Adani Logistics Receives First Batala Polymer Freight Train

en.Wedoany.com Reported - On November 13, Adani Logistics received its first polymer freight train from Bathinda, Punjab, at the ICD Virochannagar inland container depot in Gujarat. The cargo was dispatched from the Bathinda refinery and petrochemical complex of HPCL-Mittal Energy Limited (HMEL), marking the inclusion of petrochemical products into the rail freight operations at Adani Logistics' Virochannagar facility.

This shipment connects HMEL's Bathinda production base with Adani Logistics' inland freight terminal in Gujarat. Polyethylene and polypropylene are key raw materials for the manufacture of packaging materials, automotive parts, construction products, textiles, and consumer goods. Rail transport links petrochemical producers with downstream industrial markets.

HMEL is a joint venture between Hindustan Petroleum Corporation Limited (HPCL) and Mittal Energy Investments. It operates a refinery and petrochemical complex in Bathinda, Punjab. The facility has a combined annual polymer production capacity of 2.2 million tonnes, comprising 1.2 million tonnes of polyethylene and 1.0 million tonnes of polypropylene, with products serving a wide range of industrial and consumer processing applications. This rail shipment adds a new transport route for distributing petrochemical products from the production base to Gujarat and surrounding markets.

The ICD Virochannagar inland container depot had previously handled import and export rail freight operations. In September 2025, Adani Logistics, in partnership with Ocean Network Express (ONE), operated a full export container train from the depot to Mundra Port, and subsequently organized additional export freight trains to Mundra Port. With the receipt of the Bathinda polymer train, the depot's rail freight sources have expanded from primarily port import and export container transport to include domestic petrochemical industrial product transport.

Adani Logistics is a subsidiary of Adani Ports and Special Economic Zone Limited (APSEZ). It operates 12 multimodal logistics parks across India, providing rail transport, warehousing, container handling, cargo consolidation, and road feeder services. The company's disclosed operational data for fiscal year 2025–2026 shows rail container transport volume of 695,517 TEUs, rail bulk cargo transport volume of 21.7 million tonnes, a fleet of 68 container-dedicated trains, and operations covering 18 states across India.