Mumbai Port

Mumbai Port
Mumbai Port Trust Container Terminal
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Location
CountryIndia
LocationMumbai, Maharashtra
Coordinates18°56′41.687″N 72°50′38.909″E / 18.94491306°N 72.84414139°E / 18.94491306; 72.84414139[1]
Details
Operated byMumbai Port Trust
Owned byGovernment of India
No. of berths63[2]
No. of wharfs5
Employees7000 [3]
Statistics
Annual cargo tonnage62.82 million tonnes (2017–18)[4][1]
Annual container volume118,000 TEU (2007–08)
Website
mumbaiport.gov.in

Mumbai Port (also known as the Bombay Port) is a port which lies midway on the west coast of India, on the natural deep-water Mumbai harbour in Maharashtra. The harbour spread over 400 square kilometres (150 sq mi) is protected by the mainland of Konkan to its east and north and by the island city of Mumbai to its west.[1] The harbour opens to the south to the Arabian Sea.

The port is administered by the Mumbai Port Trust (MbPT, formerly the Bombay Port Trust (BPT)), an autonomous corporation wholly owned by the Government of India.[5] The port is primarily used for bulk cargo, while most container traffic is directed to Nhava Sheva port across the harbour.

  1. ^ a b c "Port Profile". Mumbai Port Trust. Archived from the original on 25 August 2011. Retrieved 23 September 2011.
  2. ^ "Port Layout". Mumbai Port Trust. Archived from the original on 25 August 2011. Retrieved 23 September 2011.
  3. ^ Srinath Rao (16 January 2018). "Since early January: In a first, Mumbai Port Trust operational for 24 hours". Indian Express.
  4. ^ "Cargo traffic handled by major ports up 4.77% in FY18". ndia Times. 8 April 2018.
  5. ^ "Administration". Mumbai Port Trust. Archived from the original on 17 February 2012. Retrieved 23 September 2011.