State-run Jawaharlal Nehru Port Trust (JNPT) today reported a 14 per cent rise in its standalone net profit at Rs 312 crore for the six months ended March 31, 2015.

The country’s largest container port had posted a net profit of Rs 272.60 crore in the year-ago period, it said in a BSE filing.

Standalone operating income of the Mumbai-based firm rose marginally to Rs 797.30 crore in the October-March period of the last fiscal from Rs 789.20 crore in the same period of the 2013-14 fiscal.

For the entire 2014-15, its standalone net profit rose 10 per cent to Rs 555.70 crore from Rs 506.30 crore in 2013-14.

Standalone operating income grew by 12 per cent to Rs 1,507.50 crore from Rs 1,345.30 crore during the same period.

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