On December 28, 2018, Vietnam Assessment Report JSC (Vietnam Report) cooperated with Vietnam Net Newspaper to announce the Top Ten Most Reputable Transportation and Logistics Companies in 2018. Accordingly, Gemadept Corporation honorably ranked the first one in the list of "Top Ten most reputable transport and logistics companies in 2018 - Logistics and Warehouse Group".

The ranking is based on scientific and objective principles. Companies are evaluated and ranked based on 3 main criteria: (1) Financial capacity, shown in the most recent financial statements (total assets, total revenue, profit and capital use efficiency) (2) Media prestige, evaluated by Media Coding method - encoding company articles on influential media channels; (3) Surveys of industry experts and Enterprise Surveys, carried out in December 2018 on the size of capital, market, labor, revenue growth rate, profit and operational plan of the year 2019, etc.

Since the first announcement in 2012 up to now, the Top list of reputable enterprises has been continuously expanded to various business industries and has received high appreciation from the business community and experts in the country and abroad. This is the first Logistics business rankings of Vietnam Report, an independent survey.

Objective evaluation from reputable organizations, experts, customers and partners is an important mark to affirm the leading role and position of Gemadept in terms of its continuous growing scale in Vietnam Logistics market.

The official announcement ceremony of Top Ten Most Reputable Transportation and Logistics companies in 2018 took place on January 1^st 2019 at Rex Hotel, Ho Chi Minh City, in the Announcement Ceremony of VNR500 - Top 500 Largest Enterprises in Vietnam in 2018 - in which Gemadept has been honored for many consecutive years.

Nearly 30 years of foundation and development, Gemadept determined the vision of "becoming a leading corporation in Vietnam and the region on Port Operation and Logistics", and at the same time, aiming at the strategic goal of contributing "promotes economic flow, added value for the country, businesses and partners through outstanding services and solutions". With that vision and promising goals, Gemadept constantly creates a large and modern port and logistics network, located in key economic areas of the country, playing an active role in serving Vietnam's manufacturing and import-export industry. 

Up to now, the Corporation owns and operates 6 ports stretching from the North to the South and continues to develop a top scale deep-sea container port in Cai Mep, and Ba Ria- Vung Tau provinces. When completed, Gemadept's total port capacity will be equivalent to 5 million Teus / year. Besides, Gemadept owns and operates a Logistics network with distribution center system covering many cities and provinces by hundreds of thousands of square meters, handling more than 7 million tons of goods per year. Gemadept has set a long-term goal to become the largest enterprise in Vietnam providing comprehensive supply chain management services and solutions thanks to a logistics system consisting of 6 different areas: Air Cargo Terminal, Goods Distribution Center, Heavy-lift transport, Sea transport, Cold chain Logistics and Car- Logistics.

2019 comes with many opportunities and challenges for Vietnamese enterprises when important trade agreements (EVFTA, CPTPP …) are about to execute. Gemadept firmly believes and is willing to overcome difficulties to catch up with significant growth opportunities to bring life-time benefits and values to businesses, customers, partners and shareholders, and to contribute to Vietnam's economy to reach a new level of evolution.

List of Top 10 Most Reputable Transportation and Logistics Companies in 2018 - Logistics and Warehouse Group

Source:

Vietnam Report, Top 10 Most Transportation and Logistics Companies in 2018, December 2018
https://vietnamnet.vn/vn/kinh-doanh/vef/cong-bo-top-10-cong-ty-uy-tin-nganh-van-tai-va-logistics-nm-2018-497368.html