{"id":65226,"date":"2026-09-30T12:06:31","date_gmt":"2026-09-30T06:36:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newstrenddaily.com\/index.php\/2026\/09\/30\/kkr-to-invest-in-cisternina-to-build-pan-india-liquid-storage-and-logistics-platform\/"},"modified":"2026-09-30T12:06:31","modified_gmt":"2026-09-30T06:36:31","slug":"kkr-to-invest-in-cisternina-to-build-pan-india-liquid-storage-and-logistics-platform","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newstrenddaily.com\/index.php\/2026\/09\/30\/kkr-to-invest-in-cisternina-to-build-pan-india-liquid-storage-and-logistics-platform\/","title":{"rendered":"KKR to invest in Cisternina to build pan-India liquid storage and logistics platform"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>New Delhi [India], September 30:<\/strong> Global investment firm <strong>KKR<\/strong> on Tuesday said it will make a <strong>majority investment in Cisternina Logistics Pvt Ltd<\/strong>, a bulk liquid and gas storage and logistics business in India.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">KKR said the investment will support Cisternina&#8217;s proposed acquisition of the liquid storage terminal and rail business of <strong>Ganesh Benzoplast Limited (GBL)<\/strong>, which will serve as the platform&#8217;s anchor asset, as well as its expansion through further acquisitions and the development of new storage infrastructure across India.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Established in <strong>2024<\/strong>, Cisternina will serve customers as an integrated platform across the <strong>energy, chemicals, bulk liquids and edible-oil sectors in India<\/strong>, it said in a statement.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The statement said GBL&#8217;s liquid storage terminal business operates one of India&#8217;s leading privately owned tank farms, established at the <strong>Jawaharlal Nehru Port in the early 1990s<\/strong>, and today has a portfolio of approximately <strong>500,000 KL of operating and under-construction storage capacity<\/strong> across strategic ports like <strong>JNPT, Cochin and Goa<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">India&#8217;s coastal infrastructure handles approximately <strong>95% of the country&#8217;s external trade by volume<\/strong>, while demand across key bulk-liquid categories is expected to grow steadily over the next decade, creating long-term demand for liquid storage and logistics infrastructure.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The statement noted that the market remains fragmented, with relatively few scaled, professionally managed, multi-location operators.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>&#8220;With KKR&#8217;s investment and infrastructure expertise, Cisternina plans to scale through acquisitions, brownfield expansion and greenfield development, while investing in management capabilities, governance, operating systems and safety standards,&#8221;<\/em> it said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">KKR is making the investment through its <strong>Asia Pacific infrastructure strategy<\/strong>. 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KKR said the investment will support Cisternina&#8217;s proposed acquisition of the liquid storage terminal and rail business of Ganesh Benzoplast Limited [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":65225,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1089],"tags":[8460,8463,8464,8462,12,8461,8466,8465],"class_list":["post-65226","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-finance","tag-bulk-liquids","tag-cisternina-logistics","tag-ganesh-benzoplast","tag-jnpt","tag-kkr","tag-liquid-storage","tag-rail-logistics","tag-tank-farms"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/newstrenddaily.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/65226","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/newstrenddaily.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/newstrenddaily.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newstrenddaily.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newstrenddaily.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=65226"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/newstrenddaily.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/65226\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newstrenddaily.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/65225"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/newstrenddaily.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=65226"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newstrenddaily.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=65226"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newstrenddaily.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=65226"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}