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{{Infobox port
| name = Mumbai Port Trust Bombay Port Trust
| image = Mumbai Port Trust 02.JPG
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| image_caption = Logo of Mumbai Port trust
| country = [[India]]
| location = [[Mumbai]], [[Maharashtra]]
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| owner = [[Government of India]]
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| employees = 7000 <ref name=mbpt-employeecount>{{cite web|url=https://indianexpress.com/article/cities/mumbai/since-early-january-in-a-first-mumbai-port-trust-operational-for-24-hours-5026255/|title=Since early January: In a first, Mumbai Port Trust operational for 24 hours|author=Srinath Rao |work=Indian Express|date=January 16, 2018|url-status=live}}</ref>
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'''Mumbai Port Trust''' (also known as the '''Bombay Port Trust''') is a port which lies midway on the West coast of [[India]], on the natural deep-water [[Mumbai harbour|harbour]] of [[Mumbai|Mumbai (Bombay)]] in [[Maharashtra]].The harbour spread over {{convert|400|km2|mi2}} is protected by the mainland of [[Konkan]] to its east and north and by the island city of [[Mumbai]] to its west.<ref name=mbpt-profile/> 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]].<ref name=mbpt-admin>{{cite web|url=http://mumbaiport.gov.in/newsite/portinfo/administration.htm|title=Administration|publisher=Mumbai Port Trust|accessdate=23 September 2011|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120217173649/http://mumbaiport.gov.in/newsite/portinfo/administration.htm|archivedate=17 February 2012}}</ref> The port is primarily used for bulk cargo, while most [[intermodal container|container]] traffic is directed to [[Nhava Sheva]] port across the harbour.

==History==
[[File:Mumbai Port 1999 stamp of India.jpg|thumb|left|A 1999 stamp dedicated to the 125th anniversary of Mumbai Port Trust]]
[[File:The Prince's Dock.jpg|left|thumb|The Prince's Dock of Bombay Harbour, c. 1906]]
[[Mumbai Harbour]] has been used by ships and boats for centuries. It was used by the [[Maratha Empire|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.<ref name=mbpt-profile/> ''Bombay Port Trust'' (BPT) was established as a corporation on 26 June 1873.<ref name=ie-125>[http://www.indianexpress.com/res/web/pIe/ie/daily/19970626/17750073.html Mumbai Port Trust is 125]. ''Indian Express''. 26 June 1997. {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090609225308/http://www.indianexpress.com/res/web/pIe/ie/daily/19970626/17750073.html |date=9 June 2009 }}</ref> BPT's founding chairman was Colonel [[Ballard (surname)|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.<ref>Frederick Arthur Crisp (1906) [https://archive.org/details/visitationofengl14howa ''Visitation of England and Wales''], Volume 14, London.</ref>

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.

With a minimum draft of {{convert|6.9|m|ft}}. Victoria Dock, commissioned in 1891, had 14 berths as of 2008 with a minimum draft of {{convert|6.7|m|ft}}. Indira Dock, commissioned in 1914, had 21 berths, with a minimum draft of {{convert|7.0|m|ft}}. Prince's Dock and Victoria Dock are semi-tidal docks, with vessels docking and departing at high tide. Indira Dock has a [[lock (water transport)|lock]], enabling vessels to enter or depart at any time.<ref name=mbpt-layout/>

The port has four jetties on ''Jawahar Dweep'', an island in the harbour, for handling [[Crude oil|Crude]] and [[petroleum]] products. These jetties have a draft of {{convert|12.2|m|ft}}. Liquid chemicals are handled from a jetty on ''Pirpau''.{{citation needed|date=October 2018}}

Ballard Pier Extension has a passenger terminal, including immigration clearance facilities for crews and passengers of cruise liners.{{citation needed|date=October 2018}}

The port has a total of 69 anchorage points. A pilot is mandatory for all vessels of over 100 tonnes net weightage.<ref name=mbpt-facilities>[http://mumbaiport.gov.in/newsite/services/facility.htm Facilities]. mumbaiport.gov.in {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090227075749/http://mumbaiport.gov.in/newsite/services/facility.htm |date=27 February 2009 }}</ref>

==See also==

* [[Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj International Airport]]
* [[Nhava Sheva|Nhava Sheva Port]]

==References==
{{Reflist}}

== External links ==
{{Commons category|Mumbai harbour}}

* {{Official website|http://mumbaiport.gov.in}}

{{Islands of Mumbai harbour}}
{{Mumbai topics}}
{{Major ports in India}}
{{Authority control}}

[[Category:Ports and harbours of Maharashtra]]
[[Category:Estuaries of Mumbai]]
[[Category:Transport in Mumbai]]
[[Category:Companies based in Mumbai]]
[[Category:Economy of Mumbai]]
[[Category:Economy of Maharashtra]]

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