Bhubaneswar: Orissa Stevedores Limited (OSL) was presented the ‘Best Logistic Company of the Year’ award for successful diversification in multiple logistics at the 7th Edition of ‘East Coast Maritime Forum 2022’ held in Kolkata recently.
VP (Marketing & Coordination), OSL Group, Lingaraj Panigrahy received the award in the presence of Dinesh Parida, Senior Executive, from Ashis Kumar Bose, Deputy Chairman, Paradip Port Trust (PPT) and Harjeet Kaur Joshi, former CMD, Shipping Corporation of India (SCI) at the special programme.
OSL Group was also adjudged ‘Best Stevedores Company of the Year’ by the eminent Jury members of the organiser EXIM India Shipping Times. On behalf of OSL Group, Harihar Dash and Subash Acharya received this award.
Speaking about the award, Chairman, OSL Group, Mahimananda Mishra said, “This award has confirmed that the company is on the right track in this regard. We will continue to keep ourselves apprised of the prevailing best standards and practices to implement the same.”
The OSL is several projects in the pipeline for Odisha, including the first riverine jetty, going in for the energy segment as in Oil and Gas, building tank terminal, mechanization of berths, pipeline laying operations, creating multimodal transportation and FTWZ, manufacturing of high-quality marine hoses, infrastructure like dock construction, and integrating marine domain activities under one umbrella.
Since Odisha is eyeing to be the steel hub of India, the OSL Group sees huge potential owing to the surge in the steel demand and an increase in the import and export business in the port sector.
