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The port handles Suezmax oil tankers (mid-sized cargo vessels) of up to a draft of 17 m at BD3 during day light, high tide as the per the present navigational practice and also during night hours subject to fulfilment of safety considerations on a ship-to-ship basis. As of 2018, the port can handle tankers with a capacity of 150,000 dead weight ...
Jawaharlal Nehru Port, also known as JNPT and Nhava Sheva Port, is the second largest container port in India after Mundra Port. [ 4 ] [ 5 ] Operated by the Jawaharlal Nehru Port Trust Authority (JNPTA), it is located on the eastern shores of Arabian Sea in Navi Mumbai , Raigad district, Maharashtra.
In 2004 the Port handled 2.2 million TEUs of containerized cargo, which increased to 2.45 million TEUs in 2005. [4] At present, the port handles 15% of transshipment cargo in South Asia. [8] However, in early 2009, the container throughput of Nhava Sheva Harbour surpassed that of Colombo.
The port has a deep draft that facilitates large vessels including fully laden capsize vessels to dock alongside its berth. [17] Mundra Port has commodity-specific storage areas. The port has 2,25,000 sq. meters of closed godowns and 3,150,000 sq. meters of open storage yards for storage of import or export cargo within the port premises.
Nhava Sheva began operations in 1989, and most container traffic now flows through Nhava Sheva. With a minimum draft of 6.9 metres (23 ft). Victoria Dock, commissioned in 1891, had 14 berths as of 2008 with a minimum draft of 6.7 metres (22 ft).
In 2015, Maersk and Mediterranean Shipping Company (MSC) launched the 2M Alliance, a vessel-sharing agreement on the Asia-Europe, trans-Pacific and trans-Atlantic trades. . The arrangement, which includes a series of slot exchanges and slot purchases on east–west routes, also involves Maersk Line and MSC taking over a number of charters and operations of vessels chartered to HMM.
Container Corporation of India Limited (CONCOR) is an Indian public sector undertaking which is engaged in transportation and handling of containers. Incorporated in March 1988 under the Companies Act, CONCOR commenced operations in November 1989 taking over an existing network of seven inland container depots (ICDs) from Indian Railways .
Vadhvan Port is a proposed deep seaport at Vadhvan in Palghar district of Maharashtra.The ground breaking for start of construction was done by PM Narendra Modi on 30 August 2024.The concept plan for an offshore mega Port was designed by Surendra Sharma a fellow of NMIS in 2015 for MMB; the Jawaharlal Nehru Port Authority (JNPA) is responsible for the construction of the port. [1]