DP World Nhava Sheva Welcomes Longest Container Vessel Ever-berthed at Indian Ports

The Singaporean-flagged Maersk Seletar, with length of 319 meters and capacity of 6,478 TEUs, called at DP World Nhava Sheva accounting for the longest container vessel that has ever called the Indian Port in its 22 years of operations.

Maersk Seletar together with her sister vessel Maersk Sembawang, which called at DP World Cochin earlier this year, are two longest Maersk Line ships to call Indian ports.

The Port of Nhava Sheva (or Jawaharlal Nehru Port) is India’s largest port handling almost half of the country’s maritime traffic. The Port of Nhava Sheva, created to add capacity to Mumbai’s port, is located on the west coast of India close to the country’s commercial capital, Mumbai. DP World Nhava Sheva, India’s first privately managed container terminal, is the company’s flagship operation in the Subcontinent.

DP World Nhava Sheva links to a wide network of inland container depots (ICD) in Pune, Nagpur, Ahmadabad, Hyderabad, Ludhiana and New Delhi through two sets of railway sidings, which ensure efficient operation. Further the terminal is connected to India’s major highway and rail networks, which give access to neighboring Mumbai and to the hinterland of Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra, Gujarat, Karnataka and most of North India.

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World Maritime News Staff, December 26, 2011;