JNPT wins ‘Best Port of the Year’ award for container ports
03 Jul 2019
The Jawaharlal Nehru Port Trust (JNPT), the largest container port in the country, added another feather to its cap, winning the ‘Best Port of the Year- Containerised’ award at the 4th India Maritime Award ’19.
JNPT won the coveted prize pipping a host of other major ports in the country being nominated in the same category. JNPT also received a special felicitation for its 30 years of glorious service to the maritime sector.
The category ‘Best Port of Year’ evaluates the ports across various parameters like volume handled, year-on-year growth, expansion plans, new initiatives, variety of cargo handled, handling equipment, e-business and customer satisfaction, among others.
“JNPT showed remarkable growth across all these parameters, be it crossing the 5 million TEUs milestone in container handling for a financial year or the various projects underway such as the on-going development of the fourth terminal, the mega road infrastructure development project, dredging of the navigational channel, development of dry ports, JNPT–SEZ project, automation and digitisation of services and many other initiatives focused on port expansion and enhancing operational efficiency.