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Northport Malaysia Bhd has another feather in
its cap after it bagged the Asia Pacific
Multi-Purpose Terminal Operator of the Year
Award from Frost & Sullivan in Singapore on
Friday.
The port recently clinched The Best Container
Terminal Award (Asia) at the Asian Freight &
Supply Chain Awards 2009 (AFSCA) held in Hong
Kong.
Frost & Sullivan presented 37 awards to the best
companies in the Asia-Pacific transportation and
logistics industry at an awards ceremony.
Northport, which handled a total of 3 million
TEUs in 2008, has the widest shipping
connectivity among ports in Malaysia with more
than 123 container shipping lines linking the
port with more than 300 ports worldwide.
It has a world-class infrastructure of container
and conventional terminals and offers a complete
range of cargo handling facilities as well as
logistics services.
Last year, 81 shipping lines as well as 44
conventional and 502 container vessels made
approximately 8,000 ship calls at Northport.
Partner at Frost & Sullivan, Kavan Mukhtyar,
said that the awards, into their fourth
consecutive year, sought to recognise companies
for demonstrating outstanding achievement and
superior performance.
Five more Malaysian-based companies also
received six Frost & Sullivan country-level
awards, namely DB Schenker (Automotive Logistics
Service Provider of the Year, DHL
(Pharmaceutical Logistics Service Provider of
the Year), Trans-Asia Shipping Corp Bhd (Hi-Tech
Logistics Service Provider of the Year and FMCG
& Retail Logistics Service Provider of the
Year), Poslaju (Domestic Express Service
Provider of the Year) and MISC Integrated
Logistics Sdn Bhd (Domestic Logistics Service
Provider of the Year). - Bernama
Source: NST Business Times
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