World’s biggest container ship skips India in blow to trade aims

Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s goal of making India the world’s factory risks being held back by the country’s inability to attract bigger container ships due to inadequate port infrastructure. Most harbors along India’s coast aren’t deep enough to handle vessels like the Ever Alot, the world’s largest boxship at 400 meters long and with a … Read more

Mahindra and Actis partner to develop industrial and warehousing facilities

Mahindra Lifespaces (ML), a 51.33% subsidiary of M&M is partnering with Actis to own and operate industrial and warehousing real estate facilities in India. Partners will jointly invest in Asset Owning SPVs (SPVs) as well as Operating Company which will provide service to those Asset Owning SPVs. In both kinds of entities, ML plans to … Read more

ML acquires Rivigo’s B2B express business in slump sale. Value deal.

Mahindra Logistics (ML) has announced acquiring Rivigo’s B2B express business, as a going concern, on slump sale basis, for a lump sum consideration of Rs. 225 crores. Rivigo, founded in 2014, operates in two key business segments: Full Truck Load (FTL) and B2B express business. It’s main focus and USP is the relay trucking model … Read more

Mahindra logistics to acquire majority stake in Whizzard

Mahindra Logistics (ML) has announced strategic investment into Zipzap Logistics Pvt Ltd. Key points to note – Founded in 2018 and headquartered in Hyderabad, ZipZap is a tech enabled last-mile delivery logistics company operating under the brand name Whizzard.  Total deal value is Rs 71.7 crore in lieu of which ML will get 60% stake … Read more

Gati targets to double it’s revenues in 3 years

Gati is targeting to become a Rs 3,000 crore revenue company in the next three years – it’s Chief Executive Officer Pirojshaw Sarkari has said. Key points to note – Company reported revenues of Rs 1,488 crore during trailing twelve months ended September 30, 2021. The target therefore implies doubling of this number in 3 … Read more