The Jawaharlal Nehru Port Trust
(JNPT), country’s largest container port, further improved its performance in
the first six months of the current Financial Year by recording a 6.26 per cent
growth in container cargo in terms of TEUs (5.57% in terms of tonnage) by
handling 2.4 million TEUs as compared to 2.26 million TUEs in the corresponding
period of the previous year.
Among the four terminals under
JNPT, APM Terminal handled 9.90 lakh TEUSs, up 11.6per cent, while DP
World too handled higher cargo at 6.25 lakh TEUs as compared to 5.94 lakh
TEUs in the comparative period of the last year. JNPCT increased its
share modestly at 7.87 lakh TEUs from the last year’s level of 7.80 lakh TEUs. Total
liquid cargo handled rose by 12 per cent at 36.03 lakh tonnes as compared
to 32.14 lakh tonnes. JNPT which handled a record 4.5 million TEUs in
the previous financial year has sustained its momentum in the first six months
of the current financial year as well.
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Particulars
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FY
|
FY
|
Growth
|
|
JN
|
2,261,658
|
2,403,219
|
6.26%
|
|
Total
|
3,214,658
|
3,603,494
|
12.10%
|
|
APM
|
887,266
|
990,463
|
11.63%
|
|
JNPCT
|
780,375
|
787,695
|
0.94%
|
|
DP
|
594,017
|
625,061
|
5.23%
|
JNPT has implemented various Ease
of Doing business Initiatives for reduction in transaction cost and time for
the Trade. Inter Terminal movement of TTs and Direct Port Delivery are the most
important ones. Till date 445,692 trucks have used ITT facility for completing
550,900 transactions, which reduces 7.5 km run in each trip, which has helped
save Rs. 6.6 cr worth of fuel.
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