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India's freight forwarding market is expanding on EXIM and e-commerce volumes, but forwarders now absorb the same carrier-side volatility from the 2025 alliance reshuffle and Red Sea rerouting, while digitisation under ICEGATE, GST e-invoicing and the Unified Logistics Interface Platform (ULIP) is raising the compliance and technology bar. Success now depends on pricing discipline, sector specialisation and stronger carrier relationships, not volume alone.

• Commercial strategy and customer portfolio profitability review
• Pricing model redesign for margin and volume tiers
• Technology strategy for FMS, ICEGATE, GST and ULIP integration
• Carrier relationship optimisation and contract governance
• Sector specialisation strategy for cold chain and project cargo
• Operational efficiency through process and workflow automation

India's customs brokerage regime is tightening under the CBIC's 2025 Customs Manual and the expanding Faceless Assessment System, both removing manual discretion and raising the bar on documentation accuracy, ICEGATE capability and GST integration. Brokers with three or more clean compliance years can now pursue AEO status for faster clearance and fewer inspections. CHA licensing today runs on compliance discipline, not paperwork volume

• CHA licence application and CBLR 2018 compliance support
• Corporate customs brokerage entity setup and structuring
• ICEGATE onboarding, GST integration and systems setup
• Compliance framework, SOPs and documentation accuracy audits
• AEO certification roadmap for 3+ year compliance brokers
• Operational professionalisation for audit and client readiness

India's EXIM landscape is experiencing volatility similar to other global trade corridors, with two major shifts in as many months: the February 2026 US trade deal cut tariffs on Indian goods to 18% from a 25% to 50% range, and the India-UK FTA came into force on 15 July 2026, opening preferential access across textiles, engineering, chemicals and pharmaceuticals. Capturing this requires structured coordination across inland transport, customs, port selection, carrier booking, documentation and final delivery, not tariff knowledge alone.

• EXIM supply chain design across ports, ICDs and carriers
• Export documentation and FTA compliance review
• Duty and tariff optimisation under new FTA and US terms
• Import supply chain efficiency and cost benchmarking
• Port and ICD selection advisory
• First-mile EXIM consolidation for exporters and SMEs

India's dedicated freight corridors are now fully built, with the Western DFC's final JNPT link completing trial runs in March 2026 and the Eastern corridor operational since 2024, together already carrying 55% of JNPT's container cargo. A new Dankuni-Surat corridor, announced in the 2026-27 budget, extends this network alongside PM Gati Shakti, coastal shipping and growing air freight capacity. India's logistics network is genuinely shifting beyond road freight.

• Network baseline analysis across cost, mode and transit time
• Multimodal scenario modelling for rail, road, sea and air
• DFC integration strategy for the new Dankuni-Surat corridor
• Hub location optimisation near ports, ICDs and corridors
• Coastal shipping integration under the Sagarmala pipeline
• Implementation and transition planning for network shifts

Indian Railways moved a record 1,670 MT of freight in FY2025-26, yet holds only 27% modal share against a National Rail Plan target of 45% by 2030. DFC corridors now enable double-stack trains and faster transit, while the Gati Shakti Cargo Terminal policy has drawn Rs 10,000 crore in private investment across 142 terminals, opening real capacity for operators, not just shippers. Winning in rail today means route selection, network design, load planning and commercial structuring together, not DFC access alone.

• DFC and network commercial strategy for shippers and CTOs
• Route and network design across corridors and ICDs
• Road-to-rail modal shift advisory and cost modelling
• Double-stack rake and load planning optimisation
• First-mile and last-mile rail integration
• Trucks-on-Trains programme advisory
• Gati Shakti Cargo Terminal investment advisory for operators

India's dark store count crossed 4,000 by March 2026, with Tier 2 and 3 cities now holding nearly a third of that footprint as quick commerce GOV heads toward INR 2 lakh crore by FY28. New EV policies, led by Delhi's 2026 mandate for all-electric delivery fleets by 2030, are gaining traction across other states as well. First-mile and last-mile networks are now critical for exporters, manufacturers, e-commerce, quick commerce and rural distribution alike.

• Last-mile network design for cost and delivery speed
• First-mile consolidation strategy for exporters and SMEs
• Quick commerce and dark store network advisory
• Rural and tier-2/3 last-mile expansion strategy
• Reverse logistics design for returns and repairs
• EV fleet integration for Delhi and state mandates

Transportation cost swings from 7.6% of output for large logistics-mature firms to 16.9% for smaller operators, FY24 data shows, and that gap is being reshaped by the AIS-140 GPS tracking mandate now enforced on all commercial carriers. Closing that cost gap and staying compliant both demand structured procurement, route planning, load optimisation, TMS and carrier governance, not fleet size alone.

• Transportation cost baseline against sector benchmarks
• Carrier procurement, tendering and contract design
• Route and load optimisation using GPS and telematics data
• TMS selection, implementation and AIS-140 compliance
• Carrier performance management and scorecards
• Fleet versus third-party carrier decision advisory