Delhivery starts operations at largest logistics gateway facility in Bhiwandi

economictimes.indiatimes.com:

logistics services provider Delhivery has operationalised its largest gateway in Bhiwandi, Maharashtra one of the biggest logistics hubs in the country, housing warehouses of Amazon, Flipkart, and Samsung.

The new terminal consolidates Delhivery's existing operations in Bhiwandi and includes an automated hub, sortation, freight handling, and ecommerce returns operations. In the logistics industry, a gateway is the central point at which freight moving from one region to another is interchanged between transport vehicles heading into different directions.

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Spanning over 1.2 million square feet of land, the terminal has 96 docking stations and is designed to transact over 8,000 tonnes of freight, with 1,600 vehicles passing through it daily.

This is the company's second such large facility after its first in Tauru, Haryana, launched in 2021. The company also expects its third such facility in Bangalore to become operational in 2024.

«Our expanded Bhiwandi gateway will enable us to increase capacity for Mumbai and the West Zone's large and SME (small and medium enterprise) freight shippers while maintaining world-class service reliability and efficiency,» said Sahil Barua, managing director & chief executive of Delhivery.

The facility's automation system was developed and deployed by warehouse automation startup Falcon Autotech, in which Delhivery owns a 39% stake.

In its annual report for FY23, Delhivery had said it would explore new opportunities and