cargo-partner plans to expand to 10 more Indian cities, focus on warehousing and e-commerce in 2022

Global logistics service provider cargo-partner on Wednesday announced its plan to expand to 10 more Indian cities in the next two-three years. After this expansion cargo-partner will be present in over 24 cities and all major states of India, as per the official release said.

The company aims to have a pan-India presence by the end of FY 25 and to lead the National logistics market in India and their steady expansion is fuelled by the same, the release further said.

“cargo-partner will be creating numerous job opportunities and onboard 500 employees in these cities, during FY2022-25. They will be serving B2B enterprises operating in the Automotive & Spare Parts, Fashion & Lifestyle, Foodstuffs & Perishables, and Pharmaceuticals & Healthcare. The increase in demand from tier 2&3 cities has also led to this expansion in services by cargo-partner,” Rajiv Singh, Regional Director (Indo-Asean), cargo-partner said.

With the e-commerce market growing at a very fast pace, the company is planning to expand in the area of warehousing to meet the demand of domestic consumers.

The company is also eyeing further growth in the pharmaceutical space and believes that India is one of the largest manufacturers of medicines and there are ample opportunities for big firms to come up with more innovations in this area. 

"In 2020, cargo-partner opened its GDP-compliant competence center for Pharmaceuticals & Healthcare in Mumbai, in addition to its “Pharma Competence Centres” in Vienna and Hamburg. This enables cargo-partner in India to offer its customers GDP-compliant services in warehousing, national and regional trucking as well as international air and sea freight," the company said.

Headquartered in Austria, cargo-partner has a global network with more than 140 offices in over 40 countries. cargo-partner has its network in Western, Eastern, and Central Europe, North East Asia, South East Asia, Oceania, the Indian Subcontinent, as well as North and South America.

Currently, they are operational in 14 Indian offices with a presence in all major cities such as Delhi, Mumbai, Bangalore, Hyderabad, Kolkata, and Ahmedabad.