Deccan Transcon Leasing is a logistics company that moves the cargo others find too risky to touch. It was founded to solve a specific, high-stakes problem-the safe, compliant transport of bulk hazardous liquids-and listed on the NSE’s SME platform in September 2024 to fund the purchase of more specialized equipment. The recurring approach is simple: own the critical assets, control the key port infrastructure, and use that control to build lasting relationships with over 1,000 clients who keep coming back. # Business segments A single engine with two interlocking revenue streams-moving cargo and leasing the containers that move it-reinforced by a proprietary port network that cuts out the middleman. ## 1. Integrated liquid logistics: moving hazardous cargo from factory to destination **The company owns the tanks, runs the freight, and now clears the cargo through its own bonded port facilities, giving it end-to-end control over a supply chain where a single compliance failure can halt a customer’s business.** - **Specialist in what others avoid** - it transports bulk hazardous chemicals and food-grade liquids using a fleet of over 3,000 TEU (twenty-foot equivalent units) of ISO tanks and flexi bags, a niche where safety expertise and regulatory know-how act as a barrier to casual competitors. - **Owns the assets, not just the schedule** - the company owns its own fleet of tank containers rather than relying entirely on leased or shared equipment, which means it can guarantee availability and quality to customers while also generating a separate lease-rental income stream from those same assets. - **Bypassed the port middleman** - in March 2025, it secured its own bonded registration and port codes at Chennai, Kattupalli, and Kamarajar Ennore ports, so it can now handle containerized cargo directly without paying third-party service providers or waiting in their queues. - **Freight forwarding fills the gaps** - for cargo that moves by air, sea, or multimodal routes beyond its own container fleet, the company acts as a global freight forwarder, stitching together a complete door-to-door service using its offices and partnerships across India, the UAE, Malaysia, Thailand, and China. - **Digital tracking as a retention tool** - a tech-enabled platform gives clients real-time visibility into where their hazardous cargo is at any moment, which builds the trust that explains an over-80% client retention rate in an industry where switching costs are otherwise low. # Group structure and partners **The company operates through a controlled Malaysian subsidiary that handles regional logistics, while it is in the process of selling a minority stake in an Indian freight associate to simplify its structure.** - **Malaysian operating arm** - Deccan Shipping & Logistics SDN. BHD, incorporated in February 2018, is a material subsidiary in which the company holds a 55.14% stake, and it conducts operational transactions and receives strategic equity investments from the parent on an arm’s-length basis. - **Exiting a non-core associate** - the Board has approved the sale of the company’s entire 47.5% stake in King Star Freight Private Limited back to that entity and its other shareholder for an indicative value of roughly ₹6.15 crore, a transaction that will remove an associate that independently recorded a turnover of approximately ₹33.34 crore in FY25. - **Promoter group reclassification** - in March 2026, the Board approved moving 15 relatives of the promoters from the promoter group to the public category, though none of them held any shares in the company.