Gateway Distriparks Limited () is an Indian

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company based in Mumbai, India with three business verticals: Container Freight Stations (CFS), Inland Container Depots (ICD) with rail movement and Cold Chain Storage & Logistics. The company was founded in April 1994, and originally promoted by Newsprint Trading & Sales Corporation (NTSC), CWT Distribution Limited, NUR Investment and Trading Pvt. Ltd. and Intercontinental Forest Products Pte. Ltd. (IFP) as a

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company to conduct the business of

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, container freight stations and all related activities. As of November 2015, Prism International Private Limited (same group as NTSC) is the sole promoter of the company.

History

Core Business

GDL operates three core businesses: Container Freight Stations (CFS), Rail-linked Inland Container Depots (ICD) and Cold Chain Storage & Logistics.

Container Freight Stations (CFS)

GDL operates Container Freight Stations, located at major Indian ports such as

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, Visakhapatanam and

Kochi Kochi (), also known as Cochin ( ) ( the official name until 1996) is a major port city on the Malabar Coast of India bordering the Laccadive Sea, which is a part of the Arabian Sea. It is part of the district of Ernakulam in the state of ...

. The stations offer container yards, general warehousing, bonded warehousing, empty handling and

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technologies used for container tracking. GDL also has its own dedicated fleet of over 25 rakes and 265 trailers for first and last mile connectivity.

Rail-linked Inland Container Depots (ICD)

GDL's rail operations are handled by its subsidiary, Gateway Rail Freight Limited. The ICDs are located at Garhi Harsaru ( Gurgaon, Haryana), Sahnewal (

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) and Faridabad, Haryana. In 2010,

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had invested 300 crores in GatewayRail, and then in 2019 GDL bought back the entire shareholding from Blackstone. Company had announced the fifth rail linked container terminal of its subsidiary, Gateway Rail Freight Limited at Viramgam.

Cold Chain Logistics

The

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logistics of GDL is run by its subsidiary, Snowman Logistics Limited.

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* {{Logistics companies of India Logistics companies of India Companies based in Mumbai Indian companies established in 1994 1994 establishments in Maharashtra Companies listed on the National Stock Exchange of India Companies listed on the Bombay Stock Exchange