APM Terminals Inland Services South Asia's CFS facility at Nhava Sheva Mumbai, celebrated 20 successful years in partnering with customers and trade. The glittering event organized in Mumbai was a great opportunity to connect with and thank the leadership teams of several shipping lines, NVOCCs, tank operators, freight forwarders and cargo owners who graced the occasion.
Set up in 1994 to serve the trade as the first private CFS in NhavaSheva, the Mumbai CFS has today come a long way in supporting and lifting trade in the region through modern infrastructure, technological innovations, best in market safety standards, resulting in service excellence and enhancing customer satisfaction.
From handling Maersk only volumes in 1994, APM Terminals Mumbai CFS over the years has diversified its customer portfolio to other leading shipping lines, NVOCCs, tank operators, freight forwarders and cargo owners. To cater to the growing NhavaSheva market it expanded into a new Annex facility and introduced process and technological innovations like RFID, customer token system and mobile tracking system amongst others and continued to introduce best in market safety standards.
APM Terminals Mumbai CFS supported trade and created history by evacuating more than 2700 TEUs, from JNPT port in 7 days, during the congestion at NhavaSheva last year wherein roads leading to the port gates were severely congested with long queues of vehicles, often up to 20 kilometers.
Vikram Mathur, Business Unit Head, Mumbai CFS welcomed the dignitaries. Subhasis Ghosh, Managing Director, APM Terminals India Pvt. Ltd. and Director, Inland Services South Asia thanked the dignitaries for having faith in APM Terminals Inland Services and extending their support in enabling us to contribute to their businesses. He assured the trade that the safety of their people, cargo and container is our highest priority and APM Terminals would continue to support them through service excellence.
"APM Terminals Inland Services will continue to proactively work with our customers and stakeholders to ensure the highest levels of customer satisfaction and build more business together" added Mr. Subhasis Ghosh, Managing Director, APM Terminals India Pvt. Ltd. & Director, Inland Services, South Asia.