JNPA builds integrated rail-side capacity for double-stacked Container Trains

NAVIMUMBAI:JNPA,India’sbusiestpubliccontainer gateway,hasannounceditisinapositiontohandledoublestacked container freight trains out of its new integrated railyardforallterminalsintheharbour.

The port has five container terminals and mixed or combined train operations have been its mainstay for inlandcontainerdepot(ICD)volumes.

The state-of-the-art integrated rail yard, designed to handle double-stacked container trains, is set to commence on the Dedicated Freight Corridor (DFC) rail lines for all the five terminals, informed a recent communiquefromJNPArecently.

The authority went on to say, “This advanced common railyardwillstreamlineoperationsandenhanceefficiency at the port.” The sophisticated integrated common rail yard has been developed in an effort to upgrade the port’s infrastructure for seamless freight movement as demand builds,propelledbytheDFCconnectivity.

According to a previous port statement, the long-haul common yard has three lines of 1,500 metres for doublestack container trains, out of which two are top-wired ballastless lines meant for loading and unloading of containers, and one is for engine turnaround of electric locomotives.