APM Terminals Mumbai welcomed China Shipping Container Line's HS Paris on March 20, 2015 on her maiden call as part of the Middle East-Indian Subcontinent-North America (MINA) service, jointly operated by United Arab Shipping Co., Hanjin Shipping, CMA CGM and China Shipping. The 6,500-TEU capacity vessel completed 1,292 import and export moves in approximately 12 hours, for a berth productivity of 106 moves per hour.

The MINA service operates on a fixed-day, weekly sailing linking Khorfakkan, Jebel Ali, Port Qasim, Nhava Sheva (APM Terminals Mumbai), Mundra, Jeddah, Port Said East, Livorno, La Spezia, Genoa, Fos, Barcelona, Valencia, Tangier, New York, Norfolk, Savannah and Miami.

"We are very pleased to welcome China Shipping to APM Terminals Mumbai and look forward to our partnership in the India market," stated APM Terminals Mumbai Chief Commercial Officer, Mr Amit Malik.

APM Terminals Mumbai is India's busiest container terminal, offering more international shipping services than any other Indian container terminal. It set a new record in 2014 for container volume at Indian terminals by handling 1.99 million TEUs, highlighted a release.

Plaques were presented on board commemorating the Captain and the China Shipping vessel.

China Shipping Container Lines (CSCL) is the 7th largest global container shipping line, operating 156 vessels with total capacity of 724,000 TEUs. CSCL's container ships call more than 180 ports in over 60 countries. The line currently operates four services calling Nhava Sheva and Mundra and is on expansion mode in India.