JNPA reaches highest ever container throughput in 2025

Jawaharlal Nehru Port Authority (JNPA), India’s largest container port, handled 7.94 million TEU in the 2025 calendar year, representing a 12.64% increase over the 7.05 million TEU recorded in 2024 and marking the highest throughput in the port’s history. Total cargo volumes reached 99.17 million tonnes, a 9.86% rise year-on-year.

The year ended strongly with JNPA recording its highest ever monthly container throughput of 711,412 TEU in December 2025, surpassing the previous record of 695,968 TEU set in August.

JNPA has also taken a major step towards the digitalisation of its marine operations through the rollout of a paper-free Harbour Management System. Developed in partnership with the National Technology Centre for Ports, Waterways and Coasts, the indigenous system integrates vessel scheduling, pilotage data, resource allocation, IoT-based inputs, safety monitoring and sustainability tracking into a single digital workflow.

In parallel, JNPA has launched its own intelligent Vessel Tracking System, iVTS, replacing the earlier VTS arrangement. AIS-based data collection has already commenced and once fully operational the system will provide terminal operators and service providers with a real-time operational picture to support faster and more effective decision-making.

All marine operations, including VTS, have now been consolidated at the new Port Facility Centre, which became fully operational on 1 January 2026, further strengthening JNPA’s position as a technologically advanced gateway port.