Mumbai port of India

Location:

Mumbai port of India which is locally called Bumbay is a deep natural harbor on India’s northwest coast. It is six nautical miles west of Nhava Sheva port and 432 nautical miles south-southeast of the Kandla Port.

History:

As early as 300 BC, the ancient Greeks called this area as Heptanesia (meaning a cluster of seven islands), and it was a commerce center with both Egypt and Persia in 1000 BC. In the 3rd Century BC, it became part of the Asoka Empire, and then it was ruled by the Calukyas from the 6th to 8th Century.

Muslim armies conquered this area in 1348 and it became part of the Kingdom of Gujarat. Though the Portuguese failed in a 1507 attempt, they won the Port of Mumbai in 1534. Then in 1661 when the sister of Portugal’s king married King Charles II, it fell to the British Empire. At first, the English did not consider this port as a valuable aid to the Empire but late in the 18th century, instability among mainland powers drove refugees to this area and it began to improve.

In 1853, India’s first passenger railway line was built there. By 1860, the Port of Mumbai was the biggest cotton market in India. During the late 1800s and early 1900s, Mumbai port was a political center for a nationalist. After World War II, growth began in the Mumbai’s port as new residents came there. In 1960, the Port of Mumbai became the capital of Maharashtra state.

Then, in 1970, Mumbai port experienced another wave of immigration. It brought construction boom which caused Mumbai overtook Kolkata as the country’s largest city. Finally, in 1995, the old Bombay was renamed to Mumbai!

Significance:

Mumbai port is the capital of the Maharashtra state. It is the commercial and entertainment center of India. Port of Mumbai is home of India’s major financial institutions and the center for the Hindi entertainment industry (known as Bollywood). Also Mumbai port is the gateway for more than half of India’s sea-going passengers and an important cargo-handling seaport.

Facilities:

The Port of Mumbai has a total area of 46.3 hectares, total quay length of 7.8 thousand meters, and 63 anchorage points. Pilotage is necessary for vessels of 100 tons and above entering and leaving this port.

The Port of Mumbai includes three enclosed wet docks: Prince’s Dock, Victoria Dock, and Indira Dock. Prince’s and Victoria are both semi-tidal docks. Prince’s Dock is the oldest of three (1880). It contains eight berths with alongside depth of 6.4 meters. The Victoria Dock (1888) has 14 berths with alongside depth of 6.7 meters. The Indira Dock (1914) has a 228.6-meter-long, 30.5-meter-wide entrance lock and a total of 26 berths.

Mumbai port is served by a network of 126 kilometers of roads, and it has its own railway that is connected to the national rail network. This railway has a network of about 100 kilometers of tracks, and it operates its own fleet of five locomotives.

Provided Services by Kala Sepid Tarabar Transportation Company for Mumbai Port:

Kala Sepid Tarabar Company can provide any kind of transportation services according to the customers’ requirements to Mumbai port of India including:

 From Iran to Mumbai Port:

• Transporting 20-foot container to Mumbai Port
• Transporting 40-foot container to Mumbai Port
• Transporting dangerous cargoes to Mumbai Port
• Transporting Iso tank to Mumbai Port
• Transporting flex tank to Mumbai Port
• Transporting Ref containers to Mumbai Port

From Mumbai Port to Iran:

• Receiving the cargo from your company or storeroom in any city of India
• Completing the customs affairs at Mumbai Port
• Transporting your cargo from Mumbai Port to Bandar Abbas port of Iran