Investment boost of US$131 million at Jawaharlal Nehru Port Container Terminal

Nhava Sheva Freeport Terminal Private Limited (NSFTPL) and Asian Development Bank (ADB) signed a US$131 million loan in order to upgrade the Jawaharlal Nehru Port Container Terminal (JNPCT) in Nhava Sheva, India.

The financing package consists of US$61.4 million from ADB’s ordinary capital resources and US$69.6 million from Leading Asia’s Private Infrastructure Fund (LEAP) administered by ADB.

NSFTPL is a special purpose vehicle jointly owned by J M Baxi Ports and Logistics Limited (JMBPL) and...

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Indian appeals court rejects Adani’s plea for Nhava Sheva terminal bidding disqualification

India’s appeals court in Mumbai (Bombay High Court) has rejected the Adani Group’s petition challenging its disqualification from a tender seeking to privatise the state-owned terminal in Nhava Sheva (JNPA), known as the Jawaharlal Nehru Port Container Terminal (JNPCT).

The development is seen as a setback for Adani’s aggressive efforts to further expand its container market share in the country, which have already enabled the private conglomerate to outpace Nhava Sheva as India’s busiest box...

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JNPT CFS operators: Import deliveries disrupted due to system outage

The export-import community at Jawaharlal Nehru Port Trust (Nhava Sheva) has a hard time carting cargo into terminals and securing delivery orders as the port’s own terminal operations systems continue to remain offline, for the fifth day since a suspected cyber-attack on 20 February.

“Since port terminal operating system of JNPCT is currently unavailable due to some technical reasons, we are compelled to adopt a manual procedure for delivery of import containers,” Container Freight Stations...

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Update: JNPT system knockout after cyberattack extends into third day

The system outage at Jawaharlal Nehru Port Container Terminal (JNPCT), the oldest marine facility in India’s Port of Nhava Sheva (JNPT), following a ransomware attack on 20 February, stretched into the third day, forcing many port users to turn back to the old and tedious manual method of processes.

Sources in JNPT said all efforts are under way to reinstate the digital applications with the help of the service provider. However, none of the sources were able to say when the system would be...

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Cyber attack hits state-owned terminal at India’s JNPT

A vessel flow disruption is brewing in Jawaharlal Nehru Port Trust (JNPT), India’s top container port complex, after information systems used by the government-run terminal JN Port Container Terminal (JNPCT) became the latest target of a cyberattack on 21 February.

Sources said the port authority is strenuously working to reinstate the critical applications.

“If the outage is not fixed today, vessels scheduled to call at JNCPT will be affected,” a terminal official told Container News.

However,...

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