JNPT sets new record of handling container traffic
Jawaharlal Nehru Port Trust (JNPT), India’s largest container port, handled 4.48 million TEUs (twenty-foot equivalent units) of container traffic in the calendar year 2015 as compared to 4.47 million TEUs handled in 2014, thereby registering a growth of 0.10%. “This is the highest ever container traffic handled in a calendar year since the inception of JNPT,” Ministry of Shipping said in a statement. Out of the total container traffic of 4.48 million TEUs, the share of Jawaharlal Nehru Port Container Terminal (JNPCT) is 1.37 million TEUs – the highest since the inception of the port, surpassing the previous record of 1.35 million TEUs in the year 2006 - which was 30.63% of the total container traffic at Jawaharlal Nehru Port. Last year, the share of Nhava Sheva International Container Terminal Pvt. Ltd. (NSICT) was 1.09 million TEUs, which was 24.37% of the total container traffic. APM Terminal, Mumbai handled 1.91 million TEUs, a share of 42.64% of the total traffic. JNPCT, the port-owned and operated container terminal, handled 1.37 million TEUs (17.25 million tonnes), registering a growth of 3.60% in terms of TEUs and 4.65% in terms of tonnes. Recently, the Shipping Ministry had announced a plan to develop three greenfield ports across the country, under which the government would reclaim 5,000 acres of land to develop the Jawaharlal Nehru Port. In June last year, Maharashtra Maritime Board and Jawaharlal Nehru Port Trust (JNPT) had signed an MoU for the advancement of the JNPT.
January 28, 2016 | 05:55pm IST
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