Essar Logistics Limited (ELL)
provides end-to-end logistics services -- from
ships to ports, lighterage services, delivery
to plants, intra-plant logistics, and dispatch
of finished products to the end consumer.
The
business owns transshipment assets (including
10 articulated barges, 2 floating cranes and 6
tugs) to provide lighterage support services,
and onshore and offshore logistics services.
ELL operates a fleet of 4,200 trucks (of which
38 owned) to provide inland transportation of
steel and petroleum products.
The business services the entire logistics requirements
of Essar Steel Ltd that operates a 4.6 MTPA steel
plant at Hazira, Gujarat. It has modern berthing
facilities up to a length of about 2,000 mtrs
for berthing mini bulk carriers on the river Tapi.
The berths are provided with stackyards from where
the cargo is transported by conveyors, road and
rail to the steel plant. Gantry cranes with mechanical
handling equipment are available at all berths,
with a combined 36 tonne lifting capacity. The
current cargo handling capacity of the bulk handling
terminal is about 35,000 tonne per day.