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JNPT honoured with ‘Major
Port of Year’ award
Recognising its excellence in
port development and management, the Jawaharlal Nehru Port Trust (JNPT) was
recently honoured with the ‘Major Port of the Year’ award at an awards
function organised by CNBC TV 18 here recently.
Mr A. P. V. N. Sarma, IAS, Union
Shipping Secretary, presented the award to Mr S. Shahzad Hussain, IAS, Chairman
of JNPT.
The awards function was a prelude
to the CEO Forum 2008, which saw participation from the ‘Who’s who’ of the
port and shipping industry.
A panel of distinguished leaders
of the maritime industry, headed by Mr Sarma, deliberated on issues, challenges
and opportunities related to the industry.
JNPT had improved its cargo throughput in 2007-08
by 24.60 per cent over that of the previous fiscal, which was the highest growth
rate year-on-year among all the Major Ports. It also had the lowest turnaround
time of 1.85 days. These were some of the factors that resulted in JNPT winning
the award, says a release.
Source: Exim News Service-MUMBAI,
Oct. 5
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