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Gateway Distriparks Limited (GDL), a 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. In March 1995, IFP resigned as a joint venture partner and was replaced by Parameswara Holdings Ltd. In April 1996, CWT and NUR also resigned as joint venture partners and they were replaced by Windmill International Pte Ltd. and Thakral Corporation Ltd.

Core Business
GDL operates three core businesses: Container Freight Stations (CFS), Rail-linked Inland Container Depots (ICD) and Cold Chain Storage & Logistics.

Container Freight Stations
GDL operates Container Freight Stations, located at major Indian ports such as Navi Mumbai, Chennai, Visakhapatanam and Kochi offering container yards, general and bonded warehousing, empty handling and first & last mile connectivity.

Rail-linked Inland Container Depots (ICD)
GDL's rail operations are handled by a subsidiary, Gateway Rail Freight Limited. GatewayRail provides inter-modal logistics and operates its own Inland Container Depots that are connected to ports by rail, offering export-import (EXIM) and domestic movement, reefer services, CFS services and road transportation for first & last mile connectivity. The ICDs are located at Garhi Harsaru (Gurgaon, Haryana), Sahnewal (Ludhiana, Punjab) and Asaoti (Faridabad, Haryana). GatewayRail also operates a rail-linked domestic terminal at Kalamboli (Navi Mumbai)

Cold Chain Logistics
The cold chain logistics of GDL is run by its subsidiary, Snowman Logistics Limited. Snowman provides services such as cold storage, handling and transportation of temperature controlled cargo in refrigerated containers across 19 locations in India.