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Company Profile:
Anchor Container Services: A fast growing leading logistics player
Anchor Container
Services is a leading logistics player dealing with empty container
warehouse, transportation, container survey and repair as per IICL
standards, fabrication of GOH (garment on hanger) container, manufacturing
of bunkhouse, car carriers, power pack and modification of container for
special purposes as per customers’ requirements and sale/purchase of empty
container.
Established 18 years ago Anchor Container Services is also a leading service
provider in the field of container repair in the country. The team of the
company is headed by chief engineers (M&R) along with a group of
mechanical/marine engineers, IICL approved surveyors and technicians.
Anchor has a very strong list of reputed international shipping lines such
as Maersk India, Evergreen Line, MSC India, CMA-CGM, and RCL. Happag Lloyd
and many others are operating at ports, ICDs and CFS owned and operated by
Container Corporation of India and Central Warehousing Corporation.
Keeping in view the requirement of shipping lines, the company has opened
repair workshops in most of the ICDs, CFSs and private yards.
According to Sujoy Samaddar, MD, Anchor Container, apart from a
strategically located yard, the company has a large pool of versatile and
skilled staff having indepth and comprehensive knowledge of yard planning
and also examining health of containers and repairs, which is available
round the clock.
With an experience of 18 years in the above mentioned fields, the company
ventured into warehousing at Dadri, Ludhiana and Mumbai. Within a span of
three years, the company has created a niche for itself in this field as
well. The yard is fully functional and is presently storing containers of
leading shipping lines including American President Line (APL), IAL India,
Happag Lloyd India, Freight Connection India, Zim Integrated Shipping,
Maritime Services, CSAV Group, Chakiat Shipping Agencies, Goodrich Maritime,
Perma Container Line, Fairdeal Shipping Agencies, James Makintosh, CMA-CGM
Logistics Park (CCLP) and MSC Shipping Agency.
“We are profit driven and focussed on maximising revenue with a constant
endeavour to reduce costs. We continuously measure and benchmark our
performance and strive to be the best in class,” he added.
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Services
offered
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Storage
of empty containers at Dadri, Ludhiana, Mumbai
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Container
repair as per IICL standards
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Container
washing and cleaning
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Tank
container cleaning
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Container
lashing
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Fabrication of various types of GOH (Garment on Hanger) containers
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Manufacturing of bunkhouse, breakvan for railway guard, car carriers
and power pack
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Modification/conversion of container for special purposes
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Sale/purchase of empty containers
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Sale of
container spare parts
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Maintenance of railway wagons
Anchor’s
tie-up
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Container
Corporation of India Ltd (CONCOR),
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Central
Warehousing Corporation (CWC),
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Star
Track Terminals Pvt Ltd
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Adani
Logistics Ltd
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Associated Container Terminal Ltd (ACTL)
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Boxtrans
Logistics India Pvt Ltd
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Gateway
Distriparks Ltd (GDL)
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Gateway
Rail Freight Ltd (GRFL)
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Innovative Logistics B2B Solutions Pvt Ltd
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D.P.
World Ltd
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IATA forecasts
cargo traffic decline of 13 per cent in 2009
According to International Air Transport Association (IATA), cargo demand is
expected to decline by 13 per cent this year as compared to 2008. The
association has revised latest forecast of December 2008, when it had
expected a 5 per cent fall in cargo demand in 2009. The IATA has also stated
that it expects the global air transport industry to record losses of $4.7
billion in 2009.
IATA believes that carriers in the Asia Pacific region continue to be
hardest hit by the current economic turmoil and are expected to post losses
of US$ 1.7 billion. The Middle East will be the only region with a demand
growth in 2009 (+1.2 per cent).
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DHL launches Economy
Select service; offers 30% cost savings
DHL Express on March 24, 2009 launched its full suite of Intra-Asia, Economy
Select service that will include outbound shipments in India and 17 other
locations in Asia Pacific region.
DHL Economy Select service offers cost savings of up to 30 per cent,
especially for shipments of over 45 kg. DHL Economy Select offers
door-to-door delivery of non-time-sensitive outbound consignments within
Asia Pacific at lower shipping costs. DHL said the added advantages are
without any compromise in service quality or access to DHL’s inhouse customs
expertise.
