The Western Dedicated Freight Corridor is running·Nagpur MMLP is commercially live, the first in Maharashtra to get there·Maharashtra's Logistics Policy names Nagpur–Wardha a national-tier hub·The freight moving through all of it still runs on diesel·
Clean Stack Forum IndiaTransport & Logistics
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17 February 2027Nagpur, MaharashtraOne day, 9:30 am to 8:30 pm
A depot spine feeding three corridors, one unit of the consist electrified.
01 · Practitioner briefing · 11:00 am to 11:30 am

The Scope 3 mandate: what your customer now requires

What do I need to do to stay on the tender list?

Carbon performance is now a contractual filter. Shippers are writing strict emission clauses into freight agreements and using them to trim their supplier lists.

  • ›The tender requirement
  • ›Primary data against guesswork
  • ›Who pays for the reporting layer
  • ›What you can report on Monday
A chain of three reporting stages, the last one filled.
02 · Panel one · 11:30 am to 12:30 pm

Building the backbone: ports, airports, rail and road in a multimodal Maharashtra

Should my routing already have changed?

The freight rail is operational and Maharashtra’s first multimodal logistics park is commercially live. What does this mean for routing?

  • ›The Nagpur MMLP
  • ›The second gateway question
  • ›Freight rail versus the road habit
  • ›Air cargo and the cold chain
Road, rail and port lines converging on one park.
03 · Interactive session · 12:45 pm to 1:30 pm

Sustainability scorecard: benchmarking your own carbon and cost footprint

What is my number, and how does it compare?

Calculate your true carbon and cost baseline. You leave with a completed benchmark for your business and three prioritised actions.

  • ›Build the baseline
  • ›The modal-shift calculator
  • ›Green warehousing, costed
  • ›The scorecard
A scorecard grid with one row completed.
04 · Panel two · 2:30 pm to 3:30 pm

Decarbonising freight through LNG, EVs and a greener cold chain

Which parts of my fleet electrify first, and which do not?

Most fleets in this room run CNG, diesel and electric side by side right now. Which duty cycles electric genuinely wins, and which stay on liquid fuel on purpose.

  • ›LNG as the bridge fuel
  • ›The mixed fleet
  • ›Where electric genuinely fits
  • ›The cold chain’s separate math
A depot of bays with a feeder line running in.
05 · Fireside chat · 3:50 pm to 4:40 pm

Warehouse and transport: making the two systems talk

Do my warehouse and transport systems actually talk to each other?

Most of the automation conversation is about robots. This one is about the layer underneath: whether the warehouse management system actually talks to the transport management system.

  • ›The re-keying problem
  • ›Legacy systems, honestly assessed
  • ›Who owns the integration
  • ›The honest gap
Two system blocks joined by a single line.
06 · Panel three · 4:50 pm to 5:50 pm

Warehousing beyond Bhiwandi: the Tier-2 expansion surge

What are the real economics of Tier-2 expansion?

Investment is shifting away from primary clusters into emerging markets such as Nashik, Nagpur and Chhatrapati Sambhajinagar. The economics, from land conversion to utility grid lags.

  • ›The true cost of greenfield land
  • ›Labour pools in the hinterland
  • ›The infrastructure lag
  • ›What you can lease on Monday
A route running out from the cluster to a new node.
Before you come

The freight readiness check

Eight questions, no email. It tells you which sessions are actually yours.

Orientation

The running order

Nothing gated, nothing behind a login

Registration from 9:30 am, the reception until 8:30 pm. Every session ends in open floor.

9:30 amRegistration, coffee and networking
10:20 amOpening interview
10:50 amChangeover
11:00 amThe Scope 3 mandate: what your customer now requires
11:30 amBuilding the backbone: ports, airports, rail and road in a multimodal Maharashtra
12:30 pmNetworking break
12:45 pmSustainability scorecard: benchmarking your own carbon and cost footprint
1:30 pmNetworking lunch
2:30 pmDecarbonising freight through LNG, EVs and a greener cold chain
3:30 pmAfternoon tea
3:50 pmWarehouse and transport: making the two systems talk
4:40 pmChangeover
4:50 pmWarehousing beyond Bhiwandi: the Tier-2 expansion surge
5:50 pmClosing remarks
6:00 pmEvening reception, until 8:30 pm

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