GreenLine Mobility Solutions collaborates with Flipkart to deploy 25 LNG-powered trucks, supporting Flipkart’s efforts to decarbonise its delivery operations.
02 Dec 2024 | 2249 Views | By Autocar Professional Bureau
GreenLine Mobility Solutions Ltd, part of Essar's Green Mobility initiative, has announced its partnership with Flipkart to support more sustainable operations in logistics. This collaboration will see GreenLine deploying its fleet of liquefied natural gas (LNG) trucks, contributing to Flipkart's broader efforts to decarbonize its delivery operations.
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GreenLine Mobility Solutions Ltd, part of Essar's Green Mobility initiative, has announced its partnership with Flipkart to support more sustainable operations in logistics. This collaboration will see GreenLine deploying its fleet of liquefied natural gas (LNG) trucks, contributing to Flipkart's broader efforts to decarbonize its delivery operations.
In the first phase of this partnership, GreenLine will deploy 25 LNG-powered trucks, each equipped with 46 ft containers offering a capacity of 110 cubic meters (CBM). These trucks will transport a range of e-commerce goods, including both B2B (business-to-business) and B2C (business-to-consumer) shipments across key regional routes. The initial deployment will focus on transporting goods from West to North India, with future plans to expand to additional routes covering North to South and West to South corridors.
The collaboration supports both GreenLine’s and Flipkart’s sustainability initiatives. GreenLine’s LNG-powered fleet complements Flipkart’s existing commitment to reducing its logistics carbon footprint, which also includes the deployment of electric vehicles (EVs). Flipkart recently announced that it has reached a milestone of 10,000 EVs in its delivery fleet. The integration of LNG and EV vehicles is part of Flipkart’s ongoing efforts to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and support a cleaner, more sustainable environment.
Anand Mimani, CEO of GreenLine Mobility Solutions Ltd, commented that e-commerce is transforming lives across India, but it also comes with an environmental impact. He emphasized that through this partnership, GreenLine is helping to make logistics more sustainable by deploying LNG-powered vehicles, which contribute to a cleaner future for India.
Hemant Badri, SVP and Head of Supply Chain, Customer Experience & ReCommerce Business at Flipkart Group, stated that the partnership with GreenLine is an important step toward building a sustainable future. He noted that by integrating LNG-powered vehicles alongside its electric fleet, Flipkart aims to improve supply chain efficiency and contribute to India's environmental goals.
GreenLine has been promoting sustainable mobility solutions, serving industries such as cement, steel, metals and mining, FMCG, express cargo, oil and gas, chemicals, and consumer goods. Over the past two years, GreenLine’s initiatives have contributed to a 30% reduction in CO2 emissions compared to traditional diesel vehicles, equivalent to a decrease of 7,398 tonnes of carbon emissions.