Overview:
NHAVA SHEVA Port and Mumbai Port (Mumbai) are actually the relationship of different portsin the same port area .Mumbai is the largest container port in India. As the water depth of the Mumbai port is less than 10 meters, it is not conducive to the long-term development of the port. In 1989, the Indian government built a 12-14-meter water depth 70 kilometers south of Mumbai. Hlu Port, which is now the "NHAVA SHEVA" port that everyone is accustomed to call.
In view of the continuous growth of container transportation, to meet the growing needs of the business community and trading partners, to provide additional facilities for Hong Kong companies, the port has introduced private participation, and for the first time in India invited global bids to develop new container terminals and container handling capabilities. JN Port signed the M/s license agreement in July 1997. Nhava Sheva International Container Terminal (NSICT) is led by M/s. Australia P&O port, built, operated and managed a new 2-berth container terminal based on BOT for 30 years. Commissioned in April 1999. The project includes the construction of a 600-meter-long terminal container yard covering an area of 25.84 hectares, including necessary container handling equipment and other related facilities. Currently, the throughput of the terminal is expected to be 15 million tons per year.
The Nhava Sheva International Container Terminal (NSICT) is leased to a consortium led by P&O and is now part of DP World. Commissioned in July 2000, it has a dock length of 600 meters (2000 feet) and two berths. It can handle 15.6 million tons of cargo. NSICT is the first privately managed container terminal in India. In 2006, GTI (Gateway Terminals India Pvt Ltd), the third container terminal operated by APM Terminals, was commissioned to handle 1.3 million TEUs. The new NSIGT independent container terminal with a length of 330 meters and a capacity of 1.25 billion tons will be fully operational before July 2016. The fourth container terminal with a quay length of 2,000 meters has been put into operation. The terminal will be operated by PSA with a capacity of 4.8 million TEU (60 MTPA). The first phase of the project with a wharf length of 1 km will be put into operation in December 2017.
Terminal: NSICT
Length (m): 600
Maximum draft (m): 14 (tidal)
Design capacity: 1.2 (million TEUs per year) / 15 (million tons/year)
Cold storage point (No.): 772
RMQC (number) / loading equipment: 8
RTGC (number): 29
RMGCs (number): 3
Site (hectare): 25.84
Allowable LOA for the largest vessel: 370 meters