Capacity to be doubled to 10 million TEUs by 2022
With excellent cooperation from all stakeholders, Jawaharlal Nehru Port Trust (JNPT), India’s premier container port, is aiming to be among the top 10 ports in the world, said Mr Neeraj Bansal, Chairman-in-charge, JNPT, while addressing stakeholders at the ‘Maritime, Port, Logistics and Warehousing Exhibition & Conclave’ organised by the Confederation of Indian Industry (CII) here recently. He was the Guest of Honour.
Dwelling at length on the trade-friendly steps being implemented at JNPT, Mr Bansal said, “We have initiated and implemented many measures to promote ease of doing business at the port. Facilitation of paperless transactions and Direct Port Delivery (DPD) percentage have been improved significantly – the current DPD volumes are consistently over 30%. RFID-based gate systems, separate parking lots for terminals, conversion of parking lots into Customs processing zones, and inter-terminal trailer movement are some of the steps implemented to achieve efficiency at the port”.
Thanks to the support of all stakeholders, JNPT handled a record traffic of 4.5 million TEUs in the last financial year, Mr Bansal said. And it is collaborating with Port of Singapore Authority to create another world class container terminal. The first phase development of the proposed facility is in full swing and it should be operational by January 2018, which will add another 2.4 million TEUs of capacity to the port. With another 2.4 million TEUs to be ready by 2022, JNPT’s capacity will double to 10 million TEUs, Mr Bansal added.
Under the Sagarmala programme announced by the Ministry of Shipping, JNPT is executing many projects to boost India’s ex-im trade. A multipurpose Special Economic Zone (SEZ) is being developed on 277 hectares of land at JNPT, which has already started attracting significant interest from global investors, Mr Bansal further highlighted.
JNPT is the only Major Port being covered under the World Bank’s Ease of Doing Business and its trade-friendly steps have contributed to the growth of international trade, Mr Bansal informed the gathering.
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