History
APM Terminals Pipavav – Milestones
- First Public Private Project [PPP] in port sector in India
- First Public Private Project in railways through PRCL [Pipavav Railway Corporation Ltd] in India
- First port to start double stack train services for containers in India. Which has a capacity of carrying 180 TEUs as against 90 TEUs carried in a single stack train.
- First Port to receive the first coastal RoRo vessel in India
- One of the First Ports to have environment friendly coal yard.
Timeline
| 1998 | Concession awarded to GPPL |
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| 2000 | PRCL [Pipavav Railway Corporation Ltd] formed – First PPP project with Indian Railways |
| 2001 | APM Terminals invests 12.5% in GPPL [Gujarat Pipavav Port Ltd] |
| 2003 | Port gets rail connectivity through JV with Indian Railways |
| 2005 | APM Terminals acquires controlling stakes |
| 2006 | Pioneers double stack container rakes in India |
| 2009 | Container terminal became operational |
| 2010 | Company listed on Indian stock exchanges |
| 2014 | Liquid cargo operations commences at port |
| 2015 | RoRo Operations commences at port |
| 2016 | Container capacity expanded to 1.35 mTEUs |
| 2017 | Handles 100,000th Auto Unit - key milestone in just 20 months |
| 2018 | Terminal qualifies for AEO LO (Authorized Economic Operator for Logistic & Terminal Operators) certification |
| 2019 | Port wins Gujarat State CSR Award for “Water & Natural Resources management for Sustainable Agriculture” project |
| 2020 | APM Terminals Pipavav's board approves Rs. 700 expansion plan to handle bigger ships and increase container capacity to 1.6 million TEU |
| 2022 |
- APM Terminals Pipavav is ranked as the most efficient Indian Port in the 2021 Global Container Port Performance Index |