Enhancing Multimodal Transportation in India: Jogighopa Multimodal Logistics Park

The Indian logistics industry is transforming at a rapid pace. The scale of progress in technology, infrastructure, and level of services by different service providers can define whether the industry can help its customers by reducing their logistics costs and providing effective services. At present, the cost of transportation of goods is less competitive for a country like India, with huge export potential and a fast-growing manufacturing sector. To enhance the efficiency of the Indian logistics sector, optimize the intermodal mix, provide support to organized warehousing and associated logistics activities, and remove bottlenecks in the supply chain, the Indian Government announced the development of MMLP under the Bharatmala Pariyojana. The proposed network of logistics parks is expected to reduce logistics costs by around 25%. However, overcoming many obstacles, like changing the modal shift of freight transportation, adopting better technologies, reducing inventory costs, improving timeliness, and easing custom clearance, is necessary. While there are many research articles on technology and infrastructure developments, little emphasis has been given to the detailed planning of Multimodal Logistics Park (MMLP). There has not been significant research on India’s first MMLP. This paper provides a perspective on these issues, explaining the importance, impact, and method for planning an integrated multimodal transportation system, outlining some of the critical challenges with the help of secondary information, and providing a methodology for constructing a multimodal logistics hub with the case study of India’s first multimodal logistics park in construction.