APM Terminals Mumbai & CMA CGM Group set new record

March 18, 2019: India's busiest container terminal, APM Terminals Mumbai, has set a new national record for handling largest volume exchange in a single port call - 11,026 TEUs recently.

Working closely with the CMA CGM Group India operations team, APM Terminals Mumbai set a new Indian container terminal operation record handling 11,026 TEUs on CMA CGM owned M.V. APL New York during a single port call.

Speaking of this new record, Ravi Gaitonde, COO, APM Terminals Mumbai said, "We would like to thank CMA CGM India for believing in the terminals capability to execute this operation as per their requirement. It is our constant endeavor to deliver on our customer expectations."

He further added, "This national record is a fine example of excellent collaborative efforts by the operations team, commercial team and all the support functions at APM Terminals Mumbai. They have efficiently and smoothly handled the gate, yard and vessel operations in close coordination with the operations team at CMA CGM."

Meanwhile, Ugo Vincent, managing director, CMA CGM Agencies India, added, "The CMA CGM Group, is proud to achieve this national record-breaking number of 11,026 TEUs (7179 Container moves) of cargo handling with the APL New York, in close association with APM Terminals. This achievement confirms the Group's commitment to India's economic development and to spur the country's growing role in world trade."