JSW Infrastructure Limited (NSE: JSWINFRA) Q3 2026 Earnings Call dated Jan. 16, 2026
Corporate Participants:
Rinkesh Roy — Joint Managing Director & Chief Executive Officer
Jambunathan Nagarajan — Chief Financial Officer
Vishesh Pachnanda — Head of Investor Relations
Analysts:
Alok Deora — Analyst
Sumit Kishore — Analyst
Priyankar Biswas — Analyst
Aditya Mongia — Analyst
Achal Lohade — Analyst
Ketan Jain — Analyst
Aritra Banerjee — Analyst
Mohit Kumar — Analyst
Presentation:
Operator
Ladies and gentlemen, good day and welcome to JSW Infrastructure Limited Q3 FY ’26 Earnings Conference Call hosted by Motilal Oswal Financial Services Limited. As a reminder, all participant lines will be in the listen-only mode and there will be an opportunity for you to ask questions after the presentation concludes. [Operator Instructions] Please note that this conference is being recorded.
I now hand the conference over to Mr. Alok Deora from Motilal Oswal Financial Services. Thank you and over to you, sir.
Alok Deora — Analyst
Thank you and good evening everyone and welcome to the 3Q FY ’26 earnings call of JSW Infra. We have with us today Mr. Rinkesh Roy, Joint Managing Director and CEO; Mr. Lalit Singhvi, Strategic Advisor and Board Member; Mr. Nagarajan J, Chief Financial Officer; and Mr. Vishesh Pachnanda, Head of Investor Relations.
I would now hand over the call to the management to provide some opening remarks and then we can proceed to the Q&A. Thank you. And over to you, sir.
Rinkesh Roy — Joint Managing Director & Chief Executive Officer
Thank you, Alok A Happy New Year and Happy Makar Sankranti and Pongal to you all and your families. Good evening and thank you all for joining our earnings call for the quarter and nine months ended 31st December. The global economy remains in a phase of gradual adjustment shaped by uneven growth across regions, stabilizing monetary conditions and ongoing geopolitical uncertainties. Global trade continues to be a key engine of economic activity, supply chain and customer diversification gaining importance in the global trade. India’s economic environment remained resilient, supported by strong domestic consumption and sustained government spending. Exceptionally low inflation with CPI in the vicinity of 1% provided room for monetary easing enabling the Reserve bank of India to further cut the repo rate by 25 bps in December while maintaining a neutral stance to balance growth and stability.
On the rail cargo side, different initiatives like the Liberalized Special Freight Train Operator framework are encouraging private participation and specialized wagon investments. These schemes are already showing traction with new operational flexibility introduced under LSFTO to optimize steel and bulk cargo movements. Indian Railways freight performance continues to strengthen India’s economic backbone with cumulative loading this year crossing the 1 billion tonne mark in November 25. At JSW Infrastructure this quarter we strengthened our presence across both business segments, ports and logistics. In the ports business, we have entered into an agreement with Mineral Development Oman to develop a greenfield port with a capacity of 27 million tonnes per annum backed by an investment of USD419 million. Additionally, I am pleased to share that we have successfully completed construction at the JNPA Liquid Terminal and a final commissioning certificate is awaited from the authorities.
Regarding our ongoing projects, the 302-kilometer iron ore slurry pipeline continues to progress steadily and remains on schedule. To date, 227-kilometers of welding and 205-kilometers of pipeline lowering have been completed. One of the key long lead items, the electrical pump, has also been delivered to site. The project is on track for completion by March ’27. Once operational, it will significantly improve the efficiency and reliability of iron ore transportation. Meanwhile, the construction activities at the Jatadhar Port are in full swing with pile foundation work completed by 40% and 5.6 million cubic meters of dredging being completed with a work completion target of March ’27.
As communicated earlier, our operations and maintenance contracts in the UAE at the ports of Fujairah and Dibba have delivered strong operational performance. Notably, the port of Fujairah has exceeded its minimum cargo volume commitments reflecting strong throughput and efficient handling. This outperformance resulted us to benefit from a share in the profitability generated from the incremental cargo of 0.8 million tonnes, further enhancing the commercial value of our engagement at the port. In our logistics business, we have expanded into the rail rake segment by acquiring 100% equity in three entities from the group at an enterprise value of INR1,212 crores. This acquisition provides immediate access to Indian Railways GPWIS and LSFTO schemes along with long term licenses under these programs. The target entities hold a fleet of 22 rakes as of December ’25 with three additional rakes to be delivered this quarter taking our total count to 25 rakes. We expect the closure of the acquisition shortly.
