APM Terminals dominant in productivity rankings
A recently released JOC Group study based upon five years of data collected from 600 terminals at 400 ports and 17 global shipping lines representing 70% of the global liner fleet and over 100,000 port calls , has ranked APM Terminals Yokohama first globally in productivity, said in the company's press release.
APM Terminals Yokohama, which handled 875,000 TEUs in 2012 operated at a productivity level of 150 moves per hour (MPH) , 26% more than its closest rival. APM Terminals Mumbai, India’s busiest container terminal in 2012 with 1.96 million TEUs handled, representing 20% of I ndia’s total container throughput, ranked 6 th globally overall, and 1 st among terminals working vessels of less than 8,000 TEU capacity, with 101 MPH. APM Terminals Rotterdam, one of the busiest terminals in Europe, handling 2.5 million TEUs in 2012 , ran ked 14 th globally with 92 MPH, and 1 st in the Europe/Middle East/Africa geographic category designated by the study.
The Port of Salalah, operated by APM Terminals , ranked 7 th in the region with 72 MPH, and handled 3.65 million TEUs in 2012. Salalah also ranked 6 th among global transshipment ports. In the Americas geographic region , APM Terminals Port Elizabeth, at the Port of New York and New Jersey ranked 2 nd with 82 MPH. The terminal handled 1.1 million TEUs in 2012. “Terminal efficiency is a shared challenge and a team effort between the shipping lines and the port operators ”, noted APM Terminals CEO Kim Fejfer, adding “We greatly appreciate everyone’s contributions to productivity improvement.
The study , which was prepared by the well - known US - based JOC Group, which includes the Journal of Commerce, and the PIERs data service, noted that terminal efficiency has become an increasingly important a spect in shipping lines’ operational calculus, as sc hedule integrity and fuel costs have become much more significant factors in achieving customer satisfaction as well as a healthy bottom line. “I t’s important for all of our partners and stakeholders to know that while we are pleased with our very strong showing in this study, APM T erminals remains deeply committed to continuously increasing our productivity in every terminal, every port, and every part of the world in which we operate , and to do even better in next year’s rankings” said Mr. Fejfer . The rankings will become an annua l feature of the publication.