Freighting Energy With Tata trucks

India’s energy requirement has grown manifolds in the past decades. Team Motorindia finds out more about the logistics of petroleum products and bulk gases from one of India’s largest transporters – Raman Khosla, Managing Director, Cargo Carriers (India) Limited and how his fleet of over 1100 Tata trucks does the job

India has witnessed a rapid growth in the demand for natural gases and petroleum products over the past two decades. To put things into perspective, the oil consumption rose by 60 percent from 3.29 million barrels per day in 2009 to 5.27 million barrels per day in 2019. Similarly, the consumption for natural gas, rose 22 percent from 49.1 bcm in 2009 to 59.7 bcm in 2019. According to a report published by one of the petroleum majors in the country, India is the second biggest growth driver of primary energy consumption in the world in 2019, only behind China. The primary reason for this rapid increase in consumption has been the continuing growth of economic activities across the nation and the substantial increase in the total volume of the automotive vehicles on the roads.

To cater to the ever-increasing demand for petroleum products and bulk gases, the country has always relied on an extensive logistics network to supply the oils and gases to all the corners of the country. A network that delivers on time, every time, and takes the onus of delivering these highly-flammable and hazardous products safely to the remote areas, spread across the length and breadth of the country. One such company that has been at the forefront of this nationwide network is Cargo Carriers. It is one of India’s apex companies that supplies petroleum products and bulk gases through their fleet of tankers, all across the country.