V-TRANS LOOKS AT NEW GROWTH AVENUES

Drawing from its legacy, V-Trans is looking at new avenues of growth.

- Deepti Thore

Entering the transport business with a second-hand Chevrolet truck in 1958, K K Shah laid the foundation for V-Trans. Starting life as Kunverji K. Shah & Co. at Mumbai, V-Trans grew at the hands of K.K. Shah as an organisation that did not shy away from exploring new opportunities. Doing so to this day, it continues to be a family-owned business that is run in a professional manner, according to Mahendra Shah, the managing director of the company. Stressing upon K. K. Shah driving a heavily-laden Dodge truck to his hometown Bhuj in 1956, Mahendra Shah expressed that V-Trans is continuing to grow steadily despite the challenging environment. With the headquarter at Mumbai, the company, specialising in partial load carriage, is expanding its reach in warehousing. Looking at specialising in chemical warehousing, according to Aditya Shah, Executive Director, V-Trans is continuing to integrate its supply chain management services even as it operates a fleet of 1100 trucks, owned and attached. A good number of its trucks in its fleet consisting of Mahindra and BharatBenz make, the company has already invested in warehouses at multiple locations like Bommasandra, Dapoda, Chandigarh and Chennai.