J M Baxi Heavy, the project llogistics arm of the J M B axi Group developed, planned and implemented a complex coastal voyage on a barge, Alaacrity 99 from the West of India to the East Coast. The team were in touch with three different companies to help execute their individual projects. Faced with the challenges of high prices and few containers, the team convinced the customers to aggregate their individual projects on a single barge. They persuaded them of an on-time, safe, efficient delivery and attention to each package. As the common logistic engineering company between all parties, the J M B axi Heavy team offered both commercial and technical expertise. They played the role of a multimodal partner by charting routes for ocean waters, inland waterways and using our own axles, transfers and roll-offs on to smaller barges thereby ensuring both first mile and last mile connectivity.

The consignment consisting of five packages were heavy lifts and Odd Dimensional Cargo (ODC) weighing between 300–650 MT each. This therefore demanded meticulous execution along the entire route and beyond. All the packages were transferred to Dahej and Hazira port, via road with the assistance of Self Propelled Modular Trailers (SPMT) and Hydraulic axles. Two packages were discharged at Lova Garden jetty at Visakhapatnam in Andhra Pradesh. From there, the barge sailed further to Luna Jetty in Paradip, constructed by J M B axi Heavy and the packages were rolled-off on hydraulic axles to be transported by road to Talcher fertilizers. The Alaacrity 99 barge then took off for the last leg of its journey to Budge Budge Jetty near Kolkatta. Here the jetty was constructed and made ready to assist with the roll-onroll- off operation. The last package was then rolled off from the Alaacrity 99 barge and rolled on to a much smaller barge. This was done to manage navigation along a low draft channel of the National Waterway 1 (NW-1). The smaller barge then took the NW-1 up to Buxar in Bihar where a temporary jetty was constructed by J M B axi Heavy Ltd.

The execution of these three llogistics contracts by JM Baxi Heavy is a case study for the industry. The team were imaginative in finding a solution in a market challenged by high containers costs and low availability. Moreover, the stellar execution of the voyage has established the company as not only a thinking partner but one that can deliver to the last mile with excellence.