Gradual pick-up in export consignments prompts ports to push volumes

JNPT back to handling 12,000 containers per day; Essar Ports performing at pre-Covid levels; Adani Ports Q1FY21 throughput 27% down YoY

With export consignments gradually picking up, domestic ports are adjusting to the new normal, bringing back their cargo volumes month after month.

“The unlocking that started in June (in Maharashtra) has helped the port a great deal since export consignments began coming to the terminal. Until then, we were dealing only with imports. This helped us push up volumes,” a senior official with traffic division of Jawaharlal Nehru Port Trust (JNPT) told Business Standard on conditions of anonymity.

Mumbai-based JNPT is the country’s largest major port in container cargo. Between April-July, the facility handled container traffic of 1,192,165 TEUs (Twenty-foot equivalent units),