Hamburg Süd announces the opening of an office in Gandhidham, India, on 1st October 2014. It is the second branch office in the state of Gujarat. Hamburg Süd already has three offices in Mumbai, New Delhi and Ahmedabad, the company said in its press release.
Effective 1st October 2014 Ahmedabad and Gandhidham office will take over all commercial activities including Marketing & Sales, Customer Order Management and day-to-day operations in Gujarat from Seabridge Maritime Agency. Mr. Paresh Kataria will head the Gandhidham Branch office.
Hamburg Sud has its weekly Europe Pakistan India (EPIC) service calling Mundra port every Wednesday and Asia India (ASIP) service calling Pipavav port every Tuesday. The port operations in Mundra and Pipavav will remain with Seabridge Maritime Agency.