The Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs, CCEA has approved five projects worth 17,630 crore rupees to augment the capacity of major ports in the country.An official release said, of the five projects approved, four are container terminals and one is a multipurpose cargo berth project in Mumbai port. The four container terminals are proposed in the major ports of Kandla, Jawaharlal Nehru Port Trust at Navi Mumbai, Kolkata and Ennore.These proposed projects will double the container handling capacity which is over 146 Million Tons Per Annum, MTPA at present.The capacity of the multi-purpose cargo berth proposed for Mumbai Port Trust will be 4.5 MTPA to handle automobiles, iron and steel cargo etc, among others. These projects will also bring the latest state of the art technology in line with the global standards.