Maintaining a stable outlook for the Indian logistics industry, credit rating agency, ICRA in its latest report has said that the industry is likely to grow at 8-10% over the medium term, with continuous demand on the back of pick up in industrial activity and consumption-led sectors.
As per the report, various factors like increasing preference for outsourcing logistics activities, improvement in logistics infrastructure and emergence of logistics start-ups, would also drive the growth of logistics industry. Further in the long term, prevalence of trends like rise in integrated logistics, e-commerce logistics, investments in warehousing and penetration of technology in the sector, in tandem with the ongoing shift towards organized logistics players, would also induce a structural shift in the industry.
ICRA further noted that demand for the freight in the country has picked up during the second half of FY18, as industrial output and consumption-driven sectors recovering from initial impacts of GST and added that advantage of the improvement in freight demand has been taken by transporters to pass on the increase in diesel prices to their customers during the latter half of the year, as against freight rate cuts undertaken earlier in the year, in light of weak demand.
Start Research-backed Investing ...Now. Subscribe to Sapphire
MoneyWorks4Me is a SEBI-registered Investment Adviser (IA) dedicated to helping investors build long-term wealth through transparent, research-driven, conflict-free guidance. Founded in 2008, we started our journey as a Research Analyst (RA), providing deep fundamental analysis, intrinsic value insights, and long-term investing frameworks for Indian equities. In 2017, we transitioned to a full-fledged SEBI-registered Investment Adviser, strengthening our commitment to acting as a fiduciary—always putting the investor’s interest first.
To become India’s most trusted, research-powered fiduciary advisory platform—where every investor, regardless of experience, can make calm, confident, and well-reasoned investment decisions.
MoneyWorks4Me ensures this through: