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Hapag-Lloyd to
invest `2,500 crore
in TN
Centre to use hydrogen fuel in transport, issues
guidelines for pilot projects
T
he government has issued
guidelines for undertaking
pilot projects for using
green hydrogen in the transport
sector. The scheme guidelines for
implementation of pilot projects
for use of green hydrogen in the
transport sector were recently
issued by the Ministry of New
and Renewable Energy (MNRE)
under the National Green Hydrogen Mission.
Under the National Green
Hydrogen Mission, along with
other initiatives, the MNRE will
implement pilot projects for replacing fossil fuels in the transport
sector with green hydrogen and
its derivatives. These pilot projects
will be implemented through the
Ministry of Road Transport and
Highways (MoRTH) and
the scheme implementing
agencies (SIAs) nominated
under this scheme.
The scheme will
support development
of technologies for use
of green hydrogen as a
fuel in buses, trucks and
four-wheelers, based on
fuel cell-based propulsion
technology/ internal combustion engine-based propulsion
technology. The other thrust
area for the scheme is to support
development of infrastructure
such as hydrogen refuelling stations, the ministry said.
The scheme will also seek to
support any other innovative use
of hydrogen for reducing carbon
emissions in the transport sector,
such as blending of methanol/
ethanol based on green hydrogen and other synthetic fuels
derived from green hydrogen in
automobile fuels, it said.
The scheme will be implemented with a total budgetary
outlay of `496 crores till the
昀椀nancial year 2025-26.
Draft policy to chart Delhi’s
course to logistics excellence
T
he Delhi government has
come up with a draft city
logistics policy aimed at
decongesting the city by setting
up a network of freight villages
and micro-delivery hubs and
relocating logistics infrastructure
to the periphery of the national
capital. This comprehensive
policy, crafted by the Industries
Department, encompasses a wide
range of recommendations covering regulatory frameworks for
the movement of goods vehicles,
land-use planning, infrastruc-
ture enhancements, operational
improvements, and extensive
technology integration.
According to industries
department officials, the 'City
Logistics Policy' draft has been put
in public domain by the Industries
department for having feedback
of stakeholders like transporters,
logistics agencies, traders and
industry before finalising and
notifying the policy. The draft
policy recommends setting up
three urban consolidation and
logistics distribution centers
(UCLDCs) or freight villages at
the periphery of the city along
Delhi-Jaipur, Delhi-Faridabad
highways and Delhi-Meerut
expressway. The freight villages
will be equipped with all modern
facilities for handling, storage,
sorting, consolidations, and distribution of goods thereby catering
to key commodities arriving and
leaving Delhi, at peripheral roads.
The policy recommends
implementation of Delhi Master
Plan 2041 suggestion of shifting
wholesale storage and warehousing activities to Integrated Freight
Complexes (IFCs) and proposed
UCLDCs in order to decongest
the freight hotspots.
The policy recommends
implementation of Delhi Master
Plan 2041 suggestion of shifting
wholesale storage and warehousing activities to Integrated Freight
Complexes (IFCs) and proposed
UCLDCs in order to decongest
the freight hotspots.
apag-Lloyd AG, the German
Htransportation
shipping and container
company, will
invest `2,500 crore in Tamil
Nadu on to set up logistic facilities in Tuticorin and other parts
across the southern coastal
district of Thoothukudi. The
move will enable generation of
1,000 jobs and lead to future
industrial growth in Tamil Nadu.
It signed an Memorandum of
Understanding (MoU) with the
TN government in Spain where
Chief Minister MK Stalin and
other senior officials recently
were on a visit to attract investment to the southern state. The
MoU was exchanged between
Hapag-Lloyd Director Albert
Lorente and State Industries
Minister TRB Rajaa in the presence of CM Stalin and HapagLloyd Managing Director Jesper
Kanstrup.
Zomato picks up
3.08 lakh sq ft
warehouse space at
Sumadhura
Logistics Park
estaurant aggregator and
RZomato,
online food delivery company,
and its online grocery
delivery platform, Blinkit, have
entered into an agreement
with Sumadhura Group to lease
~308,300 sq ft space at Sumadhura Logistics Park in Hoskote,
Bengaluru. The transaction
emphasises a quick turnaround,
state-of-the-art facilities, and
cold storage zones. The said
deal is for a tenure of seven
years and is expected to start
soon. Bangalore-based builder
Sumadhura Infracon is currently
developing 2.5 million sq ft of
warehousing space with a total
investment of `600 crore in
the first phase, out of which 2.2
million sq ft is already developed
and ready to be leased.
