It is one of three terminals operating at Jawaharlal Nehru Port (JNP), India’s largest container port, accounting for 45% of JNP’s throughput, and about 20% of India’s total container traffic.

APM said the introduction of a number of larger vessels of 9,000-teu capacity since 2013 was one contributing factor behind the new record.

It added that the deepening of the Mumbai harbour channel last year was also a contributing factor in the volume growth.

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