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Supply Chain
Council to organise 'Private Equity & Logistics Investment Forum' on May 28
in Mumbai
With an objective to
address the challenging investing environment, Supply Chain Council has
decided to organise a first of its kind ‘Private Equity & Logistics
Investment Forum’ on May 28, 2009 in Mumbai. According to the organisers,
the event will help investors and logistics service providers gain the
insight necessary to navigate in this. The forum is also designed to bring
together investors and freight forwarders, transportation companies and
warehouse operators/developers with investment potential in an exclusive
networking environment.
The speakers include Sivakumar Sundaram, CEO, Times Private Treaties (part
of the Bennett, Coleman & Co.); A K Bansal, Group CFO, Transport Corporation
of India; Rahul Khanna, head, Clearstone Capital; Vishal Sharma, Tuscan
Ventures (A logistics focussed PE fund) and Sankalp Shukla, CEO, Inlogistics.
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JM Baxi
selects Kale's Freight Management System
JM Baxi, one of the leading maritime logistics
service providers of India, has chosen Kale’s Freight Management System. The
solution will encompass various functions of freight forwarding and 3PL
logistics, including sales and customer relationship management, multimodal
exports and imports management, international trade documentation, tracking
and integration with third-party applications. The company has a network of
over 50 offices at both major ports on East Coast and West Coast of India.
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Allcargo signs
deal with Hind Terminals to set up freight stations in India
Allcargo Global Logistics has
entered into an agreement with Hind Terminals recently for setting up
container freight stations in several cities across India. According to the
agreement, freight stations would be set-up in Indore, Hyderabad, Nagpur and
Bengaluru. The projects will be managed and operated by independent joint
venture companies to be formed for the purpose. The proposed venture would
help both the companies in catering to the needs of India’s external and
internal trade. Allcargo is a leading integrated multi-modal transport
operator offering end-to-end logistics solutions across the world whereas
Hind Terminals is a part of Sharaf Group, Dubai with interests in shipping,
logistics and collateral management.
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Blue Dart
improves transit time out of Amritsar; delivers shipments next morning in
India
Blue Dart Express
has improved its transit time out of Amritsar by virtue of better
connectivity. The South Asia’s premier express air and integrated
transportation, distribution and logistics company will now ensure delivery
of its first cut-off loads from Amritsar to Mumbai, Bengaluru, Chennai,
Hyderabad and Ahmedabad in the morning of the next business day. The
improved network will result in next-day deliveries to Lucknow, Kanpur,
Gwalior, Bhopal, Rajkot, Morbi, Surendranagar, Gandinagar, Baroda,
Ankleshwar, Baruch, Padra, Vapi, Surat, Udaipur, Mehsana, Kalol, Unjha,
Palanpur, Navi Mumbai, Pune, Nashik, Kolhapur, Mysore, Salem, Erode,
Coimbatore, Tripur and Puducherry.
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Grand
Alliance, Zim tie-up on South China USEC service
Grand Alliance
members Hapag-Lloyd, NYK and OOCL and Zim Integrated Shipping Services have
agreed to cooperate on the service from South China to US East Coast via the
Panama Canal. The joint operation is expected to begin from April 2009. The
new port rotation will be at Kaoshiung, Shekou Hong Kong, New York, Norfolk
and Savannah in a 56-day round trip. The new service will be operated with
eight vessels of 4,200 TEU capacity each. Grand Alliance will provide five
and Zim will provide three vessels respectively. Volumes from Indian ports
will be transshipped at Hong Kong through feeder service.
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Emirates
SkyCargo receives B777F with 103 tonne capacity for its global operations
Recently, Emirates
SkyCargo has taken delivery of the new generation Boeing 777 Freighter at
Boeing’s Everett, Washington. From there it went directly to Hong Kong,
where it was loaded with cargo bound for Dubai and beyond. According to the
airline sources, the Boeing 777F will play an integral role in Emirates’
freighter fleet. It boasts the longest range capability of all twin engine
jets, able to fly non-stop between Dubai and major cargo centres in the
world with a full 103-tonne payload.
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