• The India International Cargo & Logistics Show (IICS 2025), held 10–12 December at Mumbai’s Jio World Convention Centre, will bring together 200+ exhibitors and 18,000+ trade visitors across 160,000+ sq ft, offering a comprehensive platform for air, ocean, surface logistics, warehousing, automation, and supply-chain technology.
• The event highlights cross-modal insights, technology-driven efficiency, policy and infrastructure forums, and networking opportunities, emphasising India’s role as a strategic logistics hub for South Asia, the Middle East, and Africa.
• Air Cargo Week will provide pre-event, live, and post-event coverage, with editorial focus on digitalisation, multimodal corridors, cold-chain logistics, and airport-cargo infrastructure, enabling air-cargo professionals to benchmark, discover innovations, and engage with key industry stakeholders.

As global supply chains face intensifying headwinds — from geopolitical volatility to fluctuating demand patterns and rising sustainability imperatives — the forthcoming India International Cargo & Logistics Show (IICS 2025), scheduled for 10-12 December at the Jio World Convention Centre, Mumbai, emerges as a timely and strategic gathering for the air-cargo and logistics community.

A convergence of scale, scope and strategy
Organised by UpStream Business Solutions LLP, IICS 2025 is pitched as “South Asia’s most influential cargo and logistics exhibition and conference — uniting the global supply chain under one roof.” With over 200 exhibiting brands, an expected attendance of 18,000 + trade visitors and 160,000 + sq ft of exhibition space, the event places itself firmly as a one-stop platform for air, ocean and surface logistics, warehousing, ground handling, supply-chain technology and automation.

In a region where India stands out as a pivotal growth market, such a forum acquires heightened relevance. The Indian logistics sector is already undergoing structural transformation, spurred by government infrastructure push, digitalisation imperatives and the continued rise of e-commerce, healthcare logistics and cold-chain prerequisites. For air-cargo professionals, the message is clear: connectivity, visibility and value in trade corridors will increasingly determine competitive advantage.

Why IICS 2025 matters to air-cargo professionals

• Cross-modal insights: While air cargo remains a core segment, IICS offers a rare simultaneous view of ocean and surface logistics. That is crucial given rising interest in multimodal solutions, last-mile integration, and end-to-end visibility.
• Technology and automation as enablers: From warehouse robotics to digital platforms and AI-enhanced supply-chain models, the conference’s agenda emphasises how logistics efficiency is shifting from scale to smart operations. The ability to interrogate new solutions, compare vendor offerings and benchmark technology adoption is a key draw.
• Policy and infrastructure forums: India’s logistics infrastructure is in flux — aviation, airport-cargo terminals, inland clearance depots, customs reform and trade-corridor initiatives remain among the hot topics. IICS dedicates panels to these themes, offering delegates an opportunity to engage with decision-makers and operators alike.
• Networking and business-development engine: With thousands of senior representatives from freight-forwarding, shipping lines, airlines, logistics service providers, technology firms and manufacturing shippers, the show offers high-density networking that can lead to partnerships, lead generation and market-entry opportunities.
• India as a growth gateway: For international players, India offers more than volume growth—it offers a strategic axis for South Asia, Middle East and African connectivity. Local-global players converging at IICS underscore this potential.

How Air Cargo Week will engage
As the official media partner for IICS 2025, Air Cargo Week plans to deploy a full editorial and digital-media strategy around the event:

• Pre-event briefing: Building awareness via interviews, delegate profiles and a preview of key themes.
• Live coverage: On-site reportage of exhibition traffic, major launches, conference sessions and technology showcases.
• In-depth features: Post-event analytical articles exploring industry themes: digitalisation in air cargo, cold-chain logistics, inter-modal integration and India’s export-logistics ecosystem.
• Thought-leadership positioning: Interviews with senior speakers and delegates, enabling content that not only reports but adds insight.
• Social-channel amplification: Through LinkedIn, we will provide snapshots, take-away cards, delegate voices and live posts, driving engagement before, during and after the show.

What to look out for – the editorial agenda

• Session themes: Focused on digital supply-chain platforms, multimodal logistics corridors, sustainability and airport-cargo infrastructure.
• Exhibitor innovation: From robotics, IoT and automation to cold-chain logistics, pharma-grade warehousing and last-mile solutions.
• Market intelligence: India’s trade policy, logistics-cluster development, airport-cargo terminal expansion and e-commerce logistics.
• Networking opportunities: Structured “business matchmaking” and informal networking lounges to establish pipeline discussions and meetings.

Conclusion
In a logistics landscape where speed, resilience and connectivity are increasingly the differentiators, IICS 2025 offers a strategic touch-point for professionals to benchmark, discover and engage. For air-cargo specialists in particular, the value lies in not just attendance but immersion—connecting the dots between India’s infrastructural ambitions, trade-corridor dynamics and emerging digital-logistics models.

Air Cargo Week is proud to partner with IICS 2025. We encourage our readers—whether freight forwarders, airline cargo managers, technology providers or logistics strategists—to plan their presence now. The insights, relationships and opportunities unlocked at this show could define your next 12-24 months of logistics strategy.

See you in Mumbai this December.