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Company Profile:
Robinson Global
Logistics: Total solutions in dry and cool logistics
Robinsons Global Logistics (RGL) was launched by Rhea Vazirani. Bachelors in Business and Finance from Business School Lausanne
University, Switzerland and a Masters of Science in Supply Chain Management
from Institute for Supply Chain Excellence - Bordeaux, France, Vazirani has
put in almost a decade in freight forwarding, logistics, warehouse
management, handling sales & marketing, planning & strategy and customer
service.
Two years ago she leased out her first warehouse in Bhiwandi, near Mumbai
and identified the needs of customers who were looking for a one stop
solution provider with regards to warehousing and distribution needs. Thus
in 2007, she started RGL as a 'Total Solution Provider in Dry & Cool
Logistics' with the vision to become the preferred logistics company to the
customers in the Indian subcontinent across verticals, in providing
end-to-end dry and cool logistic services. According to Vazirani, RGL’s USP
is the bandwidth to operate and manage specialised storage of products
across various sectors, meeting all the regulatory, operational and security
requirements of the customers.
Vazirani emphasises the requirements of logistics and significance of
warehousing industry and has carved a niche. Then onwards RGL moved forward
– from shipping, to bar-coding, tagging, to transport specific quantities
and numbers to specific retail outlets.
From a single warehouse in 2008 to four today in Mumbai, Gurgaon, Pune and
Bengaluru, RGL boasts of an annual turnover of goods worth Rs.800 crore from
its warehouses.
Vazirani observes that organised retail industry will have little option but
to outsource almost all its back end operations – from packing to making
goods outlet-ready to transporting the exact requirement to each store
spread all across the country. The engineering and manufacturing sector too
might soon start outsourcing its inventory management to warehousing and
logistics firms.
Earlier, Vazirani worked with Geodis Solutions, which is a leading
European logistics company with an international network in 120 countries.
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Product Line
Dry Warehousing:
RGL’s dry warehousing handles receipt,
storage, orders processing, inventory management, pick, pack and
dispatch, and warehouse management services for the products.
Temperature
Controlled: RGL provides
specialised warehousing for ambient, chillers at 2-4 degrees Celsius &
freezers at -20 to -24 degrees Celsius which is monitored for the
merchandise as per the customer requirements.
Distribution
Services: RGL offers distribution
services, dedicated or shared as per the customer requirements.
Octroi Facilities:
Owned and leased fleet of vehicles. RGL has temperature controlled vehicles with GPS Tracking. The company
offers next day delivery (local and national distribution).
Reverse Logistics:
RGL also handles stock returns
of life products for repair, reuse, recycling or disposal delving
into a reverse supply chain. They are further equipped to manage returns
and re-exports too. |
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AAI gives go
ahead to the proposed cargo airport in Haryana
The proposed green field international cargo airport has got formal
clearance from the Airports Authority of India (AAI). According to Bhupinder
Singh Hooda, Chief Minister, Haryana, the Government of Haryana intended to set
up an international cargo airport in the NCR region (by providing land and
through PPP model). Meanwhile, 3,000 acre of land has been identified for
the project at Bhaini Maharajpur and Bhaini Bhairon villages near Delhi. He stated that
the AAI has conducted the site survey and given go-ahead. Now, application
has been filed with the Union ministry of civil aviation for formal approval
of the project.
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International
trade from Chennai Airport increases by 278%, says Finance Minister
While inaugurating the new building of the Commissioner of Customs (airport
and air cargo) in Chennai on January 24, Pranab
Mukherjee, Finance Minister, Government of India, stated that the revenue collected from Chennai air cargo complex
from international trade has shown an increase of 278 per cent during the
period 1997-98 to 2009-10. He also pointed out that the value of imports
during the same period has gone up from Rs. 4666 crore to Rs. 52003 crore in 2009-10. Commenting on the new Customs building, he said
that it was the fullfillment of a long standing and pressing need.
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Export grows by 36.4% in
December 2010
India’s exports have registered a growth of 36.4 per cent during December
2010, at US$ 22.5 billion. According to Rahul Khullar, Commerce Secretary, during the period
April-December 2010, exports have reached a level of US$ 164.7 billion at a
growth of 29.5 per cent while the imports were US$ 247.1 billion with a
growth of 19 per cent and a trade deficit of US$ 82.4 billion. Khullar also informed that India’s imports in December 2010
were US$ 25.1 billion, down by 11.1 per cent.
