company based in mumbai india is a logistics facilitator with three verticals container freight stations cfs inland container depots icd with rail movement and cold chain storage & logistics . the company was founded in april 1994 and originally promoted by newsprint trading & sales corporation ntsc cwt distribution limited nur investment and trading pvt. ltd. and intercontinental forest products pte. ltd. ifp as a joint venture company to conduct the business of warehousing container freight stations and all related activities . as of november 2015 prism international private limited same group as ntsc is the sole promoter of the company . gateway distriparks limited type public traded as bse 532622 ; nse gdl industry logistics founded 1994 headquarters mumbai india area served india key people prem kishan gupta chairman & managing director services list container handling customs clearance general & bonded warehousing rail transportation road transportation refrigerated container handling cold storage temperature controlled transportation container repair revenue 1124 crore 2014 15 net income 188 crore 2014 15 number of employees 700 june 2014 subsidiaries gateway rail freight limited snowman logistics limited website www.gateway distriparks.com contents 1 history 2 core business 2.1 container freight stations cfs 2.2 rail linked inland container depots icd 2.3 cold chain logistics 3 references 4 external links history edit year event 1994 gateway distriparks limited founded 1 2 3 4 1998 gdl starts cfs operations in nhava sheva 2001 idfc invested 26 crores into gdl as private equity 5 2004 temasek holdings singapore invested into gdl as private equity 6 7 8 gdl acquires cfs in chennai and cfs vizag developed 9 10 11 acquisition of icd garhi harsaru and development by gatewayrail 12 2005 gdl listed with national stock exchange of india nse and bombay stock exchange bse 13 gdl raised 352.57 crore through the issue of gdr at luxembourg 14 15 2006 gatewayrail obtained category i cto container train operator licence worth 50 crores 16 gdl acquired majority stake in snowman frozen foods limited 17 18 19 20 2007 gatewayrail and container corporation of india concor form venture for container terminal 21 22 23 gdl takes over punjab conware cfs on 15 year operations & management o & m agreement 24 25 26 2009 temasek sells 5.59 % stake for 28 crore 27 28 29 allcargo logistics limited buys 5.97 % stake in gdl for 29 crore 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 gatewayrail starts operations at icd sahnewal punjab 37 38 39 2010 the blackstone group invested 300 crores in gatewayrail 40 41 42 43 44 2011 gatewayrail develops icd faridabad 45 international finance corporation ifc invested 24.89 crores in snowman 46 47 48 gatewayrail commences double stack container train operations 49 2012 gdl starts operations at kochi cfs 50 51 52 53 the gateway group crossed half a million teus annual throughput 54 2013 gdl acquires a second cfs in chennai 55 norwest venture partners invested 60 crores in snowman 56 57 58 59 snowman announces approval for ipo 60 snowman files for ipo 61 morgan stanley buys 6 lakh shares for 6.268 crores in gdl 62 63 2014 gdl acquires 74 lakh equity shares of snowman for 25.9 crores 64 65 66 67 68 69 70 71 icici prudential buys 10 lakh shares of gdl for 22.8 crores 72 73 74 75 windmill international sells 12 00 000 shares of gdl 76 77 78 gatewayrail starts rail operations at icd faridabad 79 80 81 82 83 icici prudential buys 19.84 lakh shares of gdl 84 85 86 87 snowman files red herring prospectus for an ipo of its equity shares 88 89 90 91 92 93 snowman ipo to open on august 26 in range of 44 47 94 95 96 97 98 99 100 snowman ipo opens and anchor investors subscribe to 94.5 lakh shares at 47 per share 101 102 103 104 105 106 107 snowman ipo oversubscribed 60 times 108 109 110 snowman listed at 76 62 % premium against issue price 111 112 113 114 115 gdl share price at an all time high at 278.90 116 snowman gives 100 % returns in six sessions 117 snowman planning to set up 3 warehouses and increase capacity by 14 500 pallets 118 core business edit gdl operates three core businesses container freight stations