Mumbai Port Trust
Mumbai Port Trust | |
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Location | |
Country | India |
Location | Mumbai, Maharashtra |
Coordinates | 18°56′41.687″N 72°50′38.909″E / 18.94491306°N 72.84414139°E[1] |
Details | |
Operated by | Mumbai Port Trust |
Owned by | Government of India |
No. of berths | 63[2] |
No. of wharfs | 5 |
Employees | 7000 [3] |
Statistics | |
Annual cargo tonnage | 62.82 million tonnes (2017–18)[4][1] |
Annual container volume | 118,000 TEU (2007–08) |
Website mumbaiport |
Mumbai Port Trust (also known as the Bombay Port Trust) is a port which lies midway on the West coast of
The port is administered by the Mumbai Port Trust (MbPT, formerly the Bombay Port Trust (BPT)), an autonomous corporation wholly owned by the
History
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. In 1652, the Surat Council of the East India Company, realising the geographical advantage of the Port, urged its purchase from the Portuguese. Their wish was gratified nine years later when, under the Marriage Treaty between Charles II of Great Britain and the Infant Catherine of Portugal, the ‘Port and Island of Bombay’ were transferred to the king of Great Britain The first of the present-day docks of the Port were built in the 1870s.[1] Bombay Port Trust (BPT) was established as a corporation on 26 June 1873.[6] BPT's founding chairman was Colonel J.A. Ballard.
Port development was undertaken by the civil engineering partnership Sir
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
The port has four jetties on Jawahar Dweep, an island in the harbour, for handling
Ballard Pier Extension has a passenger terminal, including immigration clearance facilities for crews and passengers of cruise liners.[citation needed]
The port has a total of 69 anchorage points. A pilot is mandatory for all vessels of over 100 tonnes net weightage.[8]
See also
- List of ports in India
- Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj International Airport
- Nhava Sheva Port
References
- ^ a b c d "Port Profile". Mumbai Port Trust. Archived from the original on 25 August 2011. Retrieved 23 September 2011.
- ^ a b "Port Layout". Mumbai Port Trust. Archived from the original on 25 August 2011. Retrieved 23 September 2011.
- ^ Srinath Rao (16 January 2018). "Since early January: In a first, Mumbai Port Trust operational for 24 hours". Indian Express.
- ^ "Cargo traffic handled by major ports up 4.77% in FY18". ndia Times. 8 April 2018.
- ^ "Administration". Mumbai Port Trust. Archived from the original on 17 February 2012. Retrieved 23 September 2011.
- ^ Mumbai Port Trust is 125. Indian Express. 26 June 1997. Archived 9 June 2009 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ Frederick Arthur Crisp (1906) Visitation of England and Wales, Volume 14, London.
- ^ Facilities. mumbaiport.gov.in Archived 27 February 2009 at the Wayback Machine