News / Shippers set to benefit from Nhava Sheva dedicated freight corridors

Maksim Safaniuk

Shippers and supply chain stakeholders at India’s Jawaharlal Nehru Port Authority (JNPA)/Nhava Sheva Port could soon see their cargo move faster, thanks to significant rail improvements.

The country’s busy container handler has begun to marshal the infrastructure necessary to integrate its operations with the much-awaited national Dedicated Freight Corridor (DFC), expected to connect Nhava Sheva terminals at the end of the year. Stakeholders often face difficulty moving containers inland out of the northern India hinterlands.

The DFC is a 1,504 km broad-gauge freight-only ...