Mumbai Port Trust
| Mumbai मुंबई पोर्ट |
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Logo of Mumbai Port trust
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| Country | India |
| Location | Mumbai, Maharashtra |
| Coordinates | 18°56.3′N 72°45.9′E / 18.9383°N 72.7650°E |
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| Operated by | Mumbai Port Trust |
| Owned by | Government of India |
| Available berths | 63 |
| Wharfs | 5 |
| Statistics | |
| Annual cargo tonnage | 57.04 million tonnes (2007-08) |
| Annual container volume | 118,000 TEU (2007-08) |
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Website mumbaiport |
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Mumbai Port Trust is a port which lies midway on the West coast of India, on the natural deep-water [[Mumbai
The port is administered by the Mumbai Port Trust (MbPT), an autonomous corporation wholly owned by the Government of India. The port is primarily used for bulk cargo, while most container traffic is directed to Nhava Sheva port across the harbour.
Mumbai Harbour has been used by ships and boats for centuries. It was used by the Maratha Navy, as well as the British and Portuguese colonial navies.
The first of the present-day docks of the Mumbai Port were built in the 1870s.Bombay Port Trust (BPT) was established as a corporation on June 26, 1873. BPT's founding chairman was Colonel J.A. Ballard.
Port development was undertaken by the civil engineering partnership Sir John Wolfe-Barry and Lt Col Arthur John Barry as Joint Consulting Engineers to the Bombay Port Trust at the end of the nineteenth century.
From its establishment, the port has been the gateway to India, and was a primary factor in the emergence of Mumbai as the commercial capital of India. The port and the corporation took their present names in the 1990s.
Over the decades, the port underwent tremendous expansion, with the addition of berths and cargo handling capacities. However, Mumbai's expanding growth and population pressure constrained the growth of the port by the 1970s. This led to the establishment of the Nhava Sheva port across Mumbai Harbour in Navi Mumbai on the Konkan mainland. Nhava Sheva began operations in 1989, and most container traffic now flows through Nhava Sheva.
Mumbai Port has three enclosed wet docks. Prince's Dock was commissioned in 1880. As of 2008, it has 8 berths with a minimum draft of 6.4 metres (21 ft). Victoria Dock, commissioned in 1891, had 14 berths as of 2008 with a minimum draft of 6.7 metres (22 ft). Indira Dock, commissioned in 1914, had 21 berths, with a minimum draft of 7.0 metres (23.0 ft). Prince's Dock and Victoria Dock are semi-tidal docks, with vessels docking and departing at high tide. Indira Dock has a lock, enabling vessels to enter or depart at any time.
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