In a significant development for India’s logistics sector, GR Logistics Park (Indore) Private Limited (GRIP), a subsidiary of G R Infraprojects Ltd. (GRIL), and PSA Ameya (PSA), a subsidiary of PSA India, have formalised an agreement to establish an Inland Container Depot (ICD) at the Multimodal Logistics Park (MMLP) in Indore. This collaboration comes after GRIP secured the MMLP project and subsequently signed a 45-year concession agreement with National Highways Logistics Management Limited (NHLML), a wholly owned subsidiary of the National Highways Authority of India (NHAI).
The MMLP in Indore will provide warehousing, an ICD, a domestic container terminal and a private freight terminal, among other facilities.
Under the terms of the partnership with PSA, GRIL will oversee the development of the entire MMLP facility, while PSA will manage the containerised rail operations. Leveraging PSA’s leadership in container port operations and its presence at Nhava Sheva Port (Navi Mumbai), the collaboration aims to provide doorstep delivery of logistics services to industries in the region. This partnership, PSA’s first venture into the operation of a rail ICD in India, not only marks a significant milestone in the development of the MMLP Indore project, but also signifies the potential for long-term collaboration between the partners on future projects.