JNPT reports 40% container traffic growth in H1 FY22 vs Covid-hit FY21

October 12, 2021: Jawaharlal Nehru Port Trust (JNPT) handled 2,703,051 TEUs during the first half of FY 2021-22 against 1,925,284 TEUs, which is 40 percent higher than the container traffic over the low base of the same period of last year hit by Covid-19 pandemic. 

The rail coefficient in the first half of FY2021-22 was 18 percent. The total container traffic handled in September 2021 stood at 452,108 TEUs, witnessing a growth of 18.86 percent over the same month of last year. NSIGT crossed the 1 lakh TEUs mark in a month by handling 1,00,814 TEUs in September-2021, the highest ever TEUs handled since its inception. 

Sanjay Sethi, IAS, chairman, JNPT, said, “JNPT has been undertaking various measures to ensure the port is at par with technologically advanced global ports. Recently, Union Minister for Ports, Shipping, Waterways & Ayush, Shri Sarbananda Sonowal flagged off Dwarf container train services from JNPT which is a pivotal step towards streamlining the rail movement of EXIM cargo via double-stacked dwarf containers. This will provide the EXIM community a competitive cost advantage by lowering hinterland logistical costs, while simultaneously enhancing rail-cargo traffic at JNPT. Likewise, in a technological push, JNPT installed two mobile x-ray scanners at NSICT and APMT to give the security agencies an advantage of taking appropriate action before the container is allowed to exit and enhance our efficiency and considerably reduce import dwell time due to independent scanning facilities for each Terminal.”

JNPT has constantly strived to innovate the maritime trade and logistics sector and consistently open new avenues for growth to propel India’s growth story further. The newly constructed coastal berth will give a push for coastal cargo movement and provide better infrastructure for coastal shipping and decongest rail and road networks, ensuring cost-competitive and effective multi-modal transportation solutions. In addition to this, JNPT handed over a letter of intent to successful bidders of 9 plots in JNPT SEZ to boost port-led industrialization. JNPT SEZ is poised to attract more leading global companies for making India a manufacturing hub as the infrastructure development underway in JNPT SEZ is as per the international benchmark. JNP-CPP App was launched to provide access to live data of CPP operation and much needed real-time visibility across the supply chain.