India's Port of Mumbai said container handling at the existing terminal has improved after it transferred operations to its new private terminal operator, Indira Container Terminal Pvt. Ltd.
Indira, a joint venture between Gammon India and Dragados SPL of Spain, recently took over operations at the terminal and entered a 30-year concession agreement with the port authority to develop a $300-million offshore container terminal.
In an advisory to the trade, the authority said the private operator has installed new handling-equipment, including quayside gantry cranes and yard cranes, to boost productivity at the terminal.
"The upgraded facilities would improve efficiency and make operations cost effective, particularly at a time when the port is facing congestion," it stated.
The planned terminal, expected to be ready by 2010, will increase the west coast port's capacity by 12 million tons a year and also enable it to handle 6,000-TEU vessels.
In a separate statement, the authority said it handled 56,792 TEUs in the April-September period, up from 50,845 TEUs in the same period a year ago.
In fiscal 2007-08, traffic declined 17.5 percent to 117,596 TEUs, from 138,201 TEUs the previous year.
Indira, a joint venture between Gammon India and Dragados SPL of Spain, recently took over operations at the terminal and entered a 30-year concession agreement with the port authority to develop a $300-million offshore container terminal.
In an advisory to the trade, the authority said the private operator has installed new handling-equipment, including quayside gantry cranes and yard cranes, to boost productivity at the terminal.
"The upgraded facilities would improve efficiency and make operations cost effective, particularly at a time when the port is facing congestion," it stated.
The planned terminal, expected to be ready by 2010, will increase the west coast port's capacity by 12 million tons a year and also enable it to handle 6,000-TEU vessels.
In a separate statement, the authority said it handled 56,792 TEUs in the April-September period, up from 50,845 TEUs in the same period a year ago.
In fiscal 2007-08, traffic declined 17.5 percent to 117,596 TEUs, from 138,201 TEUs the previous year.