Unforgettable History Era 1956

In this era of transportation goods were on the General Cargo Ships, where variety of goods were loaded on the ship and after a long journey the goods were unloaded at the destination port. Goods were often stowed with incompatible cargoes in the same cargo space and such cargoes were often exposed to dirt and moisture due to long voyage time.

As per study, the General Cargo ships used to take about a month for just loading/unloading operation at the Port and 40% of goods were damaged during the transit.

Malcom Mclean

In endeavor to ensure safety of goods and faster turnaround vessel from Port, Malcom Mclean pioneered the idea of standard Container (20 Ft/40 Ft) for Maritime Trade, which subsequently shaped the modern Container Vessel Trade.

Transportation in India

General Practice in India

Indian Roads are an important means of transportation with a road network of around 5897671 Kilometers. Most of the roads of the country are un-surfaced and not suitable for vehicular traffic that leads to jerks and jumps, which lead to damage of customer’s good up to a great extent. In Traditional transportation, the goods of multiple clients were kept on single trucks despite knowing the nature of goods. For instance, Vegetables, Soaps, and Refined were loaded on the same truck. Due to poor road condition, Soap Cartons were torn and mixed with vegetables that caused damages to both the products. Sometimes trucks get stuck on the way that leads to transshipment challenges. On the way, it is impossible to get the trained labour, unskilled labour loads the truck haphazardly, and there arises goods loss. Also, the unskilled laborers are not upgraded with the latest techniques of racking on the truck, absence of which bases jerks and jumps on the way ultimately causing damage to the goods.

In an endeavor to ensure the safety of the goods and faster turnaround over prevailing challenges of the transportation industry, Mr. Ramesh Agarwal pioneered the idea of Trucking Cube (Containers), which subsequently shaped modern logistics in a better way.

TRUCKING CUBE

Keeping Indian market requirements in mind, our mentor launched Trucking Cubes (Containers) in various sizes i.e 4,6,8, 12, 16, 20 ft for different size consignment as per demand and suitability. For achieving the tremendous reduction in labor and hub service timing, APML was watchful about the standardization in container designs, which were awarded patent protection.