News / Mundra Port targets more market share from JNPT with investment in Dighi

After overtaking Mumbai’s Jawaharlal Nehru Port Trust (JNPT) as India’s biggest container gateway, Adani-operated Mundra Port is eyeing more market share.

The country’s largest private terminal operator is taking aim via its latest acquisition – a $1.4bn redevelopment of Dighi Port in Maharashtra, just 123km south of Mumbai.

Mundra, in the north-west state of Gujarat, overtook JNPT in the first quarter of last year, when it handled 970,940 teu, compared with JNPT’s 847,844.

However, these volumes were significant year-on-year declines for both ports, ...