Navi Mumbai - State-owned Jawaharlal Nehru Port Authority has called bids from private firms to develop and run a modern technology driven automated empty container yard spread over 26.20 hectares (2,62,017 sq meters) of land for a lease period of 30 years as it looks to enhance infrastructure and facilitate the trade under ease of doing business initiatives.

The auction aims to attract entities interested in setting up an automated empty container depot for handling, storage, repairs, maintenance, servicing and cleaning of empty ISO shipping containers to utilize the export-import potential . . .