McLarens Containers awarded ISO 9001:2015 Quality Management System Certification

 From left: HR Director W.J. Perera, ISO Consultant D.N.C. Attygalle, DNV GL Sri Lanka Country Head R. de Silva, Chairman J.H.N. de Silva, Managing Director H.A.D. de Silva and Managing Director A.I.M. Muhsin

McLarens Containers (Pvt.) Ltd, its associate second facility, Multimodal Container Terminal Ltd, and the Repair and Fabrication Company, McLarens Container Refurbishers Ltd, were officially awarded ISO 9001:2015 Quality Management System Certification by DNV GL Country Manager Rakitha de Silva at a ceremony held on October 20th 2017.

McLarens Containers (Pvt.) Ltd, a pioneer Inland Container Depot in Sri Lanka, commenced operations in 1979 to provide Container Depot facilities to two of the world’s leading container leasing companies at that time. A pioneering mission thus began and took shape with its Founder Chairman, the Late Hubert de Silva painstakingly bringing his profound knowledge in the shipping industry to bear on a new inland container depot facility that would cater to the growing economy together with the development of Colombo Port. In over 38 years of existence, McLarens Containers (Pvt.) Ltd has now evolved into a strong entity with a local and international reputation in providing integrated container depot facilities to many major shipping lines and international container leasing companies.
With the capacity to store 4,000 TEUS (Twenty Foot equivalent Units), McLarens Containers (Pvt.) Ltd also undertakes repairs and cleaning of any type of marine container including reefer units. With the strategic development of its infrastructure over the years, McLarens Containers (Pvt.) Ltd, is well-resourced with state-of-the-art container handling equipment, prime movers, trailers and a computerized yard management system to provide its customers with a current status of their inventory at any given time. McLarens Containers (Pvt.) Ltd, is also accredited with being the only container depot to specialise in ISO tank container maintenance, repair and testing in Sri Lanka.

Shipping and logistics industry qualified personnel are within the team of top management, down to the yard surveyors; in fact the manager maintenance and repair heading a team of ten IICL (Institute of International Container Lessors – USA), qualified container surveyors has had IICL Certification since 1984. The senior and experienced personnel in the organisation bring a heritage of trust and competence to bear on the demands of today’s global challenges.

McLarens Containers (Pvt.) Ltd is also engaged in providing a wide range of integrated logistics services, such as warehousing, cargo lashing, project cargo handling, container freight station, container transport, container rigging, container leasing and trading and conversions. The ISO Quality Management System assures the quality enhancement in all of these services. The prime motivation to acquire ISO Certification stems from its desire for continuous improvement of services so as to be the recognised as the preferred inland logistics facility to its loyal and prospective customer base. That determination we renew each day.