New
Dehli 19 July,
The PPP mode of investment in Indian
ports has made a remarkable progress in the last 25 years, beginning from the
Jawaharlal Nehru Port (JNP), resulting in the capacity addition and
productivity improvement. The sustainability of the first agreement between the
concessioning authority and concessionaire on PPP mode, which has completed its
25th year of success in July, this year, has had tremendous impact on the
development of PPP projects in major ports. Now, JNP has become the first major
port of the country to become 100% Landlord port having all berths being
operated on PPP model.
JNP is one of the leading container
ports of the country and is ranked 26th among the top 100 global ports (as per
Lloyds List Top 100 Ports 2021 Report). Currently, five container terminals are
operated at JNP, of which only one is port owned. With its state of the art
facilities JNP meets all the international standards, user-friendly atmosphere,
and excellent connectivity by rail and road to the hinterland. Facility of
backup infrastructure like CFS, connectivity with ICDs, full-fledge Custom
House, Airport, Hotels, proximity to Mumbai, Pune, Nashik city and its
industrial belt makes it an unique container terminal.
The Jawaharlal Nehru Port Container
Terminal (JNPCT) has 2 berths with total length of 680m and 15m draft which
will be handed over under this PPP contract along with backup area of 54.74
hectares for 30 years. JNPCT is presently handling 9000 TEUs capacity vessels
and with the upgradation it can handle 12200 TEUs capacity vessels. It is also
proposed to increase the RMQC rail span from 20 meters to 30.5 meters at the
port. Investment for this project will be carried out by the concessioner at a
total cost of Rs. 872 crores. The concessioner has to upgrade, operate,
maintain and transfer this terminal on PPP basis. This project will be
implemented in 2 phases.