Productivity, investment, others gives APM Terminals ‘Port Operator Award’

In recognition of its efforts in establishing new industry standards in the area of productivity, investment in underserved markets, multi-ports, safety, inland services and innovations, APM Terminals, the Danish terminal operator, has been named the winner of the 2015 Lloyd’s List Global ‘Port Operator Award’.

The company, which is constantly growing and operates 65 ports globally, has received the coveted global award for the second time in the past four years. The fully-automated, wind-generated electricity-powered terminal is the world’s most technologically advanced and environmentally sustainable terminal, designed to handle ultra-large containerships safely and efficiently.

“We are very proud of what we have been able to accomplish as a team of more than 20,000 people and grateful for this recognition by the judges” said Kim Fejfer, APM Terminals CEO.

Continuing: he added, “Leadership in innovation, safety, productivity and new investment, however, are not new goals or results for APM Terminals.”

On the local level, APM Terminals Pier 400 Los Angeles, the world’s largest propriety container terminal, in North America’s busiest container port, won two awards at the 66th Annual Pacific Maritime Association Area Accident Prevention Committee Safety Awards in March 2015.

Also, APM Terminals Apapa, which operates the busiest container terminal in West Africa, with 700,000 TEUs handled in 2014, was named the ‘Most Environmentally Conscious Port Operator at the Lagos Port Complex’ by the Nigerian Port Authority’s (NPA) Environment Department of the Health, Safety and Environment Division.

The company in 2014 demonstrated industry leadership in key areas, dominating the JOC Group’s annual terminal productivity study, as well as reducing the Lost-Time Incident Frequency (LTIF) rate throughout the APM Terminals port and inland services operations by 22 percent over the year prior. The JOC Group study cited 13 facilities within the APM Terminals Global Terminal Network as among the world’s productivity leaders for the first half of 2014, as measured by crane moves per hour (MPH) with a vessel alongside.

APM Terminals also continued to invest in emerging markets underserved by modern infrastructure, where industry-leading standards of safety and productivity have an even greater impact.

In terms of safety, the combined LTIF rate for APM Terminals’ port and inland services operations fell to 1.41 per million man-hours worked in 2014 from 1.81 in 2013; this is the eighth consecutive annual decline in the LTIF rate for the APM Terminals port and Inland Services portfolio.

Search reveals that the transition of global container fleet to an increasing dependency on vessels of 10,000 TEU capacities and above, has introduced challenges to the port and terminal operating industry. These are reflected in both demand for greater terminal productivity and the need for increased accident risk awareness with larger volumes of container movements required for each vessel call.