The Port of Nhava Sheva (or Jawaharlal Nehru Port) is India’s biggest port and handles almost half of the country’s maritime traffic. Controlled by the Government of India and operated by the Jawaharlal Nehru Port Trust, it’s located across the Thane Creek from Mumbai (formerly Bombay).
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The Port of Nhava Sheva was created to add capacity to Mumbai’s port. It is connected to India’s major highway and rail networks. The port handles 65% of the container traffic in India.
The Jawaharlal Nehru Port Trust manages and operates the Port of Nhava Sheva. It’s responsibilities include providing state-of-the-art equipment and technology, meeting international standards, offering competitive rates, ensuring safety, applying principles of sustainable development, and providing excellent service to customers.
The Port of Nhava Sheva’s container terminal can handle third-generation container vessels, including post- and super-Panamax, and 600 thousand TEUs a year. The main container yard, with a capacity for 30 thousand TEUs, is 35 hectares and has additional paved area of almost 18.2 hectares. The Port of Nhava Sheva also has a private container terminal that will soon have over 600 yards quay capable of berthing post- and super-Panamax vessels and easy access to rail lines. The container yard is 26 hectares, and the terminal can handle over 15 million tons of cargo per year.
Its liquid cargo jetty is over 300 yards long and is almost 45 meters wide with a capacity to handle 85 thousand DWT seaside and 30 thousand DWT shore side. In the coming years, it will have a capacity to handle 5.5 million tons a year.
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