JNPT handles highest ever container traffic since its inception

Jawaharlal Nehru Port Trust (JNPT) as a whole handled 4.48 million TEUs of container traffic during the calendar year 2015 as compared to 4.47 million TEUs handled during the previous year 2014 registering a growth of 0.10%.

This is the highest ever container traffic handled in a calendar year since the inception of JNPT. 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 , which is 30.63% of the total container traffic at Jawaharlal Nehru Port, the share of Nhava Sheva International Container Terminal Pvt Ltd (NSICT) is 1.09 million TEUs which is 24.37% of the total container traffic, share of NSIGT is 0.11 million TEUs (2.36%) and the remaining 1.91 million TEUs (42.64%) are contributed by APM Terminals, Mumbai (APMT/GTICT).

JNPCT, the port-owned and operated Container Terminal, handled 1.37 million TEUs (17.25 million tonnes) and registered a growth of 3.60% in terms of TEUs and 4.65% in terms of tonnes. JNPCT has handled the highest ever container traffic of 1.37 million TEUs in the calendar year 2015 since the inception of the port, surpassing the previous record of 1.35 million TEUs in the year 2006.