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the warehouse normally has close to 1,000 people in its premis-
es round the clock as vehicles keep moving in and out. On an
average, the centre receives around 460 vehicles every day with
a transaction of nearly 4,000 tonne, 50 per cent of which caters
to the requirements of Karnataka. The state’s capital Bangalore
is served through 23 delivery points and 35 booking points us-
ing a local fleet of 107 vehicles. The warehouse primarily uses
forklifts and hand-trolleys to move the consignments while it
also has a crane to transfer huge ones. With business growing
rapidly, VRL is looking to expand the warehouse to four lakh
sq. feet area, to be able to cope up with the rising logistics de-
mand.
The warehouse has a workshop for in-house repairs where
around 40 vehicles are serviced every day. A fleet of 150 spare
vehicles is lined up in the centre for emergency use. The centre
has a huge inventory of spare parts and also has a spare engine
and additional tyres for emergency. It also has a tyre section for
inspection of tyres, where 25 to 30 tyres are replaced every day.
The huge fleet strength expectedly consumes huge volumes of
fuel every day, 18,000 litres to be precise, amounting to a whop-
ping Rs. 8,00,000 per day! The company has IndianOil Corpo-
ration (IOC) as its primary fuel partner, catering to 95 per cent
of the requirement.
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VRL Logistics added two more feathers to its
cap by bagging national awards at the recently held
CEAT ‘India Road Transportation Awards-2012’
(IRTA) presentation ceremony in Mumbai.
CEAT India Road Transportation Awards seeks
to reward excellence and innovative thinking in the
various aspects of road transportation. It attempts to
ensure fair play in the selection of award winners
and does not have parameters of size and scale.
Out of the nearly 800 entries received for the third
edition of the award, 13 national awards were an-
nounced. VRL Logistics was awarded for ‘The
Best Customer Experience in HTV Category’ in the
Southern region.
More significantly, Mr. Vijay Sankeshwar. Chair-
man and Managing Director, VRL Logistics, has
been honoured with the ‘Transport Personality of
the Year 2012’ Award at a glittering ceremony held
recently.
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Vijay Sankeshwar bags ‘Transport
Personality of the Year’ Award
logistics
Division in the Bangalore Warehouse:
• Express Cargo Division
• Door Delivery Division
• Karnataka State Division
• Other States Division (states other than Karnataka)
• Local Division (within Bangalore)