JNPT achieves new high; handles 5.10 million TEUs in 2019

Jawaharlal Nehru Port Trust (JNPT), India’s premier container port maintained its impressive performance and achieved a new milestone in cargo handling, registering a throughput of 5.10 million twenty-foot equivalent units (TEUs) in the CY2019, compared to the 5.05 million TEUs achieved in 2018, becoming the first Indian port to scale the peak. JNPT has five container terminals, among them, APM Terminals Mumbai (GTI) handled 2 million TEUs during the year, followed by DP World NSIGT with 0.99 million TEUs and PSA BMCT’s 0.82 million TEUs. JNPCT handled 0.77 million TEUs and the throughput of DP World NSICT was 0.52 million TEUs for the year. Along with the operational excellence, JNPT has been constantly working towards facilitating ease in doing business for the Trade. Under this JNPT took a major step by facilitating a MoU for a new Inter-Terminal Rail Handling Operation (ITRHO) Agreement, between all the terminals at JN Port. The new ITRHO Agreement was signed and agreed upon by all Terminals (JNPCT, NSICT, NSIGT, GTI and BMCTPL) on 29th July, 2019 which came into effect from August 1, 2019. This is helping to maximize train placement, track productivity, efficiency, cost effective handling, reduce dwell time of import ICD boxes, connecting export ICD boxes to respective terminals in time and also increase rail share at JNPT.