Additionally, our subsidiary Navkar Corp. has received a letter of acceptance for the development of a Gati Shakti Multimodal Terminal on railway land at Somathane. At Kudathini which is near Ballari, first container rake was flagged off marking the first private rail terminal in the region. At GCT Arakkonam, the setting up of railway track work is 90% completed and we expect the rail operations to commence in Q4 of FY ’26. Overall, JSW Infrastructure handled 90 million tonnes of cargo during the period April to December ’25, marking a 5% year-on-year growth. The growth was driven by strong performance at Southwest Port, Dharamtar Port and interim operations from JNPA and Tuticorin, while the growth was offset by subdued cargo volumes at the Paradip Iron Ore Terminal, which saw a decline of approximately 3.9 million tonnes due to challenging macroeconomic conditions in the seaborne iron ore export market.
However, the recent monthly trends in Paradip Iron Ore are encouraging with monthly volumes of 0.8 million in November and 1 million in December.
Logistics segment, which is mainly Navkar delivered a standout performance during the period April to December FY ’26 marked by a strong operational volumes. The total EXIM cargo volumes reached 245,000 TEUs, representing a robust 23% Y-on-Y growth and domestic cargo volume stood at 1.07 million tonnes, up 35% compared to the same period last year. The operating EBITDA for the nine months stood at INR78 crores. Overall on a consolidated basis, our operating revenue was INR3,839 crores for the nine months of FY ’26, representing a 20% Y-on-Y growth, operating EBITDA for the period stood at INR1,834 crores, marking a 13% increase while net profit reached INR1,123 crores, reflecting a strong growth of 11%.
Following a detailed review of the progress achieved across our port expansion and capacity enhancement projects and in light of the strong and consistent performance delivered by the logistics segment, we have gained improved visibility into a medium term growth trajectory. In parallel, we have been cognizant of the feedback from many of you regarding growth outlook for FY ’27 and FY ’28 with FY ’28 representing a landmark year in our expansion journey. Taking this external feedback together with our internal assessments and operating momentum, we are pleased to formally articulate our operating revenue and EBITDA guidances for FY ’27 and FY ’28, reflecting disciplined execution and a continued focus on value accretive growth.
We are targeting a consolidated revenue of INR5,400 crores and operating EBITDA of INR2,600 crores for FY 2026. Building on this FY ’26 base, we anticipate EBITDA growth of approximately 15% in FY ’27 and expect it to double approximately by FY ’28. This outlook reflects our confidence in strong operational performance, clear visibility of growth projects in the port business and our ability to transition rolling assets from capex to EBITDA contribution in the logistics segment.
With this, let me hand over to Mr. Nagarajan to take you through the financials and other details.
Jambunathan Nagarajan — Chief Financial Officer
Thank you, sir and good evening everybody. Let me first talk about our port business. In Q3 FY ’26 the company handled cargo volume of 31.7 million tonnes as compared to 29.4 million tonnes for the quarter ended December ’24. The 8% volume jump was primarily driven by strong performance at Goa, Dharamtar Port and also overseas operations. Additionally, interim operations at Tuticorin Terminal and JNPA Liquid Terminal contributed positively. Despite these strong contributions from key ports and terminals, growth was impacted by lower volumes at our Paradip ports which is the iron ore and the coal terminals.
Third party cargo went up to 15.7 million tonnes from 14.3 million tonnes, representing a 10% growth and the share of third party volume stood at 50% versus 49% a year ago. The growth in cargo volume and the change in volume mix resulted in a 9.9% Y-o-Y increase in operational revenue which stood at INR1,164 crore in Q3 FY ’26. Operational EBITDA for the port segment was at INR611 crores, up from INR570 crores and increased by 7% on the back of strong operational performance at both Dharamtar and Southwest ports.
