{"id":14,"date":"2026-03-04T10:06:58","date_gmt":"2026-03-04T10:06:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/smartlogisticssummit.in\/2026\/?page_id=14"},"modified":"2026-03-12T07:30:22","modified_gmt":"2026-03-12T07:30:22","slug":"about-us","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/smartlogisticssummit.in\/2026\/about-us\/","title":{"rendered":"About us"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"slider-wrapper relative main_sliders_text\" id=\"slider-2009179779\" >\n    <div class=\"slider slider-nav-circle slider-nav-large slider-nav-light slider-style-normal\"\n        data-flickity-options='{\n            \"cellAlign\": \"center\",\n            \"imagesLoaded\": true,\n            \"lazyLoad\": 1,\n            \"freeScroll\": false,\n            \"wrapAround\": true,\n            \"autoPlay\": 6000,\n            \"pauseAutoPlayOnHover\" : true,\n            \"prevNextButtons\": true,\n            \"contain\" : true,\n            \"adaptiveHeight\" : true,\n            \"dragThreshold\" : 10,\n            \"percentPosition\": true,\n            \"pageDots\": true,\n            \"rightToLeft\": false,\n            \"draggable\": true,\n            \"selectedAttraction\": 0.1,\n            \"parallax\" : 0,\n            \"friction\": 0.6        }'\n        >\n        \n\n\n  <div class=\"banner has-hover bg-zoom\" id=\"banner-469500817\">\n          <div class=\"banner-inner fill\">\n        <div class=\"banner-bg fill\" >\n            <div class=\"bg fill bg-fill \"><\/div>\n                        <div class=\"overlay\"><\/div>            \n                    <\/div>\n\t\t\n        <div class=\"banner-layers container\">\n            <div class=\"fill banner-link\"><\/div>            \n\n   <div id=\"text-box-935519523\" class=\"text-box banner-layer home_slider_text x50 md-x50 lg-x50 y50 md-y50 lg-y50 res-text\">\n                                <div class=\"text-box-content text dark\">\n              \n              <div class=\"text-inner text-center\">\n                  \n\n\t<div id=\"text-2059505670\" class=\"text\">\n\t\t\n\n<div class=\"head_text_top\">\n<h1>Gateway to the East:<\/br>Building Odisha\u2019s Smart Maritime\u2013Logistics Future<\/h1>\n<\/div>\n\n\t\t\n<style>\n#text-2059505670 {\n  color: rgb(255,255,255);\n}\n#text-2059505670 > * {\n  color: rgb(255,255,255);\n}\n<\/style>\n\t<\/div>\n\t\n\t<div id=\"gap-1035676373\" class=\"gap-element clearfix\" style=\"display:block; height:auto;\">\n\t\t\n<style>\n#gap-1035676373 {\n  padding-top: 12px;\n}\n<\/style>\n\t<\/div>\n\t\n\n\t<div id=\"text-2133249502\" class=\"text\">\n\t\t\n\n<p>Friday 22 May, 2026 | Vivanta Bhubaneswar, DN Square<\/p>\n\t\t\n<style>\n#text-2133249502 {\n  color: rgb(255,255,255);\n}\n#text-2133249502 > * {\n  color: rgb(255,255,255);\n}\n<\/style>\n\t<\/div>\n\t\n\t<div id=\"gap-157854139\" class=\"gap-element clearfix\" style=\"display:block; height:auto;\">\n\t\t\n<style>\n#gap-157854139 {\n  padding-top: 12px;\n}\n<\/style>\n\t<\/div>\n\t\n\n<a data-animate=\"bounceInUp\" class=\"button white is-small\"  style=\"border-radius:7px;padding:8px 30px 8px 30px;\">\n    <span>Register Now!<\/span>\n  <\/a>\n\n\n\n              <\/div>\n           <\/div>\n                            \n<style>\n#text-box-935519523 {\n  margin: 30px 0px 0px 0px;\n  width: 93%;\n}\n#text-box-935519523 .text-box-content {\n  font-size: 100%;\n}\n@media (min-width:550px) {\n  #text-box-935519523 {\n    width: 74%;\n  }\n}\n<\/style>\n    <\/div>\n \n\n        <\/div>\n      <\/div>\n\n            \n<style>\n#banner-469500817 {\n  padding-top: 600px;\n  background-color: rgba(2, 24, 30, 0.82);\n}\n#banner-469500817 .bg.bg-loaded {\n  background-image: url(https:\/\/smartlogisticssummit.in\/2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Odisha_emblamType.svg);\n}\n#banner-469500817 .overlay {\n  background-color: rgba(8, 39, 47, 0.913);\n}\n#banner-469500817 .ux-shape-divider--top svg {\n  height: 150px;\n  --divider-top-width: 100%;\n}\n#banner-469500817 .ux-shape-divider--bottom svg {\n  height: 150px;\n  --divider-width: 100%;\n}\n@media (min-width:550px) {\n  #banner-469500817 {\n    padding-top: 600px;\n  }\n}\n@media (min-width:850px) {\n  #banner-469500817 {\n    