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JNPT's direct-port-delivery service to have no impact on CFS businesses

Currently, 40 per cent of JNPT's cargo is under the DPD system

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Jawaharlal Nehru Port Trust (JNPT), which aims to bring 80 per cent of its cargo under the direct-port-delivery (DPD) system, does not see any impact on the businesses of 33 container freight station (CFS) housed within the port premises.

“We are doubling port capacity to 10 million TEUs from 4.8 million at present by 2022-2023. Due to this, the CFSs will continue to have reasonable share of business for themselves as increased cargo volumes will need warehousing to some extent,” JNPT chairman Neeraj Bansal told Business Standard.

Currently, 40 per cent of JNPT's cargo is under

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