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CHEMCONNECT 2026
• Multimodalism – Cohesion between Road, Rail, and
Waterways for Bulk Chemicals: Accelerating modal shift
strategies to reduce logistics costs and emissions through
multimodal corridors, strengthening infrastructure readiness
across inland terminals and rail-linked chemical clusters,
enabling seamless handover protocols across transport modes,
and expanding the role of ISO tanks as enablers of safe, e昀케cient,
and sustainable bulk chemical trade.
• Crisis-Proo昀椀ng Hazardous Logistics, Storage and
Handling: Building comprehensive emergency response
architectures for hazardous cargo movement, strengthening
training-led safety cultures to support zero-incident operations,
adopting global best practices in crisis management frameworks,
and reinforcing maintenance and compliance protocols across
storage and transportation infrastructure.
• Connected Supply Chains – Integrating Production,
Procurement & Distribution: Strengthening cross-functional
integration to enhance visibility and responsiveness, addressing
procurement–logistics coordination challenges, enabling supply
assurance through collaborative sourcing models, leveraging
simulation and digital tools for proactive planning, and balancing cost, service, and agility through segmented supply chain
strategies aligned with demand variability and customer value.
Surecom Media’s Marketing Director, Ajeet Kumar, delivered
the opening remarks, reaffirming CARGOCONNECT’s mission to curate high-impact knowledge platforms that address
sector-specific logistics challenges while enabling industry
stakeholders to anticipate emerging transformation opportunities.
He emphasised that the CONNECT series continues to serve as
a catalyst for actionable dialogue—encouraging stakeholders to
strengthen resilience frameworks, accelerate digital adoption,
enhance multimodal readiness, and collaboratively shape the
next generation of globally competitive supply chain ecosystems.
He also extended his gratitude to the event partners Horizon
Industrial Parks, DACHSER, and Balmer & Lawrie for their
continued support and commitment to advancing India’s chemical
logistics capabilities.
The ceremonial lamp lighting marked the formal commencement of the conference and was led by an eminent
group of industry leaders—including Thiagarajan Subbiah,
Head– Commercial Excellence, Tata Chemicals; Ajay Singh, VP
and Chief Supply Chain O昀케cer, Hindustan Platinum; Sushil
Rathi, Director, Allcargo Supply Chain; Urvish Rambhia, CEO,
Horizon Industrial Parks; Ravindra Gadre, Chief Procurement
O昀케cer & SCM, Apcotex Industries; Huned Gandhi, Managing
Director– ASL Indian Subcontinent, DACHSER India; and Smiti
Suri, Editor and Publisher of CARGOCONNECT—collectively
signalling the sector’s shared commitment to strengthening India’s
chemical supply chain resilience and global competitiveness.
As the conference transitioned into a celebratory evening
of recognition and industry acknowledgment, the Chemical
Supply Chain Excellence Awards took centre stage, honouring
outstanding individuals, pioneering organisations, and collaborative teams that have demonstrated leadership across the pillars
of modern chemical logistics execution, including hazardous
cargo safety excellence, multimodal integration capability,
procurement and sourcing innovation, infrastructure-led
supply chain enablement, and digital transformation leadership.
The recognitions spotlighted innovators and change-makers
who are rede昀椀ning chemical supply performance standards
through operational excellence, sustainability alignment, and
integrated end-to-end process orchestration.
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