Japanese shipping group NYK has announced a reorganisation of its India-based affiliates, whereby container carrier NYK Line (India) Ltd (NYKLI) transferred all its finished-car services to NYK Auto Logistics (India) Ltd.
    The services transferred to NALI are NYKLI's consolidating representation for car carriers, inland transportation services, including PDI (pre-delivery inspection) and its VDC (vehicle distribution centre) that collects finished cars shipped from production facilities and delivers them to domestic dealers in India as well as administrative work for CONYK CARTRAC Pvt Ltd, a rail-based auto transport company jointly established last year with Container Corporation of India Ltd.
    NALI had already been moving finished cars by car trailers, and it is handling of all finished-car-related business in India.
    "The integration, added to the NYK Group's ocean transport, means that the NYK Group can lay out a framework for providing services more comprehensively, from value-added services such as PDI operations at terminals, to logistics solutions that include inland transport by car trailers and railways," a company statement said.
    It added: "The automobile market is developing rapidly in India, where unit sales of automobiles in the domestic market were about 1.3 million in 2004, but are expected to surpass three million in 2011 and exceed four million by 2016."

Source: Shipping Gazette