APM Terminals Mumbai goes paperless

It is the first Indian container terminal to go paperless, and it will have an added environmental benefit causing considerably less waste.

APM Terminals has also introduced an Online Import Delivery Process to simplify and streamline the import cycle of terminal operation to reduce gate waiting time and congestion, and enable faster container movements.

“By going live with the import delivery cycle, APM Terminals Mumbai has once again become a pioneer in providing transparency in the supply chain and ease of doing business,” said chief operating officer, Ravi Gaitonde.

Mumbai and the Jawharlal Nehru Port (JNP) complex handled a record 4.48m TEUs in 2015, with APM Terminals Mumbai the busiest of the four terminals, handling 43% of the port complex container volume for the year.

India, with a population of 1.2bn, is served by 13 publicly-owned “major ports”, under central government authority, and approximately 200 minor ports, governed by state authorities.

To accommodate India’s projected population and economic growth, the Indian Government has called for US$16bn in port infrastructure investment, and improvements such as EDI to improve efficiency.