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Jawaharlal Nehru Port (Nhava Shiva)
UN/LOCODE INNSA · Scale rank #31 worldwide
- Container throughput 2024
- 7.05 m TEU
- Container port rank
- #31
- Cargo pier depth
- 16.5 m
- Largest vessel
- 370.0 m
Overview
Jawaharlal Nehru Port (Nhava Shiva) is a medium seaport in India – harbour type: open roadstead. In 2024 it handled 7.05 m TEU, ranking No. 31 among the world’s container ports. Cargo pier depth up to 16.5 m; channel depth 11.0 m. Largest vessels accepted: length 370.0 m, beam 51.2 m, draft 16.5 m. Water body: Arabian Sea; Indian Ocean.
- Country
- India
- Water body
- Arabian Sea; Indian Ocean
- UN/LOCODE
INNSA- WPI number
- 48845
- Coordinates
- 18.9500, 72.9500
- Harbour size
- Medium
- Harbour type
- open roadstead
- Harbour use
- Cargo
- Shelter
- Good
Location
Infrastructure & depths
Berths & cargo facilities
- ✓ Wharves
- ✗ Anchorage
Cranes & lifts
- ✓ Fixed cranes
- ✓ Mobile cranes
- ✗ Floating cranes
- ✓ Lifts 25–49 t
- ✓ Lifts 0–24 t
- Repairs
- Moderate
- Railway
- Medium
Services & access
Pilotage, tugs & traffic
- ✓ Pilotage compulsory
- ✓ Pilotage available
- ✓ Tug assistance
- ✗ Salvage tugs
- ✓ First port of entry
Services & supplies
- ✓ Longshoremen
- ✓ Electricity
- ✓ Electrical repair
- ✓ Navigation equipment
- ✓ Medical facilities
- ✓ Garbage disposal
- ✓ Dirty ballast disposal
- ✓ Provisions
- ✓ Potable water
- ✓ Fuel oil
- ✓ Diesel oil
- ✓ Deck supplies
- ✓ Engine supplies
- ✓ Airport nearby
- ✓ Rail connection
Entrance restrictions
- ! Tide: yes
- ! Heavy swell: yes
- ✓ Ice: no
- ! Other: yes
- ✓ Overhead limits: no
✓ available · ✗ not available; items without data are hidden (World Port Index).
Vessel schedules
No liner service calling at Jawaharlal Nehru Port (Nhava Shiva) in the schedule data yet.
Schedules & tracking of major carriers:
Trade with Vietnam
Vietnam and India share 1 FTA(s) – goods meeting the rules of origin enjoy preferential duties:
India market profile →International shippingSteel & steel structure manufacturing
Nearby ports
| Port | Country | Harbour size | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mundra | IN | Small | 539 km |
| Mumbai (Bombay) | IN | Large | 9 km |
| Marmagao | IN | Medium | 403 km |
| Kandla | IN | Small | 535 km |
| Hazira | IN | Small | 240 km |
| Pipavav Bandar | IN | Small | 265 km |
| Bhavnagar | IN | Small | 322 km |
| Sikka | IN | Very small | 505 km |
Sources: World Port Index (NGA Pub. 150) – retrieved 2026-10-14; TEU: Lloyd’s List One Hundred Ports. For reference – confirm with the port or agent before operations. · Sailing Directions Pub. 173 (Enroute) - India and the Bay of Bengal ↗