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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.
The port is one of the six ports in India through which drugs are permitted to be imported, which is handled by the Central Drugs Standard Control Organisation (CDSCO), the other ports being Kolkata, Mumbai, Nhava Sheva, Kochi and Kandla ports. [107] As of 2011, cargo movement to the port is increasing by 21 percent. [61]
Navi Mumbai has the second-largest container terminal in India after Mundra Port, Jawaharlal Nehru Port at Nhava Sheva near Uran. [29] It is well connected by road and rail and handles approximately 56.13% of India's container traffic. [30] [31] The Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj International Airport, 30 km away, is the nearest airport to the city.
Mumbai Port (also known as the Bombay Port) is a port which lies midway on the west coast of India, on the natural deep-water Mumbai harbour in Maharashtra. The harbour spread over 400 square kilometres (150 sq mi) is protected by the mainland of Konkan to its east and north and by the island city of Mumbai to its west. [ 1 ]
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]
The Government of India established the Dedicated Freight Corridor Corporation of India (DFCCIL) on 30 October 2006 to undertake construction of this project. [4]India's first 2 DFCs, the Western Dedicated Freight Corridor from Dadri in Uttar Pradesh to Navi Mumbai in Maharashtra and the Eastern Dedicated Freight Corridor (Eastern DFC) from Ludhiana in Punjab to Dankuni in West Bengal, via ...
The Jawaharlal Nehru Port, which handles 55–60% of India's containerised cargo, was commissioned on 26 May 1989 across the creek at Nhava Sheva with a view to de-congest Mumbai Harbour and to serve as a hub port for the city. [143] The geographical limits of Greater Mumbai were coextensive with municipal limits of Greater Mumbai.
The Mumbai Trans Harbour Link, officially named as Atal Bihari Vajpayee Sewri–Nhava Sheva Atal Setu and colloquially known as Atal Setu, is a 21.8 km (13.5 mi) 6-lane grade separated expressway [9] bridge, which connects Mumbai with Navi Mumbai, its satellite city. It is the longest sea bridge in India, and the world's 12th longest sea bridge.