JNPT to shift imported cargo to Mumbai Port warehouses in economy drive

Move to cut transaction cost by Rs 14,000 per container; transit time to halve to 24 hours

The Jawaharlal Nehru Port Trust (JNPT) will be shifting its imported cargo to Mumbai Port Trust warehouses from January to reduce the cost and time taken in transactions.

Currently, all of JNPT’s 4.5 million TEU (twenty-foot equivalent unit) cargo is transported via road to the warehouses of Bhiwandi, which is 59 kms from the port. From Bhiwandi warehouses, traders have to lift their cargo to designated areas of the city, in turn overlapping the route and increasing road congestion.  

“A disciplined movement of cargo is shaping up at JNPT and as part of this realignment, imported goods of about