Industries

Textiles & apparel

Textiles are the busiest flow on Safe & Secure Logistics’ part-load network: textiles and apparel were 56.2% of the consignments SSL booked in FY 2025-26, mostly bales from Surat, Bhiwandi and Bhilwara to Jharkhand, Bihar and Uttar Pradesh.

Illustration: parcels from many shippers merging into an SSL part load hub, a truck loading mixed cartons, and vans and scooters delivering to a kirana, a chemist, a textile shop and homes.

What goes wrong

The problems we hear most

  • Many small consignments to many traders.
  • Consignees prefer to pay on delivery.
  • Bales are bulky: volume, not weight, fills the truck.
  • Festive and wedding seasons spike demand.

How SSL serves textiles & apparel

  • Booking at our Surat, Bhiwandi and Bhilwara branches
  • To-Pay booking so the consignee pays on delivery
  • Consolidated linehaul to hubs in the east and north
  • Release at the destination branch or delivery as booked

Proof from our registers

What the data shows

From SSL’s own booking register and truck-hire slips. No client is named without written consent.

56.2%

of consignments booked were textiles and apparel

Basis: SSL booking register, contents keyword-bucketed · FY 2025-26

4 lakh+

part-load consignments booked

Basis: SSL booking register (part-load consignments) · FY 2025-26

1.9 crore+

packages moved

Basis: SSL booking register · FY 2025-26

Lanes

Where this freight runs with us

  • Surat → Bihar Sharif, Kanpur, Hazaribagh, Jamshedpur
  • Bhiwandi → Ranchi, Jamshedpur
  • Bhilwara → Kanpur

Textiles & apparel: common questions

Does Safe & Secure Logistics carry textile parcels from Surat?
Yes. Surat is one of SSL’s biggest booking branches; textiles and apparel were 56.2% of the consignments SSL booked in FY 2025-26.
Can I book textile bales To-Pay?
Yes. Most SSL part-load consignments are booked To-Pay, so the consignee pays freight on delivery.
Which textile lanes does SSL serve most?
Surat to Bihar Sharif, Kanpur, Hazaribagh and Jamshedpur; Bhiwandi to Ranchi and Jamshedpur; and Bhilwara to Kanpur.
How are bulky bales charged?
On the higher of actual and volumetric weight. Use the volumetric weight calculator to see which applies to your bales.

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