Exim India the renowned shipping journal in India along with Fairplay Exposition Group organized the South East CEO CONCLAVE & AWARDS 2009, on Friday, 28th August at the Taj Coromandel, Chennai.
DP World Chennai received the prestigious award for the Best Container Terminal Operator amongst the Container Terminals in South and East India at this memorable event. This reinforces DP World Chennai’s Leadership position among the Container Terminals in this region. It shows that the DP World Chennai is not only the leader in terms of volume but also the best in terms of serving the customer’s requirements, bringing in new technology, state of art equipment & facilities and processes to enable growth of containerization in South and East India.
Mr.Ennarasu Karunesan, Director & CEO, DP World Chennai receiving the award from
Dr.P.Vijayan, Vice Chancellor, Indian Maritime University (IMU)
DP World Chennai is ranked 88th among the top container ports across the globe for the volume handled in 2008. Efforts of process re-engineering has enabled DP World Chennai to increase it’s throughput to more than One Million TEUs in 2008 from 350,000 TEUs in 2001. It has also focused on enhanced safety measures in all spheres of its operations has enabled DP World Chennai to become a “Fatal Free Terminal” for three consecutive years in a row. With the induction of 2 new twin lift quay cranes in October 2009, DP World Chennai will enhance service on all fronts to its customers.
DP World Chennai is continuously working to increase productivity on all fronts, simplify procedures, adopt transparent and easily implementable practices and add value to the supply chain that uses its services. Its status as a leading e-terminal and other initiatives coupled with process re-engineering has helped in significantly reducing the dwell time of import containers. It has achieved the proud status of being the first terminal to have an in-house electronic solution to the documentation requirements of the trade.