Navkar Corporation delivered a strong operational and financial results in Q3 FY ’26. Total EXIM cargo volumes reached 85,000 TEUs representing a jump of 19 percentage Y-o-Y basis. Domestic cargo volumes stood at 4,05,000 tonnes, up 45% compared to same period last year. Revenue from operations for Navkar rose to INR186 crores while operating EBITDA jumped to INR33 crores showing substantial improvement while net profit increased to INR9 crores, a significant turnaround from a loss of INR11 crore in previous year. Total consolidated operating revenue for the company stood at INR1,350 crore and total operating EBITDA stood at INR644 crores, reflecting a Y-o-Y growth of 14% and 10%, respectively.
Consolidated depreciation was at INR164 crore versus INR138 crore previous year, increase being primarily on account of consolidation of Navkar Corp. and capitalization of our covered shed project at SWPL Goa. Finance cost was at INR79 crores in the current quarter as compared to INR97 crores, respectively in the quarter ended December due to retirement of a commercial paper of INR1,000 crores. During the quarter ended December ’25 we recognized a forex loss of INR14 crores primarily driven by the fluctuation USD/INR exchange rate. This is a non-cash accounting adjustment in accordance with Ind AS 109. In contrast the same quarter last year recorded a loss of INR159 crores, almost INR32 crores we have also transferred to OCI.
As a Result, PBT for Q3 FY ’26 stood at INR446 crores compared to INR276 crores in Q3 showing an increase of 62% Y-o-Y. The effective tax rate for Q3 stood at 17% as compared to a tax credit of INR56 crores in the same period last year. The tax rate was due to recognition of credits related to ESOPs in Q3 last year. PAT for the current quarter increased by 9% at INR365 crores as compared to INR336 crores in the same period last year, driven by higher EBITDA. The aggregate financial commitment across all growth projects encompassing awarded work orders and procurement of materials stood at approximately INR4,000 crores and a capex spend of INR1,383 crores up to December 2025. As of December ’25, we have a net debt of INR1,888 crore with a net debt to operating EBITDA of 0.76 and one of the strongest balance sheet in the sector. This coupled with steadily increasing annual cash flows from the current asset base, we are well positioned to pursue a growth plan to enhance our present cargo handling capacity to 400 million tonnes and parallelly grow our logistic business.
With this, I request the operator to open the line for Q&A. Thank you.
Questions and Answers:
Operator
Sir, shall we open the floor for questions?
Jambunathan Nagarajan
Sure. Yes, please.
Operator
Thank you very much. Ladies and gentlemen, we’ll now begin with the question-and-answer session. [Operator Instructions] First question is from Sumit Kishore from Axis Capital. Please go ahead.
Sumit Kishore
Good evening. Good to see that the commissioning timelines for your major port projects are largely unchanged. Could you help us with the capex in the nine month period split into ports and logistics. And what is your guidance for FY ’26? You had mentioned about INR55 billion on the previous call. Also, I see that you are giving guidance for ’26 to ’28 for the port and logistics business on revenue EBITDA. It will be great if you can spell out your capex targets for FY ’27 and ’28 across ports and logistics. That’ll be my first question.
Jambunathan Nagarajan
Yeah. So for FY ’26 we expect a spend of INR3,500 crores, primarily INR2,000 crores on the port side and INR1,500 crores on the logistics space. In logistics we expect a closure of the transaction which we announced in December in this quarter. So that itself will be at INR100 crore outflow. So INR3,500 crores spent for FY ’26 and FY ’27 to ’28, both the years put together we are seeing that port spend will be around INR13,000 crores and logistics spend will be INR3,500 crores.
Sumit Kishore
Okay. Your FY ’26 target for capex seems to have come up by about INR20 billion versus earlier guidance. It was INR40 billion for ports and INR15 billion for logistics. Is there any specific reason for the port capex to have reduced?
Jambunathan Nagarajan
So, orders, the purchase orders have been raised as I have already highlighted. It is just that the payout has been deferred because we have gone for some bank guarantees and LCs and all, so payouts we have deferred to the next two years. But the purchase orders are — raising of purchase orders are on track.
Rinkesh Roy
And just to add on the logistics segment, we have actually been better than the guidance because there is an acquisition into place.
Sumit Kishore
Second question is, you had reduced your volume growth guidance to 8% to 10%. The impact on Paradip coal and iron ore is well noted. But now is the revised target lower because the fourth quarter ask seems to be quite high with even 8% growth.
Rinkesh Roy
So we’ll be looking at a reasonable target of around 123 million tonnes for this year and for the coming year it would be in the range of 6% to 7%. And then on you will have a massive ramp up to 165 million to 175 million tonnes.
