Kandla Port Trust (KPT) has a prominent winner at the prestigious Maritime and Logistics Awards (MALA) - 2011, organized by Exim India, on the evening of Friday the 30th September 2010.

The Kandla Port has adjudged the Major Port of the Year over the other Indian Major Ports.  The nominees were Chennai Port Trust,  Visakhapatnam Port Trust and Kandla Port Trust.

Mr MA Bhaskarachar, Deputy Chairman, KPT,  had received the award trophy and certificate on behalf of Kandla Port Trust from Mr S. S. Hussain, former Chairman of Jawaharlal Nehru Port Trust (JNPT) in a gala function held at Mumbai.  The award was announced by Mr Ramesh Ramakrishnan, Chairman of the Transworld Group of Companies.  The function was also witnessed by Mr. Sanjay Bhaty, Incharge-BDC of Kandla Port Trust.

The awards were chosen by a distinguished jury, headed by Capt JS Anand  and comprising of  stalwarts of the Shipping industry’s including Capt Goutama.  

The Port had created National history by handling a whopping cargo of 81.88 MMT in the year 2010-2011.  The Port has an impressive track record of contributing significantly to the country’s international maritime trade over fifty years. The year 2010-11 is a golden phase in the life of the Port of Kandla, as envious developmental programmes have also been taken up. Scores of records have been created in cargo handling operations.  The performance was even more commendable as it came up despite continuing impact of economic recession and Industrial slowdown in the Country’s economy during the last fiscal.

The Kandla Port Trust and Mr. PD Vaghela, Chairman, KPT, feels proud of these achievements and take this opportunity to extend sincere thanks to the Trade of India, highly innovative Port Users, the ever friendly media, Trustees and the dedicated workforce and their union leaders for their unrelenting support, co-operation and appreciation without which the Port could not have attained the position it holds in the Indian Port Sector today.