PSA’s Bharat Mumbai Container Terminals (PSA Mumbai) in India’s Jawaharlal Nehru Port (JNP) has taken delivery of two Super Post-Panamax STS cranes and six e-RTG cranes, as part of its Phase 2 expansion. The expansion involves constructing 1 km of new quay, adding and paving 44 ha of yard area for stacking containers, and installing new STS cranes and yard handling equipment. Scheduled to be operational by Q1 2025, the project aims to increase the terminal’s annual handling capacity by 2.4 million TEU per year, making it India’s largest standalone container terminal.
The cranes, manufactured by Doosan, were offloaded by Aquanexx Marine Equipment Maintenance earlier this month.
“Aquanexx Marine is proud to announce the successful offloading of 2 DOOSAN STS cranes and 6 RTGs at PSA BMCT Mumbai Port, completing the task in record time. Despite the challenges of executing the project during a major Indian festival, our workforce demonstrated exceptional dedication by not only completing the offloading but also undertaking additional tasks such as leg shifting within the same period,” the company said.
The STS cranes have a SWL under spreader of 65t, while the RTGs have a SWL of 40t.
Doosan has already provided 12 STS cranes for PSA Mumbai as part of a previous contract.
In its latest project update, PSA Mumbai said significant progress has been made on its BMCT Phase 2 expansion. With 400 metres of the 1,000-m quay completed, the terminal is gearing up to finish capital dredging by January 2025 paving the way to accommodate large container vessels. The terminal currently handles 200,000 TEU monthly and, upon Phase 2 completion, is set to double its capacity to 4.8m TEU.
PSA Mumbai currently handles 35% of container traffic at JNPA and 10% of overall container traffic in India. With the PSA Mumbai’s BMCT terminal nearing completion of Phase II, JNPA said it was set to enhance its handling capacity to 10m TEU per year.
JNPA, which operates five container terminals, handled 611,055 TEU and 7.58mt of total cargo in October 2024, marking an 11.20% and 1.72% increase respectively compared to October 2023. From April to October 2024, JNPA handled 4.14m TEU and 52.38mt of total cargo, reflecting year-on-year increases of 13.02% and 5.51%. Rail operations also saw improvements, with 3,788 container rakes and 601,889 TEU handled during this period, surpassing the 3,681 rakes and 588,107 TEU handled in the same timeframe last year. The port has also announced the completion of 100% rail electrification from Jasai up to the JNPort, thus cutting carbon emissions.
