JNPA to be a fully smart port within one year

Jagdamba Prasad Pandey

Jawaharlal Nehru Port Authority (JNPA) celebrated its 34^th foundation day on 25^th May at the posh Hotel Taj Mahal, Mumbai. Gracing the event as Chief Guest was Minister for Ports, Shipping and Waterways Mr Sarbanada Sonowal.

In his address, Mr Sonowal mentioned that the government plans to develop all (major) ports in the country into smart port going forward. We plan to develop the country’s premier container port JNPA as a fully smart port within one year,” expressed, Mr Sonowal.

On the government’s objective of green ports, he informed that JNPA will be placing orders in the next three months for setting up of two green parks at its facility. “And we will be developing green parks at all major ports in the country at a later stage,” he added.

On the Special Economic Zone project (SEZ), he spotlighted that JNPA has seen 29 industrial units coming up under the Sagarmala Project. The SEZ project at JNPA is part of the port-led industrialisation plan, developed on 277.38 hectares of freehold land by JNPA, incorporating the land use plan of the port.

An initiative under the Sagarmala national flagship policy of the shipping ministry, the SEZ is aimed at boosting exports, generating employment, investment and captive cargo by enabling port-led industrialisation.

JNPA posted record growth in container traffic at 6.05 million TEUS (twenty-foot equivalent units) in FY23, a growth of 6.4 per cent year-on-year.

The total container traffic at the port in the fiscal ended March 2022, was recorded at 5.68 million TEUS.

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