From Surf Wiki (app.surf) — the open knowledge base

Jawaharlal Nehru Port

Container port in Maharashtra, India

Summary

Container port in Maharashtra, India

Field	Value
name	Jawaharlal Nehru Port
pushpin_map	India
image	Jawaharlal Nehru Port (JNPT).jpg
image_size	210px
image_caption	The port along with Belpada Canal on the top left and an HMM container ship docked at bottom
country	India
location	Navi Mumbai, Raigad district, Maharashtra
coordinates
opened	26 May 1989
operated	Jawaharlal Nehru Port Trust Authority
owner	Government of India
blankdetailstitle1	Terminals
blankdetails1	5
cargotonnage	Bulk: 7.07 million tonnes (2023-24)
Container: 78.05 million tonnes (2023-24)
containervolume	5,835,650 TEUs (2023-24)
website
logo	Jnport Logo.png

Container: 78.05 million tonnes (2023-24)

Jawaharlal Nehru Port, also known as JNPT and Nhava Sheva Port, is a large container port in India. Operated by the Jawaharlal Nehru Port Trust Authority (JNPTA), it is located on the eastern shores of Arabian Sea in Navi Mumbai, Raigad district, Maharashtra. This port can be accessed via Thane Creek, a nodal city of Navi Mumbai. It is the main port of the Mumbai Metropolitan Region after Mumbai Port, also of Maharashtra and Western India. Its common name derives from the names of Nhava and Sheva (new sheva) villages that are situated here. It is also the terminal of the Western Dedicated Freight Corridor.

As of January 2023, the port is undergoing upgrades with the help of a loan agreement signed between the Asian Development Bank (ADB) and Nhava Sheva Freeport Terminal Private Limited (NSFTPL). The loan of $131 million will be used to improve the terminal's infrastructure, increase its container handling capacity, upgrade existing berths and yards, and install energy-efficient equipment. The upgrades aim to attract vessels and make international trade more efficient, transparent and sustainable.

History

The port was established on 26 May 1989 and became the second largest and premier container handling port in India, surpassing the capacity of 4 million TEUs (Twenty-foot equivalent units) in containers between 2016 and 2021.

JNP consists of a full-fledged customs house, 30 container freight stations and connectivity to 52 inland container depots across the country. The hinterland connectivity both by rail and road is being further strengthened by ongoing projects like the Dedicated Freight Corridor (DFC), which will increase the existing train capacity from 27 to 100 trains per day; Multi-Modal Logistics Park (MMLP) and widening of the port's connecting roads. Its proximity to the cities of Mumbai, Navi Mumbai and Pune; airports, hotels, exhibition centres, etc. gives the port an edge in efficiency and promptness to address the shippers’ needs.

In 2006, the port implemented the logistics data tagging of containers.

JNPT houses India’s best logistics connectivity with facilitation from container freight stations and logistics parks owned by government as well as private players namely Maharashtra State Warehousing Corporation, DRT, Gateway District Park, Allcargo, Avashya, Continental Warehousing, Ameya Logistics, TransIndia and Contegrate Entrepot. JNPT authorities have been trying to implement direct port delivery model of the containers, a first of its kind model promoted to ease doing business in India.

Nhava Sheva Freeport container terminal

The JNP Trust (JNPT) Container Terminal was originally operated by JNPT. It has a quay length of 680 m with 3 berths.

A container ship of [[Wan Hai Lines]] at JNPT in 2016

In 2023 Nhava Sheva Freeport Terminal Private Limited commenced operations of the terminal (renamed to the NSFT terminal) and plans to enhance it to handle 1.8 million TEUs by 2025.

Nhava Sheva International container terminal

The Nhava Sheva International Container Terminal (NSICT) was originally leased to a consortium led by P&O, a part of DP World. Commissioned in July 2000, it has a 600 m quay length with two berths. It was intended to handle up to 62.15 million tonnes of cargo. NSICT was India’s first privately managed container terminal.

GTI-APM container terminal

In the year 2006, GTI (Gateway Terminals India Pvt Ltd) commissioned a third container terminal operated by APM Terminals, with the capacity to handle 1.3 million TEUs.

Bharat Mumbai container terminal

The fourth container terminal, Bharat Mumbai Container Terminal (BMCT), is developed and operated by PSA International. Phase 1 with capacity of 2.4 million TEUs was completed in Dec 2017. The terminal was planned to have full capacity of 4.8 million TEUs p.a. and a quay length of 2,000 meters with the completion of Phase 2.[[File:Thane Creek and Elephanta Island 03-2016 - img11 Port in Navi Mumbai.jpg|thumb|JNPT view from seaside]]

Nhava Sheva (India) Gateway container terminal

A new standalone container terminal by the name of NSIGT, having a quay length of 330 meters and a capacity of 0.8 million TEUs was operational in July 2016.

Traffic

JNPT view from portside]] Major exports from Jawaharlal Nehru Port are textiles, sporting goods, carpets, textile machinery, boneless meat, chemicals, and pharmaceuticals. The main imports are chemicals, machinery, plastics, electrical machinery, vegetable oils, and aluminium and other non-ferrous metals. The port handles cargo traffic mostly originating from or destined for [[Maharashtra]], [[Madhya Pradesh]], [[Gujarat]], [[Karnataka]], as well as most of [[North India]].

References

"Geographic Location". Jawaharlal Nehru Port Trust.
"JNPA - Traffic Dept. Performance Report for the month of Feb-2024 & FY 2023-24". Jawaharlal Nehru Port Trust.
(4 January 2019). "JNPT crosses 5 mn TEUs of container handling in 2018". The Hindu.
Bureau&, Our. (6 April 2021). "Mundra pips JNPT to become India's biggest container port".
(2022-02-15). "Top 10: Mundra busiest container port in India & Australia".
(3 July 2018). "Air India's Mumbai building to be sold to JNPT: Nitin Gadkari". [[Times of India]].
(24 January 2023). "ADB, NSFTPL sign Rs 1000 crore loan agreement to upgrade India's Jawaharlal Nehru Port Container Terminal".
Bureau&, Our. (6 April 2021). "Mundra pips JNPT to become India's biggest container port".
(2022-02-15). "Top 10: Mundra busiest container port in India & Australia".
(4 July 2016). "JNPT becomes first port in logistics data tagging of containers".
"JNPT Container Terminal". Jawaharlal Nehru Port Trust.
"Nhava Sheva Freeport Terminal > About Us". Nhava Sheva Freeport Terminal Private Limited.
"NSICT Private Terminal". Jawaharlal Nehru Port Trust.

Wikipedia Source

This article was imported from Wikipedia and is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Content has been adapted to SurfDoc format. Original contributors can be found on the article history page.

economy-of-mumbai economy-of-navi-mumbai ports-and-harbours-of-maharashtra monuments-and-memorials-to-jawaharlal-nehru transport-in-navi-mumbai transport-infrastructure-completed-in-1989 1989-establishments-in-india

Want to explore this topic further?

Ask Mako anything about Jawaharlal Nehru Port — get instant answers, deeper analysis, and related topics.

Research with Mako

Free with your Surf account

Content sourced from Wikipedia, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.

This content may have been generated or modified by AI. CloudSurf Software LLC is not responsible for the accuracy, completeness, or reliability of AI-generated content. Always verify important information from primary sources.

Report