Mumbai crane installation set to halt operations

Shipping lines at Jawaharlal Nehru Port (JNP) in Mumbai will be forced to make alternative arrangements as the port trust partially shuts down its container berths for two months from mid-October to install new quay cranes.

India’s largest container port, also known as Nhava Sheva, has suffered from intermodal rail delays in recent months;  it is now advising carriers to use the port’s private terminals, APM Terminals Mumbai and the DP World-run Nhava Sheva International Container Terminal.

Possible substitutes also include the west coast ports of Mundra, Pipavav and Hazira in the state of Gujarat, and Vallarpadam Terminal in Cochin Port for transhipment.