Port Nehru container volume up 1.5 per cent to 4.27 million TEU
2012 04 06
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MUMBAI Nehru Port's container volume increased 1.5 per cent to a record 4.32 million TEU in the fiscal 2012, the port authority said.
Gateway Terminals, Nehru's largest container facility operated by APM Terminals, moved 1.89 million TEU, up from 1.85 million TEU a year earlier. Traffic through DP World's Nhava Sheva International Container Terminal totalled 1.4 million TEU, down from 1.54 million TEU. Volume via the state-owned Jawaharlal Nehru Container Terminal increased to 1.03 million TEU from 880,000 TEU.
Traffic through port in fiscal 2011-12 hit 4.32 million TEU. The volume of containers through India's Port of Jawaharlal Nehru (Nhava Sheva) hit an "all-time high" of 4.32 million TEU in fiscal 2011-12 ending March 31.
Officials said total cargo tonnage for 2011-12 was estimated at 65.75 million tons, with containerised tonnage amounting to 58.25 million tons.
"We are taking steps to develop additional capacity to cope with the projected growth in traffic volume," said port chairman L Radhakrishnan.
Source Shipping Gazette - Daily Shipping News
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