LOCATION :Latitude
- 180 54’ North and Longitude - 720 49’
East on the West Coast of India
The Port of Mumbai has long been the principal gateway
of India. Strategic location is one factor in its favour.
It lies midway along the West coast of India and is gifted
with a natural deep-water harbour of 400 sq. kms. protected
by the mainland of Konkan on its East and island of Mumbai
on its West. The deep-water in the harbour provides secure
and ample shelter for shipping throughout the year.
PORT FACILITIES
Mumbai Port is a fully integrated multi-purpose
port handling container, ro-ro, dry bulk, liquid bulk
and break bulk cargo. The Port has extensive wet and dry
dock accommodation to meet the normal needs of ships using
it.
Berths:
There are three enclosed wet docks namely, Prince’s,
Victoria and Indira Dock, having a total area of 46.30
hectares and quayage of 7,776 metres inside the wet
basin and 853 metres along the harbour wall.
The Indira Dock was commissioned in
1914. It has an entrance lock, 228.6 metres long and
30.5 metres wide, through which vessels can enter or
leave the dock at any state of tide. There are 21 berths
inside the basin and 5 berths along the harbour wall.
The draft inside the basin is around 9.1 metres.
To the south of Indira Dock, along the extended arm,
there are two open berths, Ballard Pier
and Ballard Pier Extension, each of
244 metres length with a draft of 9.1 metres and 9.7
metres, respectively. Ballard Pier Extension berth handles
passenger vessels and is equipped with a modern passenger
terminal building.
There are 4 jetties at Jawahar Dweep
, to handle crude and POL tankers and an offshore berth
at Pir Pau to handle liquid chemicals
and some of the POL traffic. One of the 4 jetties at
Jawahar Dweep can handle tankers with a maximum loaded
draft of 12.7 metres and up to 1,50,000 displacement
tonnes. Two jetties can receive tankers up to 70,000
displacement tonnes. The New Pir Pau jetty
commissioned in December 1996, can handle tankers of
35,000 dwt with a maximum loaded
draft of 11.1 metres.
Cargo Handling Equipments:
Type
Nos.
Capacity
Electric
Quay Cranes
49
(3
& 6 tonnes)
Electric
Quay Cranes
4
(13
tonnes each)
Floating
Crane
1
(60
tonnes)
Mobile
Cranes
25
(14
tonnes each)
Tower
Cranes
2
(20
tonnes each)
Crawler
Cranes (Tata P&H)
2
(20
tonnes each)
Forklifts
Diesel
40
(3
tonnes each)
Electrical
4
(16
tonnes each)
Electrical
4
(1.5
tonnes each)
Electrical
6
(1
tonne each)
Tractors
32
6,000
lbs
Yard
Gantry Cranes (RTG)
3
(35.5
tonnes each)
Quayside
Gantry Cranes
2
(35.5
tonnes each)
Reach
Stackers
2
(42
tonnes each)
Reach
Stackers
2
(45
tonnes each)
Container Terminal:
A full-fledged container terminal has been set
up in Indira Dock which is equipped with two gantry cranes
for ship to shore handling of containers and three Rubber
Tyred Gantry Cranes for yard operations. 516 ground slots
are available for temporary stacking of containers prior
to their shipment or removal to CFS. Berth nos. 1 to 5 in Indira Dock
have been earmarked for handling container vessels. A
stackyard with over 1,600 slots in the backup space behind
these berths have been developed for temporary stacking
of containers.
Container Freight Stations have been set up at Manganese
Ore Depot, Timber Pond, Wadala Incinerator Plot and Frere
Basin. 208 reefer points at selected berths/CFS are provided
for refrigerated cargo. Rail Container Depot has been
developed at Cotton Depot to facilitate smooth movement
of ICD traffic.
Port Trust Railway:
The Port owns and operates its own Railway which is connected
to the broad gauge main lines of Central and Western Railways
at its Interchange Railway Yard at Wadala.
The railway runs for about 11 kms. of straight route between
Ballard Pier and Wadala and has an extensive network of
track of about 130 kms. It serves the docks as well as
the vital installations and factories in the Port Estates.
It has its own fleet of 11 diesel locomotives.
Storage Accommodation:
Mumbai Port has approx. 7 lakh sq. mtrs. of open and covered
storage accommodation for storing uncleared, confiscated
goods and hazardous cargo. Pre-shipment storage facilities
are also available for export cargo at the Port.
TRAFFIC HANDLED
Commoditywise
Imports and Exports at Mumai Port during 1997-98 to
1998-99
