Kerry Indev begins 8 new delivery services

Earmarks ₹100 crore for expansion

May 06, 2019 11:01 pm | Updated 11:01 pm IST - MUMBAI

Kerry Indev Logistics, a 50:50 joint venture of Kerry Logistics of Hong Kong and India’s Indev Logistics, has announced the launch of eight express services targeted at different B2B and B2C segments of the Indian market, under the Kerry Indev Express brand, according to an executive of the company.

With this, the company will compete with other logistics majors operating in the space of delivery of e-commerce packets, documents and parcels.

“The new Express Service will enable us to offer end-to-end logistics solutions to our customers by providing last mile connectivity,” S. Xavier Britto, chairman, Kerry Indev Logistics said.

200 service centres

The service will operate through more than 200 service centres, 1,500 staff and a fleet of vehicles in the first phase. It will also focus on technology-driven delivery solutions such as parcel lockers, according to Dr. Britto.

He added that the company will invest ₹100 crore during the year to expand this service.

“Currently we are providing services to 3,000 pin codes, which will double by the end of this year,” Dr. Britto said.

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