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Fourth Container Terminal
February 19 , 2018
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- 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.
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