Prime Minister has inaugurated Fourth Container Terminal (FCT) of Jawaharlal Nehru Port Trust (JNPT) in Mumbai, Maharashtra.
With this, JNPT will nearly double its container handling capacity.
This will be India's largest container terminal. The terminal will be able to dock mother vessels and handle the biggest containers ships from a quay length of one km
The Fourth Container Terminal has been developed on Design, Built, Fund, Operate and Transfer (DBFOT) basis for a concession period of 30 years at an estimated cost of 7915 Crore Rupee.
The project was implemented in two Phases. i.e. Phase I and Phase II.
The new FCT is also linked to dedicated rail freight corridor and can receive about 350 containers per rake.
The rail facilities will be largest in India with only on-dock Dedicated Freight Corridor (DFC) compliant facility in India.