padding-top: 600px;\n  }\n}\n<\/style>\n  <\/div>\n\n\n\n     <\/div>\n\n     <div class=\"loading-spin dark large centered\"><\/div>\n\n     \t<\/div>\n\n\n\t<section class=\"section\" id=\"section_748615139\">\n\t\t<div class=\"bg section-bg fill bg-fill  bg-loaded\" >\n\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\n\n\t\t<div class=\"section-content relative\">\n\t\t\t\n\n<div class=\"row\"  id=\"row-2135630689\">\n\n\n\t<div id=\"col-2120016170\" class=\"col small-12 large-12\"  >\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"col-inner\"  >\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\n<p><strong>THEME \u2013 Gateway to the East: Building Odisha\u2019s Smart Maritime\u2013Logistics Future<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Odisha is rapidly emerging as India\u2019s most strategically positioned maritime-industrial state. With a 575-km coastline, expanding port capacity from 400 MTPA towards 500 MTPA by 2047, large-scale industrial investments across petrochemicals, steel, green hydrogen, EVs, and technical textiles, and Paradip Port\u2019s historic rise as India\u2019s leading cargo-handling port, the state is entering a new logistics era.<\/p>\n<p>The Dhamra\u2013Paradip\u2013Gopalpur belt is evolving into a powerful maritime-industrial corridor, backed by multimodal connectivity, industrial clusters, green energy projects, and private sector participation. Massive investments in green hydrogen and ammonia, shipbuilding, container terminals, and integrated logistics parks are reshaping cargo patterns and EXIM flows.<\/p>\n<p>As manufacturing expands and port capacities scale up, the next strategic imperative is clear: building a smart, technology-driven, multimodal logistics ecosystem that connects production to ports efficiently, sustainably, and competitively.<\/p>\n<p>In this context, Maritime Gateway proposes to organise the\u00a0<strong>Smart Logistics Summit 2026 in Bhubaneswar<\/strong>\u00a0\u2014 a high-level industry forum bringing together port authorities, shipping lines, steel and manufacturing majors, exporters, importers, logistics service providers, policymakers, and infrastructure developers to chart the next phase of Odisha\u2019s logistics transformation.<\/p>\n<p>The Summit will serve as a strategic dialogue platform focused on converting industrial growth into seamless cargo movement and strengthening Odisha\u2019s position as India\u2019s Gateway to the East and ASEAN.<\/p>\n<div class=\"gateway_media_links\">\u00a0<\/div>\n\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\n\n\n<style>\n#row-2135630689 > .col > .col-inner {\n  padding: 50px 0px 0px 0px;\n}\n<\/style>\n<\/div>\n\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\n<style>\n#section_748615139 {\n  padding-top: 30px;\n  padding-bottom: 30px;\n}\n#section_748615139 .ux-shape-divider--top svg {\n  height: 150px;\n  --divider-top-width: 100%;\n}\n#section_748615139 .ux-shape-divider--bottom svg {\n  height: 150px;\n  --divider-width: 100%;\n}\n<\/style>\n\t<\/section>\n\t\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"page-transparent-header.php","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-14","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/smartlogisticssummit.in\/2026\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/14","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/smartlogisticssummit.in\/2026\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/smartlogisticssummit.in\/2026\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/smartlogisticssummit.in\/2026\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/smartlogisticssummit.in\/2026\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=14"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/smartlogisticssummit.in\/2026\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/14\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":211,"href":"https:\/\/smartlogisticssummit.in\/2026\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/14\/revisions\/211"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/smartlogisticssummit.in\/2026\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=14"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}