cfs rail linked inland container depots icd and cold chain storage & logistics . container freight stations cfs edit gdl operates container freight stations located at major indian ports such as navi mumbai chennai visakhapatanam and kochi . the stations offer container yards general warehousing bonded warehousing empty handling and rfid technologies used for container tracking . gdl also has its own dedicated fleet of over 385 trailers for first and last mile connectivity . rail linked inland container depots icd edit gdl s rail operations are handled by its subsidiary gateway rail freight limited . gatewayrail provides inter modal logistics and operates inland container depots that are connected to ports by rail . gatewayrail offers export import exim domestic movement reefer services double stack cfs services and road transportation with a dedicated fleet of over 220 trailers for first and last mile connectivity . the icds are located at garhi harsaru gurgaon haryana sahnewal ludhiana punjab and faridabad haryana . gatewayrail also operates a rail linked domestic terminal at kalamboli navi mumbai . in 2010 blackstone group had invested 300 crores in gatewayrail . 119 cold chain logistics edit the cold chain logistics of gdl is run by its subsidiary snowman logistics limited . snowman is an integrated temperature controlled logistics services provider with 25 temperature controlled warehouses in 15 cities across india . the warehousing capacity is more than 65 000 pallets and 3 000 ambient pallets as of 1 december 2013 . it operates over 350 reefer vehicles for primary and secondary transportation covering 4 500 outlets in over 150 cities . snowman offers temperature controlled storage just in time delivery retail inventory management and blast freezing services . snowman s products include pharmaceutical products retail and processed foods fast food dairy products seafood meat poultry fruits vegetables and photofilms . other investors in snowman include mitsubishi corporation mitsubishi logistics corporation international finance corporation ifc and norwest venture partners nvp . 120 references edit gdl was incorporated on april 06 1994 . content.icicidirect.com . retrieved 2013 08 25 . http www.sebi.gov.in dp gateway.pdf http www.moneycontrol.com company facts gatewaydistriparks history gd01 http economictimes.indiatimes.com gateway distriparks ltd infocompanyhistory companyid 13029 . cms idfc picks 21 pc in gateway distriparks . thehindubusinessline.in . 2001 07 11 . retrieved 2013 08 25 . temasek buys 10 % stake in gateway distriparks economic times . articles.economictimes.indiatimes.com . 2004 11 23 . retrieved 2013 08 25 . http articles.economictimes.indiatimes.com 2004 11 23 news 27370073 1 gateway distriparks gdl kapil anand http www.thehindu.com 2004 11 24 stories 2004112404431401.htm the hindu business line gateway distriparks plans greenfield project in vizag . thehindubusinessline.in . 2004 04 24 . retrieved 2013 08 25 . the hindu business line gateway distriparks launches operations in vizag port . thehindubusinessline.in . 2005 08 20 . retrieved 2013 08 25 . http www.moneycontrol.com news announcements gateway distriparks subsidiary acquires 100chandra cfs 817944.html the hindu business line gateway distriparks buys cwcl s gurgaon icd . thehindubusinessline.in . retrieved 2013 08 25 . the hindu business line gateway distriparks lists with premium . thehindubusinessline.in . 2005 04 01 . retrieved 2013 08 25 . announcements . bseindia.com . 2005 12 12 . retrieved 2013 08 25 . http www.capitalmarket.com cmedit story2 0 . asp sno 113239 press information bureau english releases . pib.nic.in . retrieved 2013 08 25 . gateway distriparks to take over snowman frozen foods economic times . articles.economictimes.indiatimes.com . 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2013 09 30 http www.finalaya.com news morgan stanley buys 6 lakh sha n266565.aspx src accord % 20fintech http www.moneycontrol.com news announcements gateway distriparks raises its stakesnowman logistics 1052949.html http www.vccircle.com news transportation 2014 03 12 gateway distriparks buys out nichirei % e2 % 80 % 99s stake snowman logistics