Jawaharlal Nehru Port Authority (JNPA) processed a record 831,956 TEUs in August just gone, marking its highest monthly container throughput to date.
Container volumes increased 19.54 percent compared with the 695,966 TEUs handled in August 2025. The latest result surpassed JNPA’s previous monthly record of 771,418 TEUs, set in April 2026.
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Total cargo throughput reached 9.74 million tonnes during August, up 13.81 percent from 8.56 million tonnes a year earlier. Containerised cargo accounted for 8.99 million tonnes, an increase of 16.46 percent, while bulk volumes fell 10.48 percent to 0.76 million tonnes.
Two of JNPA’s individual container terminals also registered monthly records.
Bharat Mumbai Container Terminals (BMCT) handled 303,032 TEUs during the month, up 24.36 percent from 243,667 TEUs in August 2025. The result exceeded BMCT’s previous monthly high of 277,645 TEUs.
Nhava Sheva Free Port Terminal (NSFT) recorded its highest monthly throughput at 123,876 TEUs, more than double the 57,416 TEUs handled during the same month last year.
Elsewhere across the port, APM Terminals handled 185,292 TEUs, up 0.81 percent year on year, while Nhava Sheva International Gateway Terminal processed 100,254 TEUs, an increase of 7.16 percent.
Nhava Sheva International Container Terminal recorded 114,195 TEUs, down 2.23 percent from August 2025. Nhava Sheva Distribution Terminal handled 5,307 TEUs, compared with 717 TEUs a year earlier.
For the first five months of FY2026-27, from April through August, JNPA handled 3.83 million TEUs, representing growth of 15.45 percent compared with 3.31 million TEUs during the corresponding period of the previous financial year.
Total cargo for the five-month period reached 46.36 million tonnes, up 12.34 percent year on year. Containerised cargo accounted for 43.12 million tonnes of the total, an increase of 14.80 percent.