Medilytix Bureau
JNPT, India’s premier container handling port JNPT on Tuesday said it recorded a 28.45 percent growth in container traffic at 4,53,105 TEUs in August, with its Nhava Sheva International Gateway Terminal (NSIGT) handling 98,473 TEUs.
The NSIGT registered the highest ever traffic in August this year since its inception.
The total traffic handled at JNPT in the first five months of the current fiscal rose 40.42 percent to 30.45 million tonnes. In the year-ago period, it was at 21.68 million tonnes, Jawaharlal Nehru Port Trust (JNPT) shared in a release.
The container traffic handled at JNPT during the April-August period of the current financial year stood at 2,250,943 TEUs, an increase of 45.70 percent compared to the same period a year ago. In the comparable period, it was at 1,544,900 TEUs.
According to the release, the port handled 79,583 TEUS of Inland Container Depot (ICD) traffic from 500 rakes in August.