FOUNDER

Late Mr. M. C. Tom was the Chairman and Managing Director of the company. A very respected person in the shipping industry in India and overseas with over 3 decades experience in the industry. He was called the "MAN" who could challenge the impossible. He held senior positions in reputed organizations in India and Dubai.

Utilizing all the valuable experience gained over the past years in shipping, he started MCEES Logistics Pvt. Ltd., headquartered in Bangalore and with branches in Chennai, Tuticorin and Cochin. Mr. Tom was instrumental in setting up the shipping office of Choice Group in the port of Tuticorin in the year 1984. Here he has many firsts to his credit. He orchestrated calling of the first container ship into Tuticorin and started operating a bi-weekly service loading 25-50 containers per ship. Within a span of two years, he changed the shipping scenario at Tuticorin and started offering a weekly service with a dedicated vessel for the port. Exporters based in the hinterland of Tuticorin started diverting their cargo from Chennai and Cochin and from 100 containers a month Mr. Tom could enhance the volume to 400-500 containers in the year 1986. His biggest achievement was turning around a full ship with import and export loading and sailing in 24 hours thereby setting a record in the Tuticorin port, a record which still stands. For this remarkable achievement, the port of Tuticorin conferred on him the Best Performer Award.

While working with choice, Mr. Tom also bagged prestigious shipping contracts of cashew from Mr. RajanPillai, chairman of NABISCO and Britannia, by offering a better stowage and effecting a huge cost saving for the client. He also handled the movement of 4000 mt of Aluminum Coils for ALIND, which was the largest movement of aluminum coils from the country at that time.

During the Gulf war, Mr. Tom identified the huge requirement of Hydrochloric Acid (HCL) by the Dubai Government and persuaded TCC, Cochin to export HCL (which was a byproduct and was also being neutralized) to Dubai. Mr. Tom handled HCL to a tune of 20000 tons approximately in 1000 containers which was the largest export movement from the port of Cochin for the year 1991-92.

In 2001, Mr. Tom was contracted to do the shipping of the Irvaivan Temple (Temple shipment from India to America).This was a very prestigious project for Mcees. He was responsible for not only shipping but all aspects including moving the stones beginning with the crates in Bangalore. He flew all the way from India to Kawai and inspected the situation at each juncture where the containers carrying the stones of lraivan passed through. He even met the local trucking firm that delivers the containers from dock on the island to the temple . "Years after I am gone my great grand children will remember one thing, that I was responsible for bringing this great temple from India to America" was quoted by Mr. Tom in a article which is published by Himalayan academy in Kuwai

In 2005, Mcees formed a joint venture company with UBC Worldbulk (now Interbulk Group), UBC INDIA PVT LTD and was the MD looking after the India, Srilanka and Middle east. We were one of the first companies to introduce Flexi Tanks in containers from the country. Mr.Tom successfully moved huge volumes of latex in flexi tanks from cochin port. This was huge cost saving option for clients minimising multiple handling.

In 2008, Mr. Tom, undertook a complex multimodal transportation of 5000 MT sugar shipment (Indian Government aid cargo) from Bijapur to the Republic of Mongolia via china. In 2010 he secured the agency Tethys Marine Monaco for handling the delivery of Air Craft Carrier Auxiliary ship MV DEEPAK built by fincantieri Italy for Indian navy at Mumbai port

He was a daring leader with a ‘Never say Impossible‘ attitude who has set the bar of excellence high. His enthusiastic and powerful personality will be missed by all at Mcees Logistics.