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Traffic at Jawaharlal Nehru Port Returns to Normalcy After Brief Congestion
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News18•06-10-2026, 17:00
Traffic at Jawaharlal Nehru Port Returns to Normalcy After Brief Congestion
- •Traffic at Jawaharlal Nehru Port successfully returned to normalcy following a brief period of congestion caused by a sudden surge in export cargo and simultaneous bunching of container vessels.
- •JNPA and terminal operators implemented immediate interventions and extra precautionary measures in coordination with stakeholders, Container Freight Stations, and local traffic authorities.
- •Daily quay-side handling scaled up significantly, reaching 35,307 TEUs on October 4 and 32,972 TEUs on October 5 to manage the robust export-import demand.
- •Enhanced gate automation and additional deployment helped stabilize throughput and brought the overall average truck turnaround time down to 1.47 hours port-wide.
- •Overall yard inventory dropped from a peak of 120,173 TEUs on October 2 to 94,519 TEUs by October 6, ensuring ample capacity and seamless logistics flow across all five terminals.
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The congestion was caused by a sudden surge in export cargo arrival, driven by the simultaneous bunching of more than 15 container vessels arriving at the terminal gates around the same time.
JNPA and terminal operators instituted extra precautionary measures, enhanced gate automation, and coordinated rapidly with stakeholders and Container Freight Stations to accelerate import evacuation, bringing traffic back to normalcy.
The five container terminals are Nhava Sheva Free Port Terminal, Nhava Sheva International Container Terminals, Nhava Sheva International Gateway Terminal, Gateway Terminal India Pvt Ltd, and Bharat Mumbai Container Terminal Pvt Ltd.
