APM Terminals India Pvt. Ltd.’s Chennai Container Freight Station operations was named “Container Freight Station of the Year” at the India Maritime Gateway Awards ceremony held as part of India Maritime Week.
A large number of national and regional, government run and privately managed, CFS’ participated in the competition. Participants were judged on volume growth, operational & financial performance, innovation at work and environmental efficiencies. Mr. K. Mohandas, Secretary, Ministry of Shipping, Government of India presented the awards.
The award recognizes the company’s efforts to promote EXIM trade through the creation of modern facilities and infrastructure; and high levels of efficiency and productivity achieved by the CFS in 2011.
The Chennai CFS registered over 100% growth in volumes in 2011 compared to 2010. It has also won the 5S Excellence Award from the Confederation of Indian Industries & 5S Model Facility award from ABK ATOS recently. The facility handles all types of commodities including agricultural products, sugar, raw cotton, chemicals, apples and pears in reefers, scrap metal, newsprint, wastepaper, auto parts and appliances.
Inland Services are becoming an increasingly important component of APM Terminals Global Terminal Network, particularly in emerging markets where access to interior population and industrial centers can be limited by infrastructure constraints.
“We are committed to offering clients the best logistics solutions to their inland container activities” commented Subhasis Ghosh, Managing Director of APM Terminals Inland Services South Asia.
APM Terminals Inland Services in South Asia has a team of 280 professionals managing 7 Container Freight Stations, 10 equipment maintenance & repair locations with reefer and dry repair services and transportation solutions in the markets of Mumbai, Chennai and Dadri.
In India, APM Terminals India provides cargo transportation and support services at the ports of Chennai, Nhava Sheva (Mumbai), Pipavav, Tuticorin and Vishakhapatnam as well as inland container depots at Dadri and Loni in Delhi. APM Terminals Mumbai is India’s busiest container terminal and APM Terminals Pipavav is India’s first privately-owned port and the country’s fastest growing port for the past two years.
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World Maritime News Staff, January 31, 2012; Image: APM Terminals