Rains hit three ship-to-shore cranes at JNPT, no major damage likely

Since there was no vessel at the berth, the cranes were not in operation and hence no operational hindrance has occurred at the port

As heavy rains continue to lash Mumbai, the Jawaharlal Nehru Port Trust (JNPT) at Navi Mumbai today saw three out of its nine ship-to-shore cranes collapse due to strong winds.

“Thankfully, the cranes have not collapsed on the front side so we are expecting the damage to be minimal. However, we will be able to access the damage only tomorrow once we go to the site for survey. Currently, the winds are so strong and visibility being low, we cannot go to the site immediately,” a senior traffic division officer at JNPT told Business Standard.

Meanwhile, the official clarified that