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As the domestic economy rebounds with the easing of lockdown restrictions, Jawaharlal Nehru Port Trust (JNPT) handled 413,737 twenty foot equivalent units (TEUs) in November, clocking a growth of 7.61 per cent over the same month last year. The overall traffic including containers handled at JNPT during November grew 9.04 per cent to 5.70 million tons from the 5.22 million tonnes in November 2019. The total traffic in November includes 0.59 million tons of bulk cargo compared to 0.55 million tons in the same month last year. The average monthly terminal handling time of trains improved to 4:28 hours in November from 4:48 hours in October and 6:18 hours in September. The average monthly turn-around time of trains (from placement to removal of trains) has reduced to 9:08 hours in November from 9:45 hours in October and 13:34 hours in September. The newly opened Centralised Parking Plaza at JNPT handled 43,619 tractor trailers in November which carried 68,909 TEUs. “JNPT will continue to support the country’s economic growth and perform its duties to maintain the growth trajectory of the port sector. The growth in cargo handling volumes in November indicate recovery and these trends will continue into the last quarter of the present financial year,” said, Sanjay Sethi, IAS, Chairman, JNPT. Despite the few ups and downs, JNPT has managed to keep the operations going on the back of improvements in operational efficiency and enhancements in cargo handling capacity to enable seamless movement of trade and be the port of choice for the EXIM community, Sethi said. In November, JNPT completed the construction of a coastal berth with the capacity to handle 2.5 million tons of coastal cargo including liquid …

Jawaharlal Nehru Port Trust (JNPT) has opened a new Centralized Parking Plaza (CPP) for container tractor trailers with Customs facilitation, as part of its efforts to promote ease of doing business. The parking plaza spread across 45 hectares has a capacity to park 1,538 tractor trailers at a time. The plaza has been built exclusively to integrate the parking of tractor trailers carrying factory stuffed export containers at one location instead of multiple locations earlier. This will help integrate document processing by Customs with state-of-the art facilities and service provision. The plaza will be managed using Real Time Parking Management system and has a Wi Fi provision within the premises. It has a dormitory for truck drivers to stay, canteen for providing food to truck drivers, well-maintained toilets, area for vehicle repair and maintenance and commercial building. “JNPT is the only port in India which has planned for a facility of this scale and CPP is a key initiative to streamline the traffic movement and improve the port efficiencies using IT services, at the same time provide convenience facilities and amenities at very nominal rates to truck drivers who travel long distances to reach the Port. The Centralized Parking Plaza is an important part of our constant endeavour to provide the ease of doing business within the Port,’’ Sanjay Sethi, IAS, Chairman, JNPT said during a visit to the plaza today along with senior officials to oversee the functioning of the new facility.