JNPT begins dredging project of navigational channel

Jawaharlal Nehru Port, India’s leading container port, has already started Phase II of a dredging project in its 33.54km long navigational channel.

JN Port has successfully completed the Phase I of the dredging campaign in April 2014, including deepening and widening the existing channel to a depth of 14 meters for accommodating vessels of +6000 TEUs. Phase-II dredging will allow a bigger container vessel of 12, 500 TEUs to be docked at JN Port.

The project work is scheduled to be completed within a period of 24 months.

The consultancy service for project management has been assigned to M/S TATA Consultancy Engineering Ltd.

The key benefits of the project include handling bigger size vessels up to a draft of 15 meters by using a tidal window, increasing in future container traffic, reducing ocean freight cost per TEU, faster turnaround of larger vessels & optimum utilization of capacity.

The news is collated by Globaldredge.com – Dredging Pipeline Supplier Valley.