Surface Transport
FTL, PTL, LMD, 2-wheeler linehaul or liquid movement, our transportation portfolio has the right solution for you.
Reaching
Making
Moving
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India’s roads and railways moves most of the country's cargo across its vast and diverse landscape. It is one of Apollo Supply Chain’s key strengths. Our surface transport services provide an unmatched countrywide reach to shippers, covering over 18,000 pin codes through a vast network of regional and local partners.
We provides the whole spectrum of surface-transport solutions including Full Truck Load (FTL), Part Truck Load (PTL), Mid-Mile Goods Transport, Last Mile Delivery (LMD), Long-Haul Transportation, and Specialized Transportation such as automobile carriers and liquid tankers.
Full Truck Load (FTL)
FTL is often preferred by shippers of bulk items, heavy loads, and seasonal goods. It offers you greater control, reduced transit time, and overall greater cost-efficiency per unit. Our FTL services deploy cutting-edge technology to give you unmatched FTL services. What’s in it for you.
- As our customer, you have access to our transport dashboard for real-time shipment visibility.
- Our TMS comes with the added capability for dynamic destination handling.
- Our tech-powered dispatch planning and scheduling are available for all our destinations across the country.
- Our tech-driven temperature-controlled logistics solutions are preferred choices for shippers of pharma products and perishable goods.
- Our milk-run operations, available for both sourcing and distribution, helps you optimize the number of trips and speed up the delivery time.
- We help you optimize your pricing for goods and services with the use of Reverse Auctioning.
Part Truck Load (PTL)
PTL is an ideal solution for shippers looking for the best mix of FTL’s control and PTL cost-efficiency. What’s more, Our unique approach to PTL stands firm in giving you the industry-best serviceability. It does so by combining our five big strengths, which are:
The Aggregator Model – Multiple Vendors At Your Service
Our unique vendor aggregation approach ensures that you get the fastest possible turnaround time and direct serviceability for your goods. Our service provider network, comprising the most trusted names in logistics, is curated and aggregated by us based on their expertise and presence at the regional and local levels. This provides your cargo an unparalleled reach to over 18,000 pin codes across the country.
One Contact. One Contract
Our SPOC (Single Point of Contact) transportation model helps you focus on the larger picture. While we put the services of multiple vendors at your disposal, you only need to have a contract with us, making the processes of vendor coordination vastly more efficient. In other words, you take care of your business, we take care of your logistics deliverables.
Save Money. Minimize ODA
You save money with us because of two reasons: One, we offer you the most competitive pricing owing to our volume commitment to our service partners. Two, you minimize your Out-of-Delivery (ODA) charges because of the widespread, countrywide presence of our network.
Knowledge Of Local Conditions
Transport professionals managing the fleets at our branches and partner locations have years of experience of operating in local conditions. With us, your business and cargo are in good hands.
Control Towers For E2E Visibility
ASC’s ability to set up a control tower for your transport operations provides you with end-to-end visibility of your supply chain. What’s more, our comprehensive dashboard is equipped with advanced data analytics tools, and track and trace capabilities mean greater control over movements, better route efficiency, and big cost savings. Overall, a win-win-win solution.
In-Plant warehousing
We understand that efficient in-plant warehousing is of significant importance in any manufacturing facility.
We manage in-plant warehousing for leading companies. We deploy the required resources in terms of material handling equipment and manpower to ensure hassle-free warehousing of finished products within the plant. We offer integrated inbound and outbound warehousing to give you a complete solution for in-plant warehousing.
Our in-plant warehousing services ensure synchronized supply and removal processes to and from the production and integration areas. Our experienced team attends to complex packaging, including electrostatic discharge (ESD) protective packaging. They draw up warehousing concepts and prepare products for shipment adopting state-of-the-art processes and warehousing technology.
Last Mile Delivery
India’s vast and diverse landscape, a matter of pride for every Indian, means that manufacturers and distributors put their trust in service providers who are well-versed with the terrain. This is why our experience, expertise, and expanse give us an advantage in last-mile delivery.
Apollo Supply Chain’s transport network covers over 18,000 pin codes. Our tech-powered expertise in milk-run operations; hyper-local, cash-on-demand, and appointment-based deliveries, and the linehaul movement of automobiles make it the preferred LMD (Last Mile Delivery) service provider for high-performance organizations.
The Prime
India's leading automotive companies rely on us for transporting 2-wheelers to the furthermost reaches of the country.
Avail of our
160+
Strong owned fleet
Moving
25000+
2-Wheelers every month
1st
Choice Of India’s Top Automotives Companies
Our 160-plus-strong, owned fleet is the first choice of leading Indian automotive companies for 2-wheelers’ linehaul movement.
Every month our specialized vehicles move more than 25,000 two-wheelers between manufacturing plants, dealer locations, and consumer centers across the length and the breadth of the county.
Our expertise in running hub-and-spoke like clockwork, aided by customized TMS (Transport Management System), Control Tower facility, and advanced analytics makes us a leader in the 2-wheeler linehaul transportation business.
Liquid
Pioneers in improved cost optimization and sustainability
Transporting liquid cargo by rail is the safest, most cost-effective, and environmentally sustainable mode of liquid logistics. We are the proud pioneers in the deployment of 28 Kilolitre (KL) tanks, replacing the 26 KL tanks that were the norm in multimodal transportation of low-density chemicals. This helped optimize costs and improve lead times for our customers.
Our JV with Singapore-based Pacific International Lines, one of the world’s largest container shipping companies, for liquid logistics operations in India gives us a unique advantage in intermodal logistics.
Our custom-built tank containers ensure seamless movement of all non-POL (Petroleum, Oil, and Lubricants) liquid cargo. Along with safety and sustainability, our big differentiator is competitive pricing, which we can offer thanks to our commitment to delivering high volumes for frontline service providers.
Every year, our ISO-tank containers move more than 150,000 Metric Ton of liquid cargo across the country.
The Technology Edge
Our Tech Edge for Enhanced Surface-Transport Performance
Powerful features that guarantee remarkable cost-efficiencies:
- Enhanced TMS With Dynamic Handling Capabilities
- Comprehensive Dashboard for Real-Time Visibility and Big Savings
- Advanced Data Analytics for Greater Control
- Technology driven consultative approach for optimized load, optimized route and network design & re-design
Growth Catalysts
- Control Tower and Analytics Center for E2E Supply Chain Visibility
- Strong vendor base with extensive reach pan India
- Single Point of Contact (SPOC) for Efficient Coordination
- Integrated Services from Primary Transportation to Last Mile
- Quick response Team to resolve Operational Challenges
- A strong tech support
