Contribute an article or whitepaper
We welcome original submissions from logistics practitioners, researchers, academics, policy professionals, and consultants. Your contribution should be grounded in direct experience or evidence — not repurposed from existing publications. We do not publish vendor promotional content and do not publish AI-generated content without substantial expert review and named attribution.
Whitepaper
May 2026 Illustrative
The DFC dividend: who captures value as India's freight corridors reshape supply chain economics
A corridor-by-corridor analysis of how the Eastern and Western DFCs are changing modal economics, ICD viability, and warehouse location decisions.
Article
April 2026 Illustrative
Why India's freight forwarding industry is splitting in two — and which side you want to be on
ICEGATE digitalisation, AEO programme expansion, and GST e-invoicing are selection mechanisms — gradually separating well-organised forwarders from the rest.
Research
March 2026 Illustrative
Logistics park investment in India: what the 2024 surge in PE capital tells us about where returns are concentrating
Institutional investment in Indian logistics parks rose 203% year-on-year in 2024. This paper examines whether capital is being deployed where demand is real.
Article
Dec 2025 Illustrative
Merchant Shipping Act 2025: what changes for Indian-flagged vessels, NVOCCs, and foreign shipping lines
A plain-language practitioner guide to the five new maritime acts passed in 2025, focused on operational and commercial implications.
Article
Feb 2026 Illustrative
Why quick-commerce dark stores are becoming India's fastest-growing warehousing sub-asset class
A practitioner's view from inside a dark-store network on site selection, inventory positioning, and the delivery-speed economics driving this build-out.
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Cards marked "Illustrative" represent the type of content this section will publish. Real articles will be authored and attributed to named contributors before go-live.
Submission guidelines
Minimum 800 words for articles, 3,000 for whitepapers. Must be original, unpublished work. Data and claims must be sourced. No AI-generated content without substantial expert review and attribution.
Review timeline
All submissions reviewed within 10 working days. Accepted submissions may be lightly edited for clarity. Authors retain ownership of their work.
What we look for
Original thinking grounded in sector experience or evidence. India-specific insight, practitioner perspective, and content genuinely useful to logistics decision-makers.
Submit a case study
If you have led or been part of a logistics, shipping, or supply chain project with a measurable outcome, we want to document it. Use our four-part framework: Problem — Approach — Solution — Impact.
Note: The case studies below are illustrative examples of the type of work we do. They are not published as real client engagements. Real case studies will be added as clients consent to publication. Client details are anonymised unless explicit written consent is given.
Case study — Illustrative
3PL · PE Investment Readiness · Led by iLogBC consultants
Restructuring a 3PL's customer contract portfolio ahead of PE investment
Problem
A mid-size Indian 3PL had 68% of revenue in two customers on contracts with no volume commitment and 30-day termination. PE investors flagged this at term sheet stage.
Approach
Mapped commercial risk of each customer relationship; designed a renegotiation strategy that protected the relationship while closing the structural gaps investors flagged.
Solution
Renegotiated both anchor contracts to include minimum volume commitments, 90-day termination notice, annual rate escalation, and SLAs with defined remediation periods.
Impact
Deal reopened and closed at original valuation. Revenue quality improved sufficiently to remove customer concentration risk. Client retained both customers.
Case study — Illustrative
Warehousing · Written by client organisation
Consolidating a multi-warehouse network onto a single WMS platform
Problem
Five regional warehouses ran on four different inventory systems, none of which talked to each other, making stock visibility and demand planning unreliable.
Approach
iLogBC ran a phased migration plan, sequencing sites by risk and integrating each facility's exception workflows before cutover.
Solution
Single WMS deployed across all five sites with unified SKU masters, real-time stock visibility, and a common exception-handling process.
Impact
Stock-out incidents reduced and inter-site transfer time cut significantly, with a single consolidated view of inventory for the first time.
