--- title: "Automotive & plant logistics in India · SSL" description: "Automotive is Safe & Secure Logistics’ largest business: auto and auto-component loads were 57% of the freight value SSL booked in FY 2025-26." url: https://safeandsecure.in/industries/automotive/ canonical: https://safeandsecure.in/industries/automotive/ updated: 2026-09-29 lang: en-IN publisher: Safe & Secure Logistics Private Limited --- Industries # Automotive & plant logistics Automotive is Safe & Secure Logistics’ largest business: auto and auto-component loads were 57% of the freight value SSL booked in FY 2025-26. We run shuttles, milk runs, inbound 3PL and spare-parts distribution for a leading automobile manufacturer and its suppliers. [Get a quote](https://safeandsecure.in/ship/quote/?service=industry-automotive) [WhatsApp our desk](https://wa.me/917506245557?text=Hi%20SSL%2C%20I%20ship%20automotive%20%26%20plant%20logistics%20goods.) Illustration: a warehouse shown in cutaway, with pallet racks, a forklift moving pallets, a pick and pack line and a truck at the dock door. What goes wrong ## The problems we hear most - A line cannot wait for a truck: placement against the daily indent has to be reliable. - Many suppliers and many small pickups make inbound cost balloon without planned milk runs. - Shuttle lanes run every day, so small inefficiencies compound. - Spares distribution needs speed and accurate delivery records. ### How SSL serves automotive & plant logistics - Dedicated shuttles on fixed vehicle types against a daily indent - NCR milk runs collecting from several suppliers in one loop - Inbound 3PL to assembly plants and spare-parts distribution from Jamshedpur - Trailers and containers for vehicles, aggregates and heavy parts, including to Nepal Proof from our registers ## What the data shows From SSL’s own booking register and truck-hire slips. No figure is shown for any single customer. 57% of freight value booked was automotive and auto components Basis: SSL booking register, contents keyword-bucketed · FY 2025-26 5,800+ truck hires tagged 3PL (plant logistics) Basis: hire slips tagged 3PL · Sep 2025 to Aug 2026 4,300+ trucks on the Pune ↔ Sanand shuttle (32 ft single axle) Basis: hire slips · Sep 2025 to Aug 2026 Customers ## Companies in automotive that ship with us Named from our own booking, billing and truck hire records and the client list we have published. Logos first, then names. No volumes or terms per customer. - ![Tata Motors](https://safeandsecure.in/clients/tata-motors.webp) - ![Mahindra & Mahindra](https://safeandsecure.in/clients/mahindra.webp) - ![Lucas TVS](https://safeandsecure.in/clients/lucas-tvs.webp) - ![Exide Industries](https://safeandsecure.in/clients/exide.webp) - ![Neolite ZKW Lightings](https://safeandsecure.in/clients/neolite-zkw.webp) - ![Bony Polymers](https://safeandsecure.in/clients/bony-polymers.webp) - ![Varroc Engineering](https://safeandsecure.in/clients/varroc.webp) - ![RSB Transmissions](https://safeandsecure.in/clients/rsb.webp) - ![Kross Limited](https://safeandsecure.in/clients/kross.webp) - ![Motherson](https://safeandsecure.in/clients/motherson.webp) - ![Minda Instruments](https://safeandsecure.in/clients/minda-instruments.svg) - ![JTEKT India](https://safeandsecure.in/clients/jtekt.svg) - ![Akar Auto Industries](https://safeandsecure.in/clients/akar-auto.webp) - ![Graziano Trasmissioni India](https://safeandsecure.in/clients/graziano.webp) - ![Mercedes-Benz India](https://safeandsecure.in/clients/mercedes-benz.webp) - ![Eicher](https://safeandsecure.in/clients/eicher.webp) - ![Vrub Suspensions](https://safeandsecure.in/clients/vrub-suspensions.svg) - ![Empire Auto](https://safeandsecure.in/clients/empire-auto.webp) - ![Utkal Autocoach](https://safeandsecure.in/clients/utkal-autocoach.webp) - ![Jost India Auto Component](https://safeandsecure.in/clients/jost-india-auto-component.svg) - ![Wabtec](https://safeandsecure.in/clients/wabtec.svg) - ![Belrise Industries](https://safeandsecure.in/clients/belrise-industries.webp) - ZF Steering Gear - Fleetguard Filters [All 168 automotive companies we have served, A to Z](https://safeandsecure.in/clients/automotive/) Lanes ## Where this freight runs with us - Pune ↔ Sanand (32 ft single-axle shuttle) - Pune → Jamshedpur (trailers and multi-axle) - Pantnagar → Pune - NCR supplier milk runs - Kolkata, NCR and Pune → Kathmandu Services ## Services for this industry [CONTRACT LOGISTICS Dedicated fleets Fixed vehicles on a fixed lane against your daily indent. It is the shuttle model we run at scale. How it works →](https://safeandsecure.in/services/dedicated-fleet/) [CONTRACT LOGISTICS 3PL & plant logistics Inbound, milk-run and spare-parts logistics run inside a leading automobile manufacturer’s supply chain. How it works →](https://safeandsecure.in/services/3pl-contract-logistics/) [ROAD Full truckload (FTL) A whole truck for your load, placed against your indent from a network of 21,000+ trucks. How it works →](https://safeandsecure.in/services/full-truckload/) [ROAD Part truckload (PTL) Ship less than a truck. Booked at our branches, consolidated onto linehaul trucks, delivered across the east and north. How it works →](https://safeandsecure.in/services/part-truckload/) ## Automotive & plant logistics: common questions **Does Safe & Secure Logistics work with automobile manufacturers?** Yes. Automotive is SSL’s largest business. It was 57% of the freight value SSL booked in FY 2025-26, and includes plant logistics for a leading automobile manufacturer. **Does SSL run milk runs?** Yes. Safe & Secure Logistics carried 9,890 milk-run consignments in the NCR in FY 2025-26, collecting parts from several suppliers in one loop. **Can tier-1 suppliers use SSL?** Yes. Suppliers already ship into OEM plants and stockyards on SSL trucks, as full or part loads. **What vehicles does SSL use for auto parts?** Mostly 32 ft single- and multi-axle containers, 20 ft containers, trailers and MCVs, matched to the part’s volume and weight. Tell us what you ship. Our desk confirms the vehicle and price for your lane, usually within minutes. [Get a quote](https://safeandsecure.in/ship/quote/?service=industry-automotive) [All industries](https://safeandsecure.in/industries/) --- Source: https://safeandsecure.in/industries/automotive/ (the HTML page is the record; this markdown twin was generated from it on 2026-09-29). Publisher: Safe & Secure Logistics Private Limited, https://safeandsecure.in/. Figures and their periods: https://safeandsecure.in/facts/