Sumit Kishore
FY ’28?
Rinkesh Roy
FY ’28. Correct.
Sumit Kishore
Okay. Also one last question. I know I’ve already asked two, on the logistics side of your revenue target for FY ’27 of INR18.2 billion. Now with the acquisition from the group that you have done of INR12.2 billion enterprise value and your growth from the MMLPs that you are developing in Navakar, what kind of number is already in, sort of visible from what you have in your business so far. And so what is of the 3x jump that we are looking at from FY ’26 to ’27, where is it that additional visibility would be required or would come through beyond what you have told us?
Rinkesh Roy
So as you have seen, we did a remarkable turnaround in Navkar. So what was you know earlier when we took over the company it was doing around INR3 crore per month EBITDA. We have now gone up to around INR13 crores and that journey is still ongoing. So for FY ’27 we are looking at broadly in the range of INR450 crores to INR500 crores EBITDA for Navkar and between INR750 crores — for the entire logistics business and INR750 crores to INR800 crores for the entire logistics business in FY ’28.
Sumit Kishore
Yeah. So what I was asking is that how much of this EBITDA projection is from what you already have in in terms of the real businesses acquired from the group Navkar or is some other acquisition or non-linear growth required to reach this target?
Jambunathan Nagarajan
Yeah. So INR160 crores is what we are expecting for FY ’27 from Navakar taking a run rate of INR40 crores per quarter. And already we have guided the market that INR150 crores we will be getting on the 25 rakes which we will be buying from JSW Shipping. So that takes it to INR310 crores. And we are placing orders for additional rakes because that also is something which we have guided the market that overall we will be having 67 LSFTO/GPWS rakes. So as a part of that story incremental orders will be placed for LSFTO rakes and container rakes, so all which will commence from February onwards, placement of orders. All these rakes obviously the delivery will start by say August/September. So all in put together we can expect this EBITDA is what we have guided.
Sumit Kishore
Got it. Thank you. And wish you all the best.
Operator
Thank you. Next question is from Priyankar Biswas from JM Financial. Please go ahead.
Priyankar Biswas
Thanks for the opportunity, sir. And of course, I would say quite a good turnaround in Navkar in particular. My question actually builds on, let’s say Sumit’s question earlier. Since you have given us more or less a roadmap like INR700 crores of EBITDA in logistics, can you further elaborate like how does this INR700 crores goes to, let’s say the eventual target of INR2,000 crores by FY ’30. Like what sort of contributions will come from the GCTs, the containers? If you can share some more details like GCT economics, how does it work? If you can slightly elaborate.
Rinkesh Roy
So if you look at the entire logistics business, there are three main components. One are terminals and number two is the rakes and number three are the physical containers. So these are the three main components which drive the logistics business. So in each of the three components, we have fixed a target ratio so that we end up broadly having around 25 terminals across India in the next three years. Similarly, the rake fleet, we’re looking at upping it over 200 plus including LSFTO and container rakes and the container physical containers that we’re looking at upping it to close to 8,000 to 10,000 acquisition over the next three years to get into that EBITDA number. So as and when we have been applying and getting all these terminals through bids and acquiring something, so these numbers are holding true and we are finding that we’ll be able comfortably be able to achieve this target.
Priyankar Biswas
So If I may just ask, with 25 terminals, let’s say when you put it in place by FY ’29, what sort of EBITDA we should be able to make in the terminal space itself?
Jambunathan Nagarajan
So Priyankar, so roughly just to give a breakup, so 50 container rakes, we are targeting a INR200 crores EBITDA from FY ’28 perspective, I’m saying 50 container rakes, container rakes and 50 LSFTO rakes, we are looking at around INR275 crores of EBITDA. Just a breakup I’m giving. So that INR200 crores plus INR275 crores stands at INR475 crores. Navakar already will clock around INR180 crores in FY ’28. Plus the terminals like Kudathini and a few more which we have, that will all take us to INR700 crores. And these are all terminals which are growing up and we’ll be having around six to seven of them which will all be in the expansion phase, gradual ramp up phase is what I can say.
Priyankar Biswas
Okay.
Jambunathan Nagarajan
So the drivers which for the first two years will be coming from this container rigs and the LSFTO rigs because the lead time is just a few months whereas the ICDs and the CFS, the drivers, the driver EBITDA driver will be coming more in FY ’29 and ’30 because by that time the construction would have happened and the contributions and EBITDA ramp up will begin.
