“Even though the first call was scheduled at very short notice, immediate planning was executed to ensure the vessel and cargo operations were safely and efficiently handled” stated APM Terminals Bahrain Chief Commercial Officer Simon Brebner. Pre-stocking of imports combined with the observances of the Muslim Ramadan holiday had contributed to congestion at some facilities.
Both calls were handled with an average (GMPH) of 36 and (BMPH) of 115 and the vessels were able to continue their voyage and make up previously lost schedule time. APL, which has used the facility as their Upper Gulf hub since 2010, also decided to focus their WAX service solely at APM Terminals Bahrain for the time being, to beat the delays currently being experienced and similarly benefitted from high, consistent productivity.
On September 6th, APM Terminals Bahrain marked 365 days, representing two million man-hours worked without a Lost-Time Injury (LTI). The facility commemorated the occasion with a formal recognition ceremony. During the 12 months up through the 2nd Quarter of 2012, APM Terminals’ overall company-wide Lost-Time injury Frequency Rate (LTIF) declined to 3.23 from 4.53 per million man-hours worked.
APM Terminals Bahrain is a multi-purpose facility and serves as a trans-shipment hub for Qatar, Kuwait and parts of Iran, Iraq and Saudi Arabia in the growing Gulf shipping market.Container throughput in 2011 was approximately 375,000 TEUs. Opened in April 2009, the facility is operated by APM Terminals and is part of the company’s Global Terminal Network.
