JNPT strengthens maritime business partnership with UAE

JNPT strengthens maritime business partnership with UAE

Jawaharlal Nehru Port Trust (JNPT), the premiere container Port in India, continues to scale up its growth trajectory with new business initiatives between friendly neighbouring countries. There is a new direct service, Sharjah Container Terminal (SCT) – JNPT – Kandla –SCT, for cargo shipment, added to the existing shipping service operating between UAE and India.

Speaking on this new service, Sanjay Sethi, Chairman, JNPT said, “As India’s leading container Port, JNPT is constantly innovating and improving its operational efficiency and scaling up its business capacity. We are committed to provide seamless customer service and ease of doing business for the EXIM community and this allows us to be the preferred choice as a business partner in the maritime sector. UAE is developing its Ports and is becoming a key destination for global trade due to its strategic access to Asia, Africa and Europe. Thus strengthening the maritime ties between both countries will be helpful for developing the maritime sector in the Asian region and open new avenues for growth in the global market as well.”

The Vessel M.V. Port Klang from Sunmarine Shipping Services made its maiden voyage from Sharjah Container Terminal (SCT) to JNPT and this maiden vessel called at JNPCT on 17/3/2019. This Vessel said to offer the fastest direct express service between Sharjah’s Port Khalid and JNPT and other Ports in the Western India region, with only three days transit time from the last port in India to Sharjah.

JNPT is the only Indian Port amongst the top 30 container Ports globally and is now further enhancing its operational capabilities and efficiency to drive the next phase of transformation of the Port. It has completed dredging of the navigational channels to 15Mts which will allow larger vessels more than 12,500TEUs to dock at the Port. Even in the global market, the vessels are getting bigger to account for the increasing demand of business and this strategic move will equip JNPT to handle these large consignments, automatically leading to more container traffic and business growth.

JNPT-SEZ is developing a ‘Free Trade Warehouse’ which will accentuate the Port based SEZ as a preferred investment destination for both domestic and global companies. Apart from this, on the Port operational front, over 48% of the cargo traffic is routed through the DPD service and with ITT facility (Inter-Terminal Transit) allowing container trucks access to all Terminals from inside the Port, the EXIM community saved fuel worth over 10.8 Cr and saved overall trade cost of nearly 211 Cr., till date. Many such smart initiatives including the digitalization of process and adoption of technology to automate processes led to significant reduction in the dwell time which is a boon for the EXIM community.

Recently the first export consignment from Afghanistan reached JNPT via Chabahar Port which marked the beginning of a maritime partnership between both countries for trade and economic growth.

Source: Press Release