Jawaharlal Nehru Port Trust has won approval from the Union Ministry of Commerce and Industry for Phase I of its long-planned port-based special economic zone project, paving the way for increased export volumes at India’s largest container gateway.
Officials said the project, a first-of-its-kind at a major port complex in the country, would be developed on 227 hectares of land along the Panvel-Uran road connecting the cargo terminals to state highways.
“With India’s No. 1 container port, upcoming dedicated freight corridor and the proposed Navi Mumbai International Airport, JNPT-SEZ will be in a unique advantageous position,” an official statement said.
JNPT, also known as Nhava Sheva, had earlier acquired about 2,500 hectares of land for its long-term development plans. Several leading container carriers offering regular calls at the west coast hub have also leased land from the port authority to set up their dedicated container storage facilities.
JNPT, which moves more than 50 percent of all container cargo moving through India’s major state-owned ports, encompasses three container facilities — APM Terminals Mumbai, DP World-operated Nhava Sheva International Container Terminal and port-run Jawaharlal Nehru Container Terminal — with a combined capacity of about 4.2 million 20-foot-equivalent units.
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