APM Terminals Mumbai at the Jawaharlal Nehru Port (JNP) established a new record for Indian ports by handling a total of 2.01 million TEUs during the 2014-15 financial year ending March 31.
After the implementation of new processes the terminal is handling an average gate throughput of 5 000 TEUs, compared with a previous daily throughput of 3 500 to 4 000 TEUs. In February, it set a new record for the highest February volume recorded by an Indian container terminal, with 164 678 TEUs.
It is India’s largest container terminal handling facility in terms of container throughput (TEUs) - accounting for nearly 45% of JNP’s combined throughput and representing approximately 20% of India’s containerised cargo.
APM noted in a statement that the deepening of the Mumbai harbour channel in 2014 combined with an increase in the vessel size and container volumes were contributing factors to the growth.
The increase, however, is straining the existing Indian port infrastructure, which must also deal with regulatory issues which have held back further infrastructure investment.
“The need of the hour is to ensure we find an acceptable solution with the authorities on the longstanding issue of the tariff that we are allowed to charge at the terminal,” said APM Terminals Mumbai chairman, Rizwan Soomar.
Soomar added that the terminal company was now in the final stages of completing a container weighing project that would help to assure accurate weight declarations for loaded containers.
Mumbai-based terminal operator has record year
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