SAGT puts Sri Lanka’s maritime expertise on the world stage
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From left - Ms. Dhashma Karunaratne (Commercial and Marketing Manager – SAGT), Mohammed Sharaf - Assistant Foreign Minister for Economics and Trade of the UAE and Ted Muttiah (Chief Commercial Officer - SAGT)
South Asia Gateway Terminals (SAGT), the first private container terminal operator in Sri Lanka with approximately 60 per cent Sri Lankan shareholdership, has yet again featured Sri Lanka prominently on the world maritime stage.
This time SAGT was awarded the “Best Terminal in South Asia” by the Singapore-based Global Ports Forum (GPF) at a glittering gala awards dinner at the Hyatt Hotel in Dubai recently.
The global event was graced by Mohammed Sharaf, Assistant Foreign Minister for Economics and Trade of UAE. In presenting the award, SAGT was commended as “the terminal in the Indian sub-continent enhancing capacity and productivity with sustainable and consistent growth providing value added quality services to customers delight”.
Mr. Sharaf, also former CEO of DP World, commended GPF for recognising the forerunners of the industry who have created new benchmarks for operational efficiency across all facets of the global maritime industry.”
SAGT’s Chief Commercial Officer, Ted Muttiah said “I am delighted Sri Lanka’s maritime capability is recognised in the global arena”. He said SAGT has further strengthened its unique value proposition of high productivity while growing at a robust 19 per cent year-over-year in 2016.
SAGT was previously ranked number 1 in South Asia and number 4 in the world for Terminal Productivity by the Journal of Commerce (JoC) USA, at the last time they ranked the South Asia region separately in 2015.
SAGT is a company consisting of four shareholders – John Keells Holdings, APM Terminals, SLPA and Peony investments (subsidiary of Evergreen Marine Corporation).