EXIM Trade is worried about the continued
bunched arrival of vessels and schedule leading to congestion in ports in the
West Coast Ports and in particular Jawaharlal Nehru port JNPA.
According to media reports the trade said they have noticed the
following issues continue to persist in the JNPA region. They include continued bunched arrival of vessels and
schedule integrity issues, Huge surge in
Export demand, Excessive demand for export forms over and above proforma move
count, Late arrival of export trailers much beyond gate cut off timings
and container terminal operators
continue to mix ICD containers for all terminals and offloading at
neighboring terminals. This creates additional burden and operational
issues with huge demand for resources and affecting the overall yard
dynamics.
The
EXIM industry in the south are concerned about the attitude of the shipping
ministry to concentrate on infra and connectivity developments in West coast
ports leaving the Ports in the east coast in the lurch. While there is
excessive congestion in Ports of Maharashtra and Gujarat, the container
terminals in major ports in the East coast are working to fifty per cent of
their capacity during the last eight years.
Development projects scheduled in the east coast ports are either indefinitely
delayed or dropped. They cited an instance of Union Home Ministry taking
more than 18 months to give security clearance to the contractor who won the
bid for the third container terminal project at VOC Port, while the Outer
harbor project for the port conceived in 2010 is yet to take off. More so when
the contractor who won the bid for the container terminal is executing various
projects in government owned ports.
Despite these challenges and out of turn
events, PSA Mumbai continue to handle the vessels/trucks/trains without any
compromise on service levels and quality. PSA Mumbai has been handling on an
average 5,171 TEUs road queue (Import as well as Export) per day since Mar 1,
2023 until Mar 13 2023. Around 77 rakes (mixed & dedicated) have been
handled during this period. We assure you that we will continue to maintain our
service standards and ensure faster turnaround of vessels and trucks. PSA
Mumbai is adequately equipped and prepared to handle the peak demands and
maintain our service levels.
There have been rumors and advisories
floating about operational issues at PSA Mumbai and there is some sort of
“Congestion “. We would like to clear the air about this through this
circular/advisory
PSA
Mumbai is fully operational and is functioning as usual. The Terminal gates/
container yard/ quayside/ rail operations are continuing without any
interruptions. The vessels are berthing and sailing without any huge delays and
receival / delivery are round the clock with no interruptions.