JNPT expects imports to get back to normal from this month-end

The port has been continuously growing month-on-month, registering a throughput of 3,44,316 TEUs in container handling in July, which is 19 per cent higher as compared to June 2020

The country's largest container handling port JNPT on Monday said it expects imports to get back to normal from the end of this month while exports has already picked up, seeing an increase in the shipments last month.

The port has reported a 19 per cent spike in overall traffic to 4.07 million tonnes in July over June, while container traffic rose to 3,44,316 twenty-foot equivalent units during the same period, registering a growth of 19 per cent over June 2019, Jawaharlal Nehru Port Trust (JNPT) said in a release.

The port handled a total of 196 vessels in July, it said.

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