Monday, 19 January 2015 00:17
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Reports from India suggest that, despite ongoing congestion problems, and issues relating to crane replacement work, the country’s leading container gateway achieved an all-time record container throughput in 2014.
Preliminary figures show that the three terminals at Nhava Sheva port handled 4.45 million teu between them, 8% higher than in 2013, up 8% from the 4.12 million handled in 2013.
APM Terminals Mumbai achieved a throughput of 1.99 million teu, up from 1.9 million teu, consolidating its position as the port’s leading operator.
The state-owned Jawaharlal Nehru Container Terminal, moved 1.31 million teu, compared with 1.27 million teu, while volume at DP World’s Nhava Sheva International Container Terminal (NSICT), increased to 1.15 million teu from 947,000 teu the year before. Despite the port’s success in growing volume, serious problems remain at Nhava Sheva. Notably there are reports of very long truck queues outside the NSICT export gate that could bring the port to the point of gridlock if not addressed.
Nhava Sheva port accounts for about 40% of India’s container traffic overall. Last year, the port authority awarded a 30-year concession to PSA International for the construction of a 4.8 million teu capacity terminal, the first phase of which should be operational in 2017.
