India’s Navayuga Container Terminal (NCT) reached a record as it handled 500.000 TEUs for the first time in a financial year. The milestone was achieved on March 27, with the jubilee TEU being handled on India-flagged containership SSL Kutch.
Specifically, NCT highlighted that the milestone was achieved by an almost 9-fold increase in the 5-year period starting from 58.577 TEUs in FY 2013-2014.
Mr. Anil Yendluri, Director & CEO, Krishnapatnam Port Co. Ltd. commented
NCT has taken giant strides in getting established as a Transshipment Hub on the East Coast of India and we are working towards making it the Hub port in the Bay of Bengal.
In addition, Mr Jithendra Nimmagadda, Chief Operating Officer, NCT, reported that the milestone wouldn’t have been possible without their collaboration with Shipping Lines.
He continued that the Terminal aims to expande its capacity from 1.2 million TEUs to 2 million TEUs by the end of 2019 to be ahead of the demand.
FY 2018-19 marked several developments at Navayuga Container Terminal:
- 5 new e-RTGs getting commissioned;
- Increase in yard capacity to 5,000 ground slots;
- Reefer points were increased to 200 nos;
- Development of 30 acres of off-dock Stuffing & de-stuffing zone close to the container terminal;
- Permission to handle unshredded scrap imports.
The previous financial year saw the Navayuga Container Terminal commission five new e-RTGs, increase yard capacity to 5,000 ground slots, and develop 30 acres of off-dock stuffing and de-stuffing zone close to the container terminal.