Case study — Illustrative
Port operations · Written by research partner
Benchmarking container dwell time across three private terminals
Problem
A terminal operator suspected its dwell times were above sector norms but had no independent benchmark to confirm it or diagnose the cause.
Approach
A research partner collected anonymised dwell-time data across three comparable terminals and modelled the operational drivers of the gap.
Solution
Identified customs examination scheduling as the primary driver and recommended a revised documentation sequencing process.
Impact
Average dwell time narrowed toward the benchmark set, with the operator adopting the revised process across all import streams.
Case study — Illustrative
Freight forwarding · Written by independent practitioner
Moving a regional forwarder onto AEO status to cut customs clearance time
Problem
A regional freight forwarder faced repeated customs delays that were pushing key accounts toward larger, AEO-certified competitors.
Approach
An independent practitioner guided the forwarder through the AEO documentation and compliance-history requirements over a two-quarter runway.
Solution
Internal SOPs rebuilt around AEO record-keeping standards ahead of formal application and audit.
Impact
AEO status secured, with materially faster clearance times helping retain two accounts that had been evaluating alternatives.
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Speak at an event or appear on our podcast
We welcome proposals from practitioners, researchers, policymakers, and founders. We do not run sponsored episodes or vendor demonstrations. Guest proposals are reviewed for original perspective and direct sector experience.
Jun
18
Webinar
Post-WDFC commissioning: commercial implications for freight forwarders, shippers, and ICD operators
Online · 3:00 PM IST · Speakers from iLogBC advisory team and DFCCIL network
Jul
9
Podcast
The Logistics Brief — Ep 14: India's logistics formalisation — where organised operators are actually winning
Spotify · Apple Podcasts · Guest: Supply chain director at a leading FMCG company
Jul
24
Roundtable
PE investment in Indian logistics: what funds look for and what management teams get wrong
Mumbai · By invitation · PE sponsors, logistics company founders, and M&A advisors
Aug
12
Podcast
The Logistics Brief — Ep 15: Port concession negotiations in India — what operators consistently underestimate
Spotify · Apple Podcasts · Guest: Former port trust official and private terminal operator
Sep
4
Conference
India Logistics Summit 2026 — iLogBC as knowledge partner
New Delhi · iLogBC presenting on infrastructure investment trends and DFC commercial impact
Oct
7
Webinar
Global companies entering India: five things the market entry plan almost always gets wrong
Online · 2:00 PM IST · Open to international logistics companies evaluating India entry
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About The Logistics Brief
The Logistics Brief is our practitioner-focused podcast covering the commercial, strategic, and regulatory challenges facing India's shipping and logistics sector. Episodes run 30–45 minutes. We do not run sponsored episodes or vendor demonstrations. Guest proposals are reviewed for original perspective and direct sector experience.
Submit an industry analysis or policy note
500–1,500 words. Lead with what has changed and why it matters. Focus on practical implications for operators, not description of the development itself. Original analysis only.
Policy note
May 2026 Illustrative
WDFC fully commissioned: what the March 2026 completion changes commercially for logistics operators
Analysis
Apr 2026 Illustrative
Merchant Shipping Act 2025 — six months on: what has changed in practice versus what the legislation said
Policy note
Mar 2026 Illustrative
Harit Sagar Green Port Guidelines: what the compliance timeline means for private terminal operators in practical terms
Analysis
Feb 2026 Illustrative
India's logistics cost-to-GDP ratio: what the data actually shows versus what the government targets imply
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What we publish
Analysis of regulatory, policy, and market developments with direct practical implications for logistics and shipping operators — what has changed and what it means, not summaries of widely-reported news.
Format
500–1,500 words. Lead with what changed and why it matters. Explain the mechanism. Set out practical implications. No executive summaries — the first paragraph does that job.
Publication
Policy notes published within 5 working days of a significant regulatory development. Longer analysis on a rolling basis. We do not hold submissions for a content calendar.