Jawaharlal Nehru Port Authority (JNPA) Mumbai, Maharashtra, one of India's leading container ports, has achieved a historic achievement by registering the highest ever throughput of 6.43 million TEU in the financial year 2023-24. The port has continued its progress by crossing the 6.05 million TEU mark in the year 2022-23. In comparison, the same period last year saw record throughput, leading to a significant increase of 6.27 percent in total throughput.
A total of 85.82 million tonnes of traffic was handled at JNPA during the period April-2023 to March-2024, which is 2.33 per cent higher than 83.86 million tonnes of traffic handled during the corresponding period of the previous financial year. This included 78.13 million tonnes of container traffic and 7.70 million tonnes of bulk cargo, as against 76.19 million tonnes of container traffic and 7.67 million tonnes of bulk cargo handled respectively in the same period last year.
Analysis of container traffic shows that 2.03 million TEUs were handled at BMCT, 1.59 million TEUs at APMT, 1.13 million TEUs at NSICT, 1.11 million TEUs at NSIGT, 0.56 million TEUs at NSFT and 7,978 TEUs at NSDT.
Shri Unmesh Sharad Wagh, Chairman, IRS, JNPA said, “We feel immense pride in announcing this significant achievement. This underlines our dedication to establish this port as a major gateway for import-export trade. This achievement reflects our team's unwavering commitment towards providing high quality services including centralized parking plazas, single window clearance and many other initiatives facilitating ease of doing business. I express my gratitude to all our partners and stakeholders for their continued trust and support. JNPA remains steadfast in its mission to contribute to the economic progress of the country.
