The Jawaharlal Nehru Port Authority (JNPA) has started its first long-haul double-stack rake operation on the Dedicated Freight Corridor (DFC), marking an important step in improving rail connectivity and the movement of export-import (EXIM) cargo from the port, an official statement said on Saturday.

The first rake left Jawaharlal Nehru Port Authority (JNPA) at 7pm on August 21, carrying 360 Twenty-foot Equivalent Units (TEUs) of import cargo that had arrived through Bharat Mumbai Container Terminals Private Limited (BMCTPL), operated by PSA. The rake was bound for the Gati Shakti Multi-Modal Cargo Terminal of Container Corporation of India (CONCOR) at Varnama (CGMV) in Gujarat, it said.