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Chennai, 4 October 2007: Sical Logistics Ltd, India’s leading provider of integrated solutions for offshore multi-modal logistics and bulk and containerized cargo, won the award for Best Logistics Provider in Bulk Logistics at the Express, Logistics and Supply Chain Awards, held in Mumbai on 28 September 2007. The award was received by Sudhir S Rangnekar, MD and Group CEO, Sical Logistics, from Nigel Goode, Director, Sales (South Asia), Maersk, and Director of the Express Logistics and Supply Chain Conclave.
The awards ceremony was part of the Express, Logistics and Supply Chain Conclave held on ‘Leveraging the unique opportunities and challenges in the Indian market’ in Mumbai on 28-29 September 2007.
The annual Express, Logistics and Supply Chain awards were established in 2007 to recognize and showcase leading companies in the logistics, supply chain, and manufacturing domains. The participating companies were reviewed by an advisory council consisting of 22 jury members headed by Mr. Goode. The research partner for the awards was A C Nielsen, a research agency. The assessment criteria included excellence in customer service, range of services, value added offerings, and size of network.
Comment by Sudhir Rangnekar, MD and Group CEO, Sical Logistics
“We are honored to receive this award . For more than 52 years, Sical has provided world class services to the Indian bulk logistics sector. As South Asia's largest bulk cargo handling service provider by volume, moving 21 million tonnes of cargo annually, and among India's leading logistics solutions provider for integrated multimodal container and offshore logistics, we are committed to excellence and will strive to be benchmark for high quality, innovative,
customer-focused solutions.”
Sical's bulk logistics division consists of port and inland logistics. Port logistics consists of services like port handling, stevedoring, custom house agency, and shipping with operations across all of India's major ports: Chennai, Tuticorin, Vishakapatnam, Nhavasheva/Mumbai, Paradip, Goa, Mangalore and Ennore.
Sical's inland logistics consists of trucking and warehousing services.
About Sical
Sical Logistics Ltd is India’s leading provider of integrated solutions for offshore logistics and multi-modal logistics for bulk and containerized cargo. In 2006-07, Sical handled nearly 21 millliion tonnes of bulk cargo and 500,000 TEUs of containerized cargo, the most by any third party logistics provider in South Asia.
The services of the company are segmented as:
- Bulk: Stevedoringl; port terminals; customs house agency; trucking.
- Container: Container terminals; inland container depots and container freight stations.
- Offshore: Platform supply vessels to service offshore oil and gas exploration; operations and maintenance of of platform supply vessels.
Sical's delivery network includes an exclusive walk-in berth at Chennai for ships carrying bulk cargo; a container terminal at Tuticorin; 450,000 square feet of storage across over 100 warehouses; owned and regularly contracted fleet of over 2500 transport vehicles, and container freight stations at 4 locations across India. Sical's FY2006-07 revenue was Rs 9.90 billion on Rs 301.9 million equity capital. |