Priyankar Biswas
Okay, okay, that’s very clear. So broadly it would mean like in a steady state, maybe almost close to, let’s say INR1,000-odd can come from the terminals itself. Like broad understanding, like FY ’30 something like that.
Jambunathan Nagarajan
Stopping at this 50 rakes on container and 50 rakes on LSFTO. Obviously it’s a matter of as and when the routes are mapped in we can always go and buy out more container rakes and more LSFTO rakes.
Priyankar Biswas
And if I may just squeeze one more in. So in for the port segment you are roughly highlighting INR2,485 crores in FY ’26 and then this port’s EBITDA is crossing INR4,000 crore levels in FY ’28. So if you can elaborate which are the key ports in your opinion and or let’s say contributions from slurry pipeline if that is included. So how do we reach this INR4,300 crores odd levels? So if you can just elaborate a bit. That’s my last question.
Jambunathan Nagarajan
Yeah. So slurry, we have a take or pay contract which can throw out INR800 crores if constructed on time. Jatadhar can give another INR300 crores to INR400 crores. And the rest of the two brownfield expansions which are happening at Dharamtar and Jaigarh can give out the balance numbers with a 50% capacity utilization because we expect the steel business to commence in the second half. So that is the way we have calibrated our numbers for these two ports, that is Jaigarh and Dharamtar.
Priyankar Biswas
Okay, that’s very clear, sir. Thank you for the detailed answer.
Operator
Thank you. Next question is from line of Aditya Mongia from Kotak. Please go ahead.
Aditya Mongia
Good evening everyone and thank you for the opportunity. I’ll go ahead with my questions. The first one being on the port EBITDA margin. Normally it seems as if there’s been a Y-o-Y decline that has happened. So just wanted to get a sense as to what is driving it. Is it something linked to pricing trends that you are discovering or other factors behind beyond it here?
Rinkesh Roy
So the growth if you see has mostly come from low EBITDA terminals at JNPT or at Tuticorin. And that is the main reason why you getting the EBITDA margin is lower. It’s not a major lower but marginal, it has reduced.
Jambunathan Nagarajan
Also in Q3 of this financial year in one of our NDCs in Jaigarh we have taken a repair of INR8 crores. So that was a one-off item incurred in this quarter. Also in Paradip coal terminal we have taken some preventive maintenance to the tune of INR8 crores. So these are two expenses to the tune of around INR17 crores which have been incurred in these ports which have been booked in Q3. So this is like a onetime spend I would say which should not be kind of taken that it will be recurring in nature. So to that extent there is a distortion in a percentage.
Aditya Mongia
Could you also clarify what is the data from an ESOP charge perspective on a Y-o-Y basis in third quarter?
Jambunathan Nagarajan
So last year it was INR15.37. Current year it is INR5.38. I’m talking about Q3.
Aditya Mongia
Understood. So net effect of about INR7 crores.
Jambunathan Nagarajan
Yeah.
Aditya Mongia
Understood. Just a last point of clarity, maybe then I’ll come back in the queue. Just focusing on the standalone financials which is my sense represents more your Goa operations, correct me if I’m wrong over there, but it seemed as if the incremental gross margins were quite limited over there. Just trying to get a sense whether there is anything to read over there or not. It’s a small thing. I’m just trying to clarify standard operations that makes maximum margins on a Y-o-Y basis.
Rinkesh Roy
We couldn’t get you. Could you please repeat what you said?
Aditya Mongia
The standalone margins, incremental sales and let’s say incremental EBITDA coming on a Y-o-Y basis is pretty low for the third quarter as well as for a nine-month period. Just trying to get a sense of what’s driving the same.
Jambunathan Nagarajan
So it is more to do with a mix which is again from the subsidiaries only. Otherwise there is nothing much to infer in that.
Aditya Mongia
Thank you for response. I’ll get back in the queue. Thank you.
Operator
Thank you. Next question is from line of Achal Lohade from Nuvama. Please go ahead.
Achal Lohade
Yeah, good evening. Thank you for the opportunity. Just one quick clarification. You said EBITDA to grow 15% Y-o-Y in FY ’27 and double in FY ’28. Do you mean doubling from FY ’26 or doubling from FY ’27?
Rinkesh Roy
FY ’26. Doubling from FY ’26.
