LDB achieves the milestone of tracking over 75 million EXIM containers, transforming India’s logistics sector through enhanced visibility and data analytics.
Logistics Data Bank (LDB), an initiative under NICDC Logistics Data Services (NLDSL), has successfully tracked more than 75 million EXIM containers, marking a significant achievement in India’s digitization efforts. Rajat Kumar Saini, CEO & MD of NICDC and Chairman of NLDSL, praised the milestone, emphasising the role of LDB in improving supply chain efficiency and advancing India’s position as a global manufacturing hub.
LDB operates as a single-window container logistics visualization system, tracking containers across various nodes such as ports, ICDs, CFSs, and rail stations. This system has been instrumental in India’s logistics performance, contributing to the country’s improved ranking in the World Bank’s Logistics Performance Index (LPI) from 44 in 2018 to 38 in 2023.
With over 45 lakh unique container searches each month, LDB’s widespread usage underscores its value to stakeholders in the logistics sector. LDB also publishes analytics reports, providing insights into dwell time, transit time, and port performance, enabling stakeholders to optimize logistics operations.
Girish Kumar Surpur, CEO & Director, NLDSL expressing his gratitude, stated, “I would like to extend my sincere thanks to all stakeholders for their continued support to LDB. This milestone marks a new era of logistics in India, where transparency and technology drive efficiency and real-time decision-making. The value of LDB lies in its ability to bring seamless visibility across the supply chain, giving businesses the confidence to plan and execute with precision. We look forward to expanding these capabilities further, setting benchmarks for logistics in the country.”
In addition to container tracking, LDB also publishes analytics reports, offering valuable insights into metrics such as dwell time, transit time, and comparative performance of various ports and terminals. These reports provide stakeholders with essential data to enhance logistics efficiency.
