Jawaharlal Nehru Port Trust (JNPT) has issued a standard operating procedure for the payment at Empty Container Depot in consultation with the stakeholders in the meeting conducted on 26th September 2024 at JNPA. The SOP will be implemented from 1st November 2024.
Online payments of Handling charges shall be accepted by all Depot Operating Members.
Shipping lines should make payments to ECY operators and fully paid delivery orders should be ready before the transporter reaches the empty container yard depot.
The depot will survey the containers and offload the empty containers based on the shipping line SOP and guidelines.
Expire Empty Acceptance Letters from transporters will not be entertained until they get the valid documents from the shipping line. It is as per the shipping line SOP.