan, Infrastructure

Raising the bar

May 2018

Road transport and highways minister Nitin Gadkari has set road project award and construction targets of 55 km per day and 45 km per day, respective...

Tags: Road transport and highways, Nitin Gadkari, Matching technologies, Equipment, Concrete Batching Plants, Concrete Boom Pumps, Case Construction Equipment, Nitin Gadkari

Honouring the unsung heroes

May 2018

Change, Road Safety and Innovation were the mantras of the seventh edition of Mahindra Transport Excellence Awards held recently in New Delhi, where ...

Tags: Mahindra Transport Excellence Award, RISE pillars, Saakshi Kishnani, Vinod Sahay, ICICI Bank, HDFC Bank, Veejay Nakra, Auto Division, YS Malik, Ministry of Road Transport & Highways, Mahindra Group, Rakesh Batra, G Raghuram, Construction Equipment, Mahindra Truck & Bus

TOT auction can draw foreign ‘patient capital’ in win-win

April 2018

CRISIL expects the first bundle of nine toll-operate-transfer (TOT) projects put up by the National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) to elicit good...

Tags: CRISIL, NHAI, TOT, India road transportation sector, IRR

Apollo LogiSolutions appoints new CEO

April 2018

Apollo LogiSolutions (ALS) announced the appointment of Samarnath Jha as its new Chief Executive Officer (CEO) and Director on the Board. Jha, with a...

Tags: Apollo LogiSolutions, Logistics, Appointment, Transportation

Hitachi acquires stakes, forms Hitachi MGRM Net

April 2018

Hitachi and Hitachi India have formed Hitachi MGRM Net to expand its Social Innovation Business in India using digital technologies. Hitachi India ac...

Tags: Hitachi and Hitachi India, Hitachi MGRM Net, E-Governance covers, e-Education, M-Star Education Expert Systems, Intelligent Transport Systems, Digital India, IoT technologies

Funding Not a Constraint for Road Building Programmes

March 2018

In an exclusive interview to INFRASTRUCTURE TODAY, Debjani Chakrabarti, Director Highways, Ministry of Road Transport & Highways (MoRTH) elucidates s...

Tags: Debjani Chakrabarti, Ministry of Road Transport & Highways, Roads building programme, EPFO, LIC, PPP, BOT, Hybrid Annuity Mode, EPC, NHDP, PCU, Construction, NHIDCL, NHAI, NIIF

Port of Call

March 2018

The Government of India has embarked on the Sagarmala Programme with a vision to reduce logistics cost for both domestic and EXIM cargo and utilise t...

Tags: Government of India, Sagarmala Programme, Waterways, CEZ, EXIM cargo, Nitin Gadkari, TEFR, Port, DPR, NGR, Ministry of Road Transport and Highways and National Highways Authority of India, JNPT, SEZ, Ministry of Shipping, Karwar Port