Earnings at India’s leading transportation and logistics services providers took a hit in the second fiscal quarter, but there are signs of recovery.

Tight cost controls coupled with low fuel prices helped trucking giant Transport Corporation of India post healthy results in the third fiscal quarter, according to a company filing with the Bombay Stock Exchange.

Logistics giant Transport Corporation of India has launched a coastal container feeder service between West India and South India, a growing route that has seen the entry of rival feeder lines in recent months.

Trucking and logistics giant Transport Corp. of India reported its net income in the third fiscal quarter, which ended Dec. 31, 2013, was $2.3 million, jumping 27 percent year-over-year from $1.8 million.

Trucking and logistics giant Transport Corporation of India reported its net income in the first fiscal quarter, which ended June 30, was $2.34 million, increasing 3 percent from $2.27 million in the same period last year.

Rising operating costs and tight market conditions hurt profit growth at Transport Corporation of India, the country’s la