Nhava Sheva
| Nhava Sheva | |||
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| costs | 250 million US dollars | ||
| opening | 1989 | ||
| Total area of the port | 30 ha | ||
| Piers / quays | 600 m | ||
| Container (TEU) | 4 million TEU (2010) | ||
| website | Jawaharlal Nehru Port Trust | ||
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| place | Mumbai | ||
| State | Maharashtra | ||
| Country | India | ||
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| Coordinates | 18 ° 56 '24 " N , 72 ° 57' 0" E | ||
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The Nhava Sheva Port (officially Nhava Sheva International Container Terminal ) now, Jawaharlal Nehru Port Trust (JNPT) called, is a sea port near Mumbai in western India in the Arabian Sea associated bay of the Thane Creek .
Construction began in 1986 and the port was opened in 1989. A second container terminal was added in 1997, a third in 2006 and a fourth in 2018. The port was originally planned as a secondary port to the Mumbai port, but is now the largest container port in India with the country's first private container terminal operated by DP World .
The port has a quay length of 600 meters and a built-up area of 30 hectares for storing the containers. The total capacity in 2001 was 1.1 million TEU (20-foot container), with an average of around 100,000 TEU being processed per month and income from customs duties amounting to 2 billion Indian rupees. The facility cost $ 250 million to build.
In 2010 more than 4 million TEU were handled.
Web links
- Jawaharlal Nehru Port Trust (English)