Aluminium Bahrain B.S.C. (Alba), a leading aluminium producer in the world, is pleased to announce that it has signed a Service Level Agreement with APM Terminals Bahrain, a subsidiary of one of the world’s leaders in port infrastructure – APM Terminals, and operator of Khalifa Bin Salman Port, Kingdom of Bahrain.
The Agreement was signed between Alba’s Adviser to the CEO, Jean-Baptiste Lucas and Marco Neelsen, Chief Executive Officer of APM Terminals Bahrain. The meeting was attended by Mark Hardiman, Bryan Webster and Yusif Sanad from APM Terminals Bahrain and Alba’s Manager Sales Europe, Boris Santosi and Head of Sales, Europe Hassan Habib.
The milestone agreement will boost Alba’s strategy to enlarge its presence in the global markets as well as enhance its overall service levels to customers. It will also reaffirm the good relations between the two companies and establish a consistent, high reliability of logistics and services.
“As Alba grows and diversifies its export markets, APM Terminals Bahrain plays an important role in facilitating the outbound supply chain. Alba looks forward to working with them to help grow its business and further streamline all steps of Alba’s global supply chain,” Commenting on the Service Level Agreement, Alba’s Chief Executive Officer, Tim Murray said.
“Today, we are proud to have a continuous commitment towards not only Alba but the Kingdom of Bahrain. The Service Level Agreement signed between us is a key milestone, which will enhance and increase service reliability to Alba’s logistic supply chain, which we are confident will further enhance Alba’s competitiveness in the global market. We continue to seek to grow our relationship with cargo owners such as Alba as we strive towards growing Bahrain’s Maritime and Logistics sector by offering operational excellence whilst ensuring the highest standards of safety are upheld,” Marco Neelsen, Chief Executive Officer of APM Terminals Bahrain, said.
APM Terminals is headquartered in The Hague, Netherlands with the company’s core expertise being design, construction, management and operation of ports, terminals and inland services. APM Terminals’ Global Terminal Network of ports and inland services provide the infrastructure for the growth of international trade, 90% of which travels by sea.