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Mumbai's JNPA to privatise its one state-run terminal
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MUMBAI's Jawaharlal Nehru Port Authority (JNPA) is planning to complete privatisation of its only self-operated terminal - Jawahar Lal Nehru Container Terminal (JNPCT) within a month, reports New Delhi's Financial Express.
The port authority is awaiting security clearance from the ministry of defence and the ministry of home and once these are received , it will ask the bidders to submit the requests for proposal (RFP).
The privatisation, which is part of National Monetisation Pipeline, has generated keen interest among at least 12 global port operators including, APM Terminals Management, AP Moller Maersk, DP World, International Cargo Terminals and Infrastructure, QTerminals (Qatar), Abu Dhabi Terminals, Adani Ports and SEZ and JSW Infrastructure.
Of other four terminals, two are operated by Dubai government-owned DP World, and one each by Singapore¡¯s PSA International and Maersk's APM Terminals.
The terminal's capacity is around two million TEU, but it operates at less than 50 per cent of its real capacity due to inefficient and old equipment. "We expect the plant to easily reach to 1.7 to two million TEU capacity after the privatisation from its current utilisation of 0.7 million TEU," said a JNPA official.
Industry experts believe DP World has a big stake in winning the terminal as it already operates two terminals whose contracts are getting over in 2028. The two terminals operated by DP World are - Nhava Sheva International Container Terminal (NSICT) and the Nhava Sheva (India) Gateway Terminal (NSIGT).
"If they do not win JNPCT and fail to renew contracts for the existing terminals at Nhava Sheva, they will be virtually out of JNPA.
The port authority is awaiting security clearance from the ministry of defence and the ministry of home and once these are received , it will ask the bidders to submit the requests for proposal (RFP).
The privatisation, which is part of National Monetisation Pipeline, has generated keen interest among at least 12 global port operators including, APM Terminals Management, AP Moller Maersk, DP World, International Cargo Terminals and Infrastructure, QTerminals (Qatar), Abu Dhabi Terminals, Adani Ports and SEZ and JSW Infrastructure.
Of other four terminals, two are operated by Dubai government-owned DP World, and one each by Singapore¡¯s PSA International and Maersk's APM Terminals.
The terminal's capacity is around two million TEU, but it operates at less than 50 per cent of its real capacity due to inefficient and old equipment. "We expect the plant to easily reach to 1.7 to two million TEU capacity after the privatisation from its current utilisation of 0.7 million TEU," said a JNPA official.
Industry experts believe DP World has a big stake in winning the terminal as it already operates two terminals whose contracts are getting over in 2028. The two terminals operated by DP World are - Nhava Sheva International Container Terminal (NSICT) and the Nhava Sheva (India) Gateway Terminal (NSIGT).
"If they do not win JNPCT and fail to renew contracts for the existing terminals at Nhava Sheva, they will be virtually out of JNPA.