Shri Sonowal said, Jawaharlal Nehru Port Authority (JNPA) is amongst top global ports and India’s largest port by crossing 10+ million TEUs capacity in January 2025 and poised to achieve 10 million TEUs throughput by 2027.

In 2024, the port handled highest ever container volume of 7.05 million TEUs, performing at more than 90 per cent capacity. It had an annual growth of 11 per cent Y-o-Y last year as compared to the previous calendar year. With the commissioning of the second phase of Bharat Mumbai Container Terminal (BMCT) in January 2025, another 2.4 million TEUs is added to JNPA’s total capacity. The upgradation of Nhava Sheva Freeport Terminal (NSFT) in 2025 is also likely to add capacity to the port. With the growth projections of current rate, the container handling capacity is expected to go up to 10.4 million TEUs.

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Shri Rahul Dwivedi, IAS, Executive Director, REC signed the MoU with Shri Unmesh Sharad Wagh, Chairman, JNPA. MoU was signed in the presence of Shri Sarbananda Sonowal, Hon’ble Union Minister for Ports, Shipping and Waterways.

Shri Sanjay Sethi, IAS, Additional Chief Secretary (Transport and Ports), Government of Maharashtra and other senior officials from REC & JNPA were also present.

This MoU is to establish a framework for cooperation between JNPA and REC whereby JNPA implements projects in the infrastructure sector of its expertise and REC shall provide the required funds.  JNPA is an undertaking of Government of India, and is a premier container handling Port, accounting for around 50% of the total containerized cargo volume, across the major ports of India.

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