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Jawaharlal Nehru Port Trust (JNPT), India’s No.1 container port, handled approximately 4.5 million TEUs for the calendar year 2016.

Among the individual terminals, JNPCT continued its stellar performance from the last calendar year by handling almost 1.53 million TEUs as against 1.37 million TEUs, a rise of almost 12 percent.

APM Terminals Mumbai (GTI) handled approximately 1.78 million TEUs in 2016. DP World operated Nhava Sheva International Container Terminal (NSICT) handled approximately 0.76 million TEUs in 2016 while Nhava Sheva International Gateway Terminal (NSIGT) handled approximately 0.4 million TEUs.

The Port is also undergoing expansion of the Fourth Container Terminal at JN Port to be implemented in two Phases by Bharat Mumbai Container Terminals Pvt. Ltd (an SPV of PSA International). After the completion of this Fourth Terminal, JN Port will add container handling capacity of 4.8 million TEUs (2.4 million TEUs in each phase).

On completion of the entire project, the total length of the berth will be 2,000 metres. The first phase of the terminal should be complete by the end of 2017 or beginning of 2018 while the second phase is expected to be completed by 2022.

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