November 21, 2008

Sical Logistics starts operations of its first container train

Sical Logistics Limited recently announced that it has initiated the operations of its first container train from Hatta Road Railway station in Balaghat District of Madhya Pradesh near the Kanha Sanctuary on March 6th 2008. The train is shipping 86 containers of copper concentrate for Hindustan Copper Limited to their factory at Khetri in Rajasthan.

Sical’s 100% subsidiary Sical Multimodal & Rail Transport Limited will offer a total multimodal logistics solution to Hindustan Copper Limited in transporting their copper concentrates to and from their factories at Ghatsila in Jharkhand and Khetri in Rajasthan. Sical will also provide last mile connectivity for the finished products of Hindustan copper from their factory at Taloja near Mumbai.

Mr Ashwin C Muthiah chairman of Sical Logistics said that "We would like to thank our customers for giving us the opportunity. SMART was established by Sical to offer competitive and value added rail logistics services to customers. With the first container train flagged off we are extremely confident of our recognition as an end-to-end logistics solutions provider."

Sical Multimodal & Rail Transport Limited is one of the concessionaires of railways to run container trains in India. It has obtained category I license to run container trains across all sectors on the Indian Railway system, catering to both exim and domestic traffic.