Port Customer Meeting held at JNPT to discuss various strategic initiatives under way at the Port

Jawaharlal Nehru Port Trust (JNPT), handled a noteworthy 3,80,384 TEUs in September 2020 which is 95% of cargo handled in September 2019(400,365 TEUs). There has been increase of 7.8% in throughput as compared to August 2020 (352,735 TEUs), this steady surge in cargo handling month on month indicates early signs of recovery which is very significant during
the ongoing pandemic that has affected business across India. JNPT handled 1,925,302 TEUs (1.92 million TEUs) and 797 vessels during the half year ending September 30, 2020, as against 2,572,810 TEUs (2.57 million TEUs) handled in the same period during the previous year. The overall traffic handled in current financial year(April-Sep) was 26.93 Million Tonnes as compared to 34.41
Million Tonnes handled in the same period during previous year. At the liquid Cargo Terminal, JNPT has been handling essential commodities like LPG ,High speed diesel, Motorspirit and Edible oil which is further supplied to the states of Maharashtra ,
Gujarat,Karnataka,Goa, Madhya Pradesh and Delhi. In September 2020, JNPT handled discharge of 92786 MT of LPG in six vessels, by giving priority and timely berthing to the LPG vessels for fulfillment of Pradhan Mantri Ujjwala Yojna. Total LPG handled in the current financial year till September is 4, 59,283 MT as compared to 4, 19,562 MT handled in previous year which is an
increase of 9.5 %.The half yearly performance and the other on-going developments at the Port was shared with the JNPT stakeholders and customers in a virtual Port Customers Meeting conducted on 1st October where the suggestions, feedback and concerns of the stakeholders was deliberated upon.