Introduction:
Jawaharlal Nehru Port was commissioned in 1989. It is steadily growing as major container hub port in this part of the world. To begin with, two terminals were constructed; the Bulk Terminal for handling of import of dry bulk cargo and a Container Terminal for import and export of containerized cargo. Over the past years of operation, port has diversified its activities for automobiles (export), liquid bulk, cement (coastal cargo) and few other commodities. During the year 2003-04, Port handled about 31.26 million tonnes of total cargo.  At present JN Port handles about 58% of country's total container traffic. At present, Port's total capacity is about 35.5 million tonnes.

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