With an annual turnover of Rs 185 crore (approx US $38 million), AS Shipping Agencies has also gained repute as the biggest granite-handling company with the biggest stockyard in Asia, and stockyards at key ports in India. Specialising in break-bulk, the group primarily focuses on handling and shipping granite blocks up to 50 tonnes in weight. The company’s stockyards are fully equipped with four gantry cranes each, which handle the operations of five ships every month on an average.
“AS Shipping Group never fails to deliver as we have set our priorities right,” says Dr Shri Prakash, Chairman of the company. “All our services are geared towards carrying larger volumes at a faster pace. Our state-of-the-art equipment can load or discharge three times more volume than is presently obtained.” The company has a storage facility that can accommodate up to 80000 tonnes of granite blocks in its Chennai stockyard, 30000 tonnes at Kakinada and 15000 tonnes at Vizag.
All its container freight stations are equipped with built-in warehouses (300000 sq ft) and cemented open area (400000 sq ft) to store excavators, plant machinery and steel cargoes. These offer ideal support for the automobile, manufacturing and processing industries.
As part of its corporate social responsibility, the group has taken up the field of ophthalmology and donates generously to help make eye care available to the needy.
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