Container ship damages jetty at JNPT near Mumbai

A portion of the jetty at the Jawaharlal Nehru Port was damaged after a container ship hit it.

MUMBAI: A portion of the jetty at the Jawaharlal Nehru Port in Nhava Sheva, near here, was damaged Saturday after a container ship hit it, police said.

The ship, belonging to CMA CGM group, was dropping anchor at the port Saturday afternoon when it hit a portion of the jetty while making a turn, said Chetan Kakde, senior inspector of Nhava Sheva police station.

He said that damage was not major.