Promoted by  NTSC, Parameshwara Holdings Ltd, Windmill International Pvt Ltd and Thakral Corporation Ltd as a joint venture company to conduct the business of Warehousing, Container Freight Stations, providing handling and clearance of sea borne Exim Trade in containerized form.

The company operates container freight stations (CFS) at Navi Mumbai, Chennai, Vishakapatnam and Inland Container Depot at Garhi Harsaru.

The CFS at Navi Mumbai, spread over 14 hectares, has a capacity to handle 216,000 TEU’s per annum.

The CFS at Chennai spread over 7.5 hectares, having a capacity to handle 40000 TEU’s, is situated at a distance of 16km from Chennai Port.

The CFS at Vishakapatnam, commissioned in August 2005, has a capacity to handle 30000 TEU’s per annum and would cater to the traffic movement at the new container terminal at Vishakapatnam.

GDL’s ICD at Garhi Harsaru, is spread over 31 hectares. The ICD is road-linked and caters to the rich hinterlands of Northern India, including Delhi, Haryana, Punjab and Rajasthan. The facility has attained a milestone in terms of rail connectivity with its own rail siding connecting the ICD to the main Delhi-Jaipur Broad Guage lines. In February 2006, GDL received an in-principle approval from the Indian Railways, to move container trains in category. The first full rake train carrying export containers railed out of ICD Garhi, followed by Import movement into Garhi in May-2006.

The CFS at Mumbai, the ICD at Garhi, CFS at Vizag and the CFS at Chennai acts as the four hubs of GDL  to cater to the demand of traffic in western, northern, eastern and southern regions of India respectively. These four facilities make GDL the only private sector CFS  operator with a Pan-India presence.