Jawaharlal Nehru Port Authority Achieves Record Cargo Handling In 2024, Hitting 7 million TEUs Mark

The Jawaharlal Nehru Port Authority (JNPA), India’s largest state-owned container port, has set a new record by handling 7.05 million twenty-foot equivalent units (TEUs) in the calendar year 2024.

This marks the first time in its 25-year history that the port has crossed the 7 million TEU milestone, representing a 10.99 per cent increase compared to 2023.

In addition to the record container throughput, the total cargo handled at JNPA, including both container and non-container cargo, reached 90.27 million tonnes (mt) in 2024.

This was a 4.25 per cent rise from the previous year and also the highest figure since the port’s inception.

PSA International Pte Ltd-operated Bharat Mumbai Container Terminals Pvt Ltd and A P M Terminals-operated Gateway Terminals India Pvt Ltd also achieved significant milestones, each surpassing the 2 million TEUs container handling mark in 2024.

Bharat Mumbai Container Terminals recorded its highest-ever container handling in a calendar year, with 2.12 million TEUs handled in 2024.

From April to December 2024, during the first three quarters of the fiscal year 2024-25, JNPA handled 5.377 million TEUs and 68.37 million tonnes of total cargo.

This represented a 13.09 per cent increase in container throughput and a 6.96 per cent rise in overall cargo compared to the same period in the previous fiscal year.

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