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Minister of Shipping unveils Maritime Agenda 2010-2020
The Minister of Shipping, GK Vasan, recently announced the Maritime Agenda
2010-2020, a perspective plan of the Shipping Ministry for the present
decade. The objective of the agenda is to create a port capacity of around
3200 MT to handle the expected traffic of about 2500 MT by 2020. The
minister stated that Rs 165000 crore would be the investment in the shipping
sector by 2020. The total proposed investments in major and non-major ports
by 2020 are expected to be approximately Rs 287000 crore. The Maritime
Agenda projects a total traffic of 2494.95 million tonne for all major and
non-major ports taken together.
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Emirates
introduces e-freight in Delhi, Mumbai and Bengaluru airports
Emirates SkyCargo
recently started e-freight initially for processing of paperless airway bills
at Delhi, Mumbai and Bengaluru airports. According to Keki Patel, cargo
manager, India and Nepal, Emirates, in the near future the airline is
planning to introduce its e-freight programme at all the Indian airports it is
currently operating. He also maintained that at the initial stage Emirates
received satisfactory responses from the freight forwarding community
towards the airlines’ e-freight initiatives. At the beginning about 3 per
cent of total shipments were processed electronically.
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CII Logistics and trade organisations from the Netherlands
organise conference in Chennai
The CII Institute of Logistics, The
Netherlands Foreign Investment Agency, Holland International Distribution
Council and the City of Rotterdam have organised an executive round table
conference called “Logistics Solutions for Export to Europe” on February 4,
2011 at Hotel Taj Coromandel in Chennai. The conference will discuss the
opportunities that the Netherlands and Rotterdam port can offer to Indian
companies. According to CII Logistics, the Netherlands has been a major
trading and transport hub both for incoming and outgoing traffic. In
addition, the Dutch tax system is business friendly and internationally
oriented. It also facilitates cross- border investments by avoiding double
taxation.
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DHL enhances LCL connectivity from India to South Africa
DHL has announced the launch of a new
direct Less than Container Load (LCL) service from Nhava Sheva, Mumbai in
India to Durban, South Africa. Operated by Danmar Lines, DHL’s in-house
carrier, the new service will facilitate trade between India and South
Africa. With trade between India and Africa has risen almost four-fold in
the last five years, from US$ 9.9 billion in 2004-05 to US$ 39 billion in
2008-09, DHL Global Forwarding sees vast potential in the India-Africa trade
lane.
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ECS Group plans more global expansion including India
ECS Group, world’s leading GSSA
organisation, plans to increase its global network in 2011 with five new
offices in the Far East as well as India and further expansion of its
presence in Africa in 2011.The ECS network already incorporates 43
subsidiaries in 30 countries. In total, the group generates 487,000
tonne
of air cargo a year for over 100 airline customers and reports an annual
turnover of US$ 600 million. After a highly successful year in 2010, it now
intends to grow its operational footprint into more new markets.
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FedEx Express to enhance connectivity from India to Asian markets
After introducing FedEx Import
services to enhance the service portfolio in India and expanding its
domestic Express Service, FedEx Express in India is now looking at
strengthening its connectivity with Asian markets. Currently, FedEx Express
is working on various plans to strengthen India’s connectivity with global
markets in the coming years. The recent flight from Bengaluru, establishing
direct connections to Europe, Middle East and the US was the first step
towards this direction. The Company has also introduced direct connection
from Mumbai and New Delhi to Guangzhou in China. The new dedicated A310
flight connects Guangzhou – Mumbai – New Delhi – Guangzhou, five times a
week.
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Ennore Port to generate fund from public equity to increase
capacity
According to sources closed to the
developments, the Board of Ennore Port Ltd (EPL) has taken in-principle
decision to go public. Presently, the government of India and Chennai Port
Trust own 68 per cent and 32 per cent respectively in EPL. It is expected
that EPL will require about Rs 500 crore from public equity in the required
funds of over Rs 800 crore for its various infrastructure projects to be
completed soon. Ennore Port traffic is projected to increase to 67.44 MT in
2016-17 and 71.54 MT in 2019-20. As a result, the port's capacity has to
increase from the existing 16 MT (as on March 31, 2010) to 73 MT in 2016-17.
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The International Air Cargo Association elects Michael Steen as
new chairman
Michael Steen, executive vice
president and chief commercial officer of Atlas Air Worldwide Holdings, has
been elected as the new chairman of The International Air Cargo Association
(TIACA). He was previously vice chairman of the association during the
chairmanship of Ulrich Ogiermann, former president and CEO of Cargolux
Airlines International, who has decided to retire from his role as chairman
of TIACA. TIACA has also announced Oliver Evans,
chief cargo officer, Swiss International Airlines, and Jason Foote, vice
president, international air operations, UPS, as new board members,
effective immediately.
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