{"id":60636,"date":"2026-09-30T13:49:15","date_gmt":"2026-09-30T08:19:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/financialtelegraph.in\/index.php\/2026\/09\/30\/kkr-to-invest-in-cisternina-to-build-pan-india-liquid-storage-and-logistics-platform\/"},"modified":"2026-09-30T13:49:15","modified_gmt":"2026-09-30T08:19:15","slug":"kkr-to-invest-in-cisternina-to-build-pan-india-liquid-storage-and-logistics-platform","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/financialtelegraph.in\/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":"<div>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1200\" height=\"675\" src=\"https:\/\/financialtelegraph.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/PNN-2026-09-30T122436113.jpg\" class=\"attachment-post-thumbnail size-post-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"KKR\" decoding=\"async\"><\/p>\n<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\u2019s proposed acquisition of the liquid storage terminal and rail business of <strong>Ganesh Benzoplast Limited (GBL)<\/strong>, which will serve as the platform\u2019s 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\u2019s liquid storage terminal business operates one of India\u2019s 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\u2019s coastal infrastructure handles approximately <strong>95% of the country\u2019s 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>\u201cWith KKR\u2019s 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,\u201d<\/em> it said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">KKR is making the investment through its <strong>Asia Pacific infrastructure strategy<\/strong>. India is a key market for KKR\u2019s infrastructure business, with experience spanning <strong>logistics, transportation, renewable energy and power transmission<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>New Delhi [India], September 30: Global investment firm KKR on Tuesday said it will make a majority investment in Cisternina Logistics Pvt Ltd, a bulk liquid and gas storage and &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/financialtelegraph.in\/index.php\/2026\/09\/30\/kkr-to-invest-in-cisternina-to-build-pan-india-liquid-storage-and-logistics-platform\/\" class=\"more-link\">Read More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":60637,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[673],"tags":[674],"class_list":["post-60636","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-finance","tag-finance","entry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/financialtelegraph.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/60636","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/financialtelegraph.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/financialtelegraph.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/financialtelegraph.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/financialtelegraph.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=60636"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/financialtelegraph.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/60636\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/financialtelegraph.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/60637"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/financialtelegraph.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=60636"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/financialtelegraph.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=60636"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/financialtelegraph.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=60636"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}