APM Terminal Sets New Productivity Milestone — Spokesperson

Leading terminal operator; APM Terminal said it has set a new productivity record for container terminals in Nigeria.
According to a statement issued in Lagos by its Communications& Sustainability Manager; Austine Fischer, APM said it achieved the feat last month when the terminal handled Safmarine’s vessel; the 62,557 DWT, 4,500 TEU MV Safmarine Chambal. He added that APM Terminals handled 868 container moves during an 11 hour, 30 minute operation.

Leading terminal operator; APM Terminal said it has set a new productivity record for container terminals in Nigeria.
According to a statement issued in Lagos by its Communications& Sustainability Manager; Austine Fischer, APM said it achieved the feat last month when the terminal handled Safmarine’s vessel; the 62,557 DWT, 4,500 TEU MV Safmarine Chambal. He added that APM Terminals handled 868 container moves during an 11 hour, 30 minute operation.
According to him, “gross crane productivity was 19 container moves per crane per hour, resulting in berth productivity of 75.63 moves per hour”.
He quoted the company’s Managing Director; Andrew Dawes, as saying: “This is the first time APM Terminals has crossed the important benchmark of 75 berth moves per hour, and we believe we are the first container terminal in Nigeria to have done so”, commented
“We believe this sets a new benchmark for container terminals in Nigeria,” he added.
“Consistent high terminal berth productivity is a critical cost driver for all shipping lines, and translates directly into significant bunker cost savings for the industry, and thereby to lower overall supply chain costs for the Nigerian importers”, commented Jan Thorhauge, Managing Director of Maersk Line, Nigeria.
“Achieving the levels of productivity delivered by APM Terminals on the MV SafmarineChambai with a Mobile Harbour Crane operation is quite remarkable. We are delighted and offer our congratulations to the operational team at APM Terminals,” he added.
According to the spokesperson, with a “container throughput of 699,000 TEU in 2014, APM Terminals Apapa is the leading container terminal in Nigeria by market share.”
He stressed that, “since 2006, APM Terminals has invested $350 million in expansion and upgrades to infrastructure more than doubling capacity whilst eliminating vessel waiting times, improving productivity, and removing bottlenecks thereby reducing supply chain cost for Nigeria’s business community”.