At the 8th Annual Express Logistics & Supply Chain Conclave, prominent Indian-based business gathering recognises service excellence.

APM Terminals India was named "Best Inland Service Provider" for the third time in three years at the recently concluded 8th Annual Express, Logistics and Supply Chain (ELSC) Conclave, 2014 held in India?s maritime and commercial capital of Mumbai. The award was presented among the categories of ELSC Service Excellence on September 25th.

"This award once again fully justifies the faith that our customers have put in us over the past three years, and is also a reaffirmation of our dedication to the container logistics market in the sub-continent," said APM Terminals India Managing Director and CFO, R K Sreedhar, who received the award on behalf of the company. APM Terminals India operates inland services facilities serving major Indian ports at Nhava Sheva, Chennai, and Cochin, and at Dadri, near the capital of New Delhi.

Indian ports handled a combined container throughput of 10.4 million TEUs in 2013, with the largest, Jawaharlal Nehru Port (Nhava Sheva), serving the Port of Mumbai, accounting for approximately 4.5 million TEUs. APM Terminals Mumbai is the largest container terminal at Nhava Sheva, with a throughput of 1.9 million TEUs in 2013. A second sea terminal, APM Terminals Pipavav in the State of Gujarat on India?s West Coast, handled 662,000 TEUs.

The Indian Government has projected container throughput at Nhava Sheva to grow to 11 million TEUs by 2016, and 23 million TEUs by 2020.

APM Terminals India is part of APM Terminals – a global port, terminals and inland services operator comprising of 61 ocean ports and terminals in 33 countries, along with 132 inland services locations in 48 countries – and staffed by 22,000 employees in 64 countries across 5 continents. The company has container freight stations with a total bonded yard area of about 3.7 million sq.ft, empty depots in more than 10 locations with state-of-the-art dry and reefer repair workshops and is backed by a strong trucking fleet to manage shunts and primary transportation. The South Asia cluster is powered by a dedicated team of over 300 accomplished professionals who focus on providing best in class integrated solutions in the field of inland container logistics. APM Terminals India has CFS facilities at Nhava Sheva, Chennai, Dadri and Cochin.