PM Narendra Modi to inaugurate India’s largest container terminal
Prime Minister Narendra Modi will inaugurate the country’s largest container terminal at Jawaharlal Nehru Port Trust in Mumbai on Sunday, an official said today.
The JNPT’s Fourth Container Terminal (FCT)’s Phase I has been completed in a record time at a cost of Rs. 4,719 crore and is expected to boost container trade and logistics in a big way.
In October 2015, PM Modi had laid the foundation stone for this terminal which will double JNPT’s current container handling capacity.
The FCT will add capacity of 2.4 million (24 lakh) containers per annum in the first phase and after completion of the second phase in 2022, the capacity will be quadrupled to a whopping 100 lakh containers per year.
The FCT was developed on design, build, fund, operate and transfer (DBFOT) basis for a concession period of 30 years with an estimated investment of Rs. 7,915 crore for both the phases.
The terminal will be able to dock mother vessels, handle the biggest containers ships from a quay length of one km, handle three container ships simultaneously with sufficient yard space, and cranes which can reach 22 rows wide or more.
The FCT will be linked to the dedicated road access and a rail freight corridor and will receive around 350 containers per rake besides provision for storing 1,600 refrigerated (reefer) containers for perishables, agriculture and horticulture produce.
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