MUMBAI: Union government-controlled Jawaharlal Nehru Port Trust (JNPT) will compensate Dubai Ports World if the private container operator faces trouble while operating a new container terminal at the port’s facility in Mumbai.

The compensation could either be in the form providing another location to set up the facility or could even be a financial one, according to officials at the port. The move is currently being discussed by the Ministry of Shipping and Jawaharlal Nehru Port Trust.

Dubai Ports World (DP World), among the largest container terminal operators in the world, emerged winner for developing the port project, but has been unable to sign the concession agreement since then. The signing of the concession agreement has been delayed as the operator does not want to operate in the area allotted to it as it’s marked as a mangrove forest area.

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