Back in 2015, Militzer & Münch started operating in Sri Lanka via a delegation office. The local team witnesses the growing importance of the country as a logistics location – a good reason to found a country unit here.
Over the past few years, Sri Lanka has become a logistics hub on the maritime Silk Road in South Asia, also owing to the generous expansion of the Port of Colombo. Militzer & Münch has now founded its own country unit in Sri Lanka, with the inauguration celebrated in May 2018.
The team serves a niche market
At the new location, Militzer & Münch handles sea freight transports to the regions of the Indian Ocean and Asia. The portfolio also contains the consolidation of shipments and transports to Europe: among the goods are tea shipped to Ukraine, Belarus, Russia, and Denmark, and airplane tires destined for Belgium, Germany, Russia, Denmark and Great Britain.
The five-person team offers standard transportation, airfreight and comprehensive solutions for complex projects. “With shipments to the CIS countries, we additionally serve a niche market,” says Dilum Stembo, Managing Director M&M Militzer & Münch (Pvt) Ltd. “For the future, we are planning to add door-to-door transports to Europe and the USA to our services.”
The “Liner Shipping Connectivity Index 2017” of UNCTAD declares Sri Lanka one of the best connected countries for sea freight in South Asia, making the Port of Colombo one of the most important logistics hubs in the region.