As reported, Jawaharlal Nehru Port (JN Port) became the first Indian port to cross the 5-million teu throughput mark in a fiscal last week. Maintaining and consolidating its leading position, the port is now set to end 2018-19 with a volume of 5.10 million teus.
This is significantly higher than the 4.83 million teus it had handled in 2017-18.
According to sources, the port’s APM Terminals Mumbai was projected to end 2018-19 with a throughput of 2.04 million teus, followed by the Port Trust-run JNPCT with 1.05 million teus.
DP World’s NSIGT and NSICT had figures of 0.944 and 0.55 million teus, respectively, while PSA’s BMCT, the port’s newest terminal, handled 0.51 million teus in 2018-19.
Meanwhile, JN Port has handled a total of 70.2 million tonnes (mt) of cargo in total, inclusive of bulk and liquid, it is learnt.