Achal Lohade
Understood. Thank you for that clarification, sir. The second question I have with respect to the target capacities, does it require now more acquisitions to achieve the same or we are broadly through now the focus is entirely only on executing the existing project?
Rinkesh Roy
So we are broadly through. We are now totally focused on completion of these projects. And like as I told you, the slurry pipeline, Jatadhar, the terminals, one of the terminals which we had taken on PPP, it has already, it’s, you know, on the verge of commissioning. So we are broadly on track into completing and executing these projects on time.
Jambunathan Nagarajan
Whilst the focus is on completing the projects, we will also be participating in the PPP process and any good opportunity comes up, we will definitely be bidding for those also.
Rinkesh Roy
If you would have seen our presentation, 400 million plus is what they will be adding on this PPP projects will be adding on beyond the 400 million tonne capacity that we are targeting.
Achal Lohade
Right. I was to ask the second question that only sir. What is the — how’s the momentum? Has it like considerably slow down compared to what we were hoping for say about three quarters back?
Rinkesh Roy
No. If you look at it, we won the bids for berth seven and eight in Syama Prasad Mookerjee Port. And now we are looking — we’ve again applied for another bid in the same place. So we are on track and we’re you know evaluating each opportunity as and when it comes.
Achal Lohade
Understood. And just one more question with respect to the tariff. There was earlier some thoughts about we would be able to reprice or have the freedom to charge the tariff at the major port terminals what we operate.
Rinkesh Roy
As we clarified earlier also, so these are in the new MCA. So the two terminals that we are talking of, JNPA and Tuticorin as well as the one which we won in Kolkata, all the three terminals have this clarity on free pricing.
Achal Lohade
Right. What about existing? Is there any case of…
Rinkesh Roy
That is an issue that will be taken — a call will be taken by the ministry. So we can’t really know base our entire business on when that’s going to happen. So the new ones are on this policy.
Achal Lohade
But is the discussion on? I wanted to check if there is any update? Like any advanced stage of anything.
Rinkesh Roy
So that discussion is on. But we can’t really tell you a date or something on that.
Achal Lohade
Yeah. Yeah, that is right, sir. All right. That’s all from my end. Thank you so much.
Operator
Thank you. Next question is from the line of Ketan Jain from Avendus Spark. Please go ahead.
Ketan Jain
Thank you. Sir, just a question on the expansion capacities of slurry pipeline and Jatadhar port. I just wanted to understand how much of the cargo in these ports on these infrastructure assets is towards our group cargo from JSW steel in the slurry pipeline and from major other port.
Rinkesh Roy
So the slurry pipeline and Jatadhar as of now in the initial period it will be entirely group. So we should have clarity on that. The slurry pipeline is built primarily serving a captive mine to a captive port. So these quantities will be on the group cargo. Do we expect — let me further clarify to you. We expect that in, by ’27, ’28 we should be landing up into 53% to 55% group versus 47% to 45% third party because of these two developments.
Ketan Jain
Understood. And so sir, is this dependent on existing facilities of JSW steel or is it on an expansion project in Odisha with which these assets will be utilized?
Rinkesh Roy
So these are with the existing mines, iron ore mines at in Nuagaon JSW has got, I don’t know, mines at Nuagaon. So that is connected, the iron ore movement is connected to that particular set of mines and the movement further will be depending on Dolvi or Vijayanagar as depending on the demand.
Ketan Jain
Understood. And just so will this cannibalize the cargo from Paradip iron ore terminal which we already have?
Rinkesh Roy
No, this is a separate stream of cargo.
Ketan Jain
Understood. Just wanted to…
Rinkesh Roy
In the current period most of the cargo that we got at Paradip were mostly third party cargo. It was less of group cargo. So there’s absolutely nothing that we’re looking at cannibalizing from Paradip.
Ketan Jain
Understood. Understood. Thank you for the response. Just one last question. Sir, if you could help me understand the railway rakes segment which we are entering in about the acquisition, the rationale and the opportunity size in this. If you could just explain a bit about the business model and how attractive this is.
Rinkesh Roy
So basically, there are two major components on this rakes that we have acquired. One is called through something called the GPWI scheme. So these are called General Purpose Wagon Investment Schemes. So these are currently operating in the eastern area, that is they serve BPSL and Paradip Port to Bengal, they carry clinkers. So it’s a broad triangulated kind of movement that is done. The balance is of LSFTO wagons. So LSFTO wagons have two components. Here again we have one group of wagons which deliver iron ore to Vijayanagar and [Indecipherable] and we have another set of wagons which carry finished steel.
