The joint venture at Adani Ports and SEZ in Mundra, Adani International Container Terminal Private Limited (AICTPL), has become the first terminal in India to handle 3,00,000 containers in a month in November. The company, in a filing, called it a “remarkable accomplishment” and significant achievement for APSEZ as well as a historic event in Indian maritime history.
The terminal created a national record by handling 3,00,431 TEUs across 97 vessels in November 2023, breaking its own record of 2,98,634 TEUs in March 2021, by handling approximately 10,000 TEUs every day. TEUs or ‘twenty-foot equivalent unit’ is a measure of volume in units of twenty-foot long containers.
Moreover, two other ports of APSEZ, Dhamra and Ennore, also recorded their highest ever monthly volumes, handling 3.96 MMT and 65,658 TEUs respectively. APSEZ, meanwhile, recorded a robust 42 per cent on-year increase in cargo volumes at 36 MMT.