Country's largest container port Jawaharlal Nehru Port Trust (JNPT) handled 4.48 million TEUs of container traffic in 2015 as compared to 4.47 million TEUs in 2014, registering a growth of 0.10 per cent.
"This is the highest ever container traffic handled in a calendar year since the inception of JNPT," Ministry of Shipping said in a statement.
Out of the total 4.48 million twenty-foot equivalent units (TEUs), the share of Jawaharlal Nehru Port Container Terminal (JNPCT) is 1.37 million TEUs, which is 30.63 per cent of the total container traffic at Jawaharlal Nehru Port, it said.
"The share of Nhava Sheva International Container Terminal Pvt Ltd (NSICT) is 1.09 million TEUs which is 24.37 per cent of the total container traffic, share of NSIGT is 0.11 million TEUs (2.36 per cent) and the remaining 1.91 million TEUs (42.64 per cent) are contributed by APM Terminals, Mumbai (APMT/GTICT)," it said.
JNPCT handled 1.37 million TEUs (17.25 million tonnes) and registered a growth of 3.60 per cent in terms of TEUs and 4.65 per cent in terms of tonnes, it said.
"JNPCT has handled the highest ever container traffic of 1.37 million TEUs in the calendar year 2015 since the inception of the port, surpassing the previous record of 1.35 million TEUs in the year 2006," it added.