So if you look at it, the rational was that Vijayanagar currently in India has now ramped up production to 18 million tonnes per annum. So this has now become a single point where you are looking at an output of 1.5 million tonnes of steel coming out from that plant. And in that the majority is being carried by Indian Railway rakes or by road. The margin, the movement through these specialized wagons are very less. So that is where we want to enter and we want to further ramp it up as we had told earlier. So these numbers we are looking at, ramping it up from 25 gradually to 50 and then further onwards moving it up. Similarly, Dolvi on the West Coast is also ramping up its production from 10 to 15. So every month you are looking at output of a million tonnes plus coming out from these two locations. And that is where we had thought that we will enter into this area.
Ketan Jain
Understood sir. Thank you. I’ll get back into the queue.
Operator
Thank you. Next question is from the land of Aritra Banerjee from Nomura. Please go ahead.
Aritra Banerjee
Yeah, thanks for taking my question. And congratulations on a good quarter with a strong set of numbers. My first question is regarding the slurry pipeline. So if you could please provide a bit of color regarding the kind of margin profile or the return profile that one might expect from this asset.
Jambunathan Nagarajan
So margins will be around two-third.
Aritra Banerjee
Two-third. Okay. And another question is this is the guidance that you’re given for FY ’26. So basis that for 4Q there seems to be a bit of a higher growth rate around 20%, 21% if my calculations are correct. Could you please shed some light on what will be driving this high sort of growth rate in the fourth quarter for us to meet the guidance for FY ’26?
Jambunathan Nagarajan
Yes. So every year we have been booking in the fourth quarter an income of around INR70 crores to INR75 crores which accretes from one of our contracts in the LNG terminal which we have at Jaigarh. So this year also it won’t be much different because we have a take-or-pay contract with one of our customers at Jaigarh. That will be a lumpsum income which will be booked in Q4 to the tune of around INR70 to INR75 crores. So that is what is queuing your Q4 a bit favorably.
Aritra Banerjee
Understood. And if you can squeeze in one last question. So regarding the logistics business. So our 2030 roadmap states a target of around INR8,000 crores of revenue and basis the guidance that they’ve given till FY ’28. So that still, translates into sort of a very steep required run rate for the remaining two years. That is FY ’29, FY ’30. So will it — will we be including any sort of inorganic acquisitions to reach a longer roadmap target or would it be coming through all the assets that we already have acquired or we have under us?
Jambunathan Nagarajan
There will be further acquisitions or construction of CFS/ICDs which will be ongoing. And as I said, what we have already announced, that ramp up itself will be happening from ’28 onwards gradually point number one plus acquisition of further container wakes and LSFTO rakes will continue.
Aritra Banerjee
Got it. Got it. Those were my three questions. Thank you. And all the best for the remaining quarters.
Operator
Thank you very much. Next question is from the line of Mohit Kumar from ICICI Securities. Please go ahead.
Mohit Kumar
Hi, good evening, sir. And thanks for the opportunity. My first question is what kind of numbers or volumes you are baking in from Jaigarh and Dharamtar due to steel expansion at Dolvi. And do you see any risk of delaying steel expansion by six months or so, sort of. Because it will start affecting our FY ’28 numbers. Yeah.
Jambunathan Nagarajan
Around INR10 million is what we have baked for FY ’28. Plus our understanding is that even if steel business has to start, the working capital accretion should commence a quarter before. So that is the way we have done our workings.
Vishesh Pachnanda
Yeah, yeah. Mohit, just to add, see, the peak cargo that can come is close to 27 million to 28 million tonnes. But in this guidance, on a very conservative side, we have assumed only 10 million tonnes in first year which is financially at ’28. So just to make a case, if there is a delay of one or two months, even up to six months, this 10 million tonne is very, very safe and conservative. That is how we are looking at it. But if you ask me the what is the peak potential? This would be 27 million to 28 million tonnes.
Mohit Kumar
Okay, so baking up the one third.
Vishesh Pachnanda
Yeah.
Mohit Kumar
Understood. My second question is you are acquiring JSW rail business, right? What was the, what is the gross block of the asset you are acquiring? And are there any other JSW group which has, which are similar rail business outside of this particular transaction?
