DHTC INDIA LIMITED

What DHTC INDIA LIMITED does

DHTC India Limited is a Kolkata-headquartered road transportation and logistics company, operating since 1987 as a Public Limited Company registered under the Companies Act, 1956, with Indian Bank's Association approval under Code No. DLD-1735S. The company provides road-based freight movement and warehousing services across India with a specialized focus on the North-East region, which it considers its core competence. Core service lines include tea transportation (raw and finished materials), general cargo services, over-dimensional consignment handling (with fleet capacity up to 200 metric tons), freight management for bulk commodities, time-critical delivery, and warehousing with over 200,000 square feet of storage capacity nationwide, including a 100,000+ sq ft hub in Guwahati.

The company supports its operations with a proprietary web-based Consignment Tracking System that provides real-time visibility on shipment status, origin, destination, weight, and estimated arrival, connected via online data transmission across all branches on a shared company server. Its distribution model is direct B2B: 17 owned branches across India complemented by authorized agents in Eastern India handle enterprise client relationships, with no third-party channel intermediaries for the core service. Customers are primarily tea producers, estates, manufacturers, traders, and bulk commodity shippers, with pricing structured as quote-based transaction fees dependent on cargo type, weight, distance, and service requirements (no public pricing). Founded by Late Shri R. D. Bansal and currently led by Chairman-cum-Managing Director Krishan Kumar Bansal with Director Varun Bansal driving modernization, the firm claims leadership as one of India's largest tea carriers, anchored by its 38-year operating history and regional network density in difficult-to-serve markets.

Name

DHTC INDIA LIMITED

Legal name

DHTC INDIA LIMITED

Website

https://dhtcindia.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

1987

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

DHTC India Limited is a Kolkata-based road transportation and logistics company operating since 1987, providing tea transportation, cargo, over-dimensional consignment, freight management, and warehousing services across India with specialized strength in the North-East region. It serves tea producers, manufacturers, and bulk commodity shippers through 17 branches and authorized agents, supported by a proprietary consignment tracking system.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Road Transportation & Logistics

NAICS

Specialized Freight (except Used Goods) Trucking, Long-Distance (484230), Freight Transportation Arrangement (488510), Warehousing and Storage (493), Transportation and Warehousing (48-49)

SIC

Arrangement Of Transportation Of Freight & Cargo (4731), Trucking (No Local) (4213), Public Warehousing & Storage (4220)

akta.pro primary industry

Logistics, Freight Forwarding & Supply Chain Operations (EDAOANAG)

akta.pro secondary industry

Dispatch, Fleet & Transportation Operations (Road/Rail) (EDAOANAJ)

Keywords

• Road freight transport
• Tea logistics services
• Warehousing facilities
• Over-dimensional cargo
• Cargo transportation

Headquarters

HQ city

Kolkata

HQ country

India

HQ region

Asia

Offices17 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Operations, Personnel, Infrastructure, Supply Chain, Technology or R&D

Revenue model

1. Road Transportation Services: Core revenue from transportation and handling of goods by road since 1987. Services include tea transportation, cargo services, freight management, and over-dimensional consignment handling. Revenue generated through service fees based on distance, weight, and type of cargo transported.
2. Warehousing Services: Storage and inventory management services with over 2 lac square feet of warehouse space across India. Revenue generated from warehousing facility rentals and inventory management service fees.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels2 records

Marketing channels3 records

Core offering

DHTC India Limited is engaged in the business of transportation and handling of goods by road since 1987. The company operates a pan-India road transportation and logistics network with specialization in North-East India, offering Full Truck Load and Part Load consignments, tea transportation, over-dimensional consignment handling, freight management, and warehousing facilities exceeding 2,00,000 square feet nationwide.

Product overview

DHTC INDIA LIMITED offers an integrated logistics and transportation service portfolio centered on road-based freight movement across India with special expertise in the North-East region. The core offerings include Tea Transportation, Cargo Services, O.D. Consignment handling, Freight Management, On-Time Delivery, and Warehousing Facilities (with 2+ lac sq ft of storage space). A proprietary Consignment Tracking System provides real-time shipment visibility to customers. The company operates as a single unified service platform combining transportation, warehousing, and digital tracking capabilities rather than a modular software product.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Tea Transportation

Quantifiable outcome

• More than 2 lac square feet of warehouse space across India
• +2 more outcomes

Named customers2 records

Segments2 records

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature2 records

Scale indicators6 records

Recent moves5 records

Expansion highlights3 records

Others

• Allcargo Logistics:
• Snowman Logistics: Indian temperature-controlled warehousing and cold-chain logistics operator. Adjacent player with shared warehousing-plus-transport DNA; could be a natural vertical expansion partner or competitor for DHTC's tea-related cold-chain opportunity.
• Blue Dart Express: India's leading express logistics provider (DHL-owned), focused on time-sensitive parcels and air-courier. Adjacent rather than directly competing with DHTC's heavy-freight and warehousing profile, but competes for the same enterprise logistics budget.

Broad incumbents

• VRL Logistics: Large Indian asset-based road-transport and goods carrier with pan-India network, public listing, and substantial owned fleet. Highly comparable ownership of trucks plus hub network, though national in scope vs DHTC's North-East specialization.
• Mahindra Logistics: Indian enterprise-focused 3PL offering warehousing, line-haul transportation, and last-mile. Comparable on the enterprise B2B road-plus-warehousing service mix DHTC provides to manufacturing and tea-industry clients.
• Gati (subsidiary of Allcargo): Indian multi-modal logistics provider combining road, rail, air, and warehousing with an extensive branch network. Comparable on the warehousing-plus-road-freight service portfolio DHTC offers.
• Transport Corporation of India (TCI): One of India's largest asset-based multimodal logistics companies offering road, rail, air, and warehousing services. Directly comparable business model (asset-based road freight plus warehousing) to DHTC, but with vastly larger scale and a public listing.

Emerging players

• Blackbuck (Zinka Logistics): Indian digital freight-brokerage platform connecting shippers and truckers; competes for shipper wallet share on the same road corridors DHTC serves, with a fundamentally different asset-light model.
• Delhivery: Tech-enabled Indian logistics platform combining line-haul trucking, warehousing, and last-mile delivery. Competes for the same enterprise shippers on full-truck-load corridors DHTC serves, but with a digitally native, capital-backed platform model.
• Rivigo: Indian tech-enabled trucking and full-truck-load network operator focused on relay-based long-haul road freight. Direct competitor for DHTC's FTL lanes with a tech-led driver-economics model.

Market position

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

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Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles2 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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