Nhava Sheva
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Nhava Sheva ( also called Jawaharlal Nehru Port) is the largest port in India, handling close to 50% of the country's port traffic. The main goods exported are cotton shirts, knitted t-shirts, sporting goods, carpets, other textile articles, boneless meat, and medicaments. The main imports are chemicals, machinery, plastics, electrical machinery, vegetable oils and aluminum and other non-ferrous metals. It has access to neighbouring Mumbai and to the hinterland of Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra, Gujarat, Karnataka and most of North India.
The port was sanctioned to relieve pressure of the port of Bombay (Mumbai) in Bombay proper and has three terminals: JNPCT, NSICT and GTI (Gateway Terminal of India). NSICT is India’s first privately managed container terminal. It is run by DP Ports. Currently it is managed under a Build-Operate-Transfer agreement set up with the Jawaharlal Nehru Port Trust (JNPT) of the Government of India.
It is located south east of Mumbai
18°57'1.14"N 72°57'10.28"E
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