Jambunathan Nagarajan
So gross block is around INR830 crores and as we speak we have already gotten around 22 rakes and two rakes are expected to come this month and one rake is expected in February. So put together it will be around INR830 crores inclusive of GST.
Mohit Kumar
My question is, are there any other businesses which also has similar logistics business which you might be interested in? I think JSW shipping also has some ships, right? Is there any plan to get into shipping, etc.?
Rinkesh Roy
No, no, no. We are not getting into shipping.
Mohit Kumar
Understood, sir. Thank you and all the best. Thank you.
Operator
Thank you very much. Next question is from the line of Alok Deora from Motilal Oswal. Please go ahead.
Alok Deora
Yeah, good evening, sir. Thanks for the opportunity, just one question I had. Most of the questions were answered. Thanks for giving this year by year, assessment on how the ports business and logistics business will shape up. So my question is more pertaining to FY ’28 where we see a really sharp jump in the ports revenue as well as in the logistics business. So just wanted to understand how that will come because we are looking at a, almost a 65%-plus growth in revenue across, these, across the ports side and even at the consolidated side. So how are we looking at it?
Vishesh Pachnanda
Yeah, look, I think in one of the answer Nagarajan actually articulated, there are four projects which will contribute to this incremental or the large bump which you are talking about from ’27 to ’28. So one of them is slurry pipeline project which is, on take-or-pay contract. So you, your revenues and EBITDA are almost sure. Then you have Jatadhar port which is again in our guidance we are very conservative, building only to 10 million to 12 million tonnes of cargo. And then the Jaigarh and Dharamtar, two projects put together. So this chunk of four projects provides you a meaningful growth in FY ’28.
Jambunathan Nagarajan
Yeah. And point to be noted is in all these four projects there is no concept of royalty. So per se, in all these four projects, EBITDA margin will be slightly elevated.
Alok Deora
Sure. Just one last question. In logistics, even in FY ’28 we are capturing around 20% or slightly lower than 20% margins. If I just take the revenue and the EBITDA guidance which we have given out. So in FY ’30 we are almost looking at a 25% EBITDA margin. So what would really change there that we are looking at a 600 basis points, 700 basis points improvement in, in the two year period from ’28 to ’30. Because by FY ’28 itself our logistics business will be quite stable. So the margin should be ideally the stable state margin. Yeah, that would be my question.
Jambunathan Nagarajan
Yeah. So FY ’27 and ’28, if you see the revenue as well as the EBITDA is primarily driven from acquisition of this container rakes and LSFTO rakes. And just to give a split between an elevated ’27 EBITDA margin versus a bit lower ’28 EBITDA margin because the focus will be more on LSFTO rakes. As you are aware, for GPWS there is a moratorium. And from a EBITDA percentage perspective, the first 25 rakes which we have acquired, 19 are under GPWS and six will be under LSFTO. And in LSFTO the margins are slightly lower vis-a-vis under GPWS.
GPWS the margins are typically higher. So in our total pack of 50 rakes, 19 rakes which will be there in FY ’27 will continue in ’28 also. But the incremental ’25 rakes is all for LSFTO wherein the margins will be lower. So that is where you can see the logistic business margin is slightly dropping from ’27 to ’28, FY ’27 to FY ’28. And to answer your second question on the overall margins moving up from 20% to 25%, the ICDs and CFS revenues, income EBITDA will accrete in FY ’29, ’30 which will all be under construction and under ramp up phase from ’27, ’28 onwards.
Rinkesh Roy
So generally the clearances to get the permission for ICDs and all, they generally take 1.5 to two years. So that is where you will have the terminals and their conversion into ICDs. There being a time gap in that.
Alok Deora
Sure, sure. Got it, sir. Thank you so much, sir. And all the best.
Operator
Thank you. And now I hand the conference over to the management for closing comments.
Rinkesh Roy
So as we have been and I have been repeatedly stressing, there are three main focus areas for the management team and that we have been continuously trying to do. Number one, early completion of projects which will result in doubling of EBITDA by FY ’28, the focus on ramping up of our logistics business, which are rolling assets in nature and will result in immediate conversion to EBITDA. And the third is on efficiency gains. So these are our three prime focus areas and we remain committed to it. Thank you.
Operator
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