APM Terminals Mumbai handles record 2.01 mn TEUs in FY2014-15
The Dollar Business Bureau APM Terminals Mumbai one of three terminals currently operating at Jawaharlal Nehru Port (JNP), is India’s largest container port, accounting for 45% of JNP’s throughput, and approximately 20% of India’s total container traffic. Recently, the Terminals established a new record for Indian ports by handling a total of 2.01 million TEUs (twenty-foot equivalent unit) during the Fiscal Year of 2014-15, from April 1, 2014 to March 31, 2015. The growth in the container traffic was achieved mainly due to the deepening of the Mumbai harbour channel in 2014 combined with an increase in the vessel size and container volumes. The increase, however, is straining the existing Indian port infrastructure, which must also deal with regulatory issues ...
