During the lockdown period, Mumbai Port has continued to handle a large range of cargo such as steel, sugar, pulses, fertilisers, cement, calcite chips, lube/base oil, bitumen, motor vehicles, crude oil, POL products and chemicals at its berths in Indira Docks, Marine Oil Terminal-Jawahar Dweep, Chemical Terminal- Pir Pau, and midstream. Mumbai Port handled 9.6 mt of cargo from 321 vessels.
Also during the lockdown period, Mumbai Port continues to handle cruise liners, enabling signing off of Indian crew on board these ships around the world. The port has been at the forefront in supporting the seafarers by helping them sign-off at the facility. Till date, 6 cruise vessels berthed at the port and more than 1,000 Indian crew handled.
From June 12 to June 28, 2020, eight cruise liners will have called at Mumbai Port to disembark some 10,000 Indian crew stuck on these floating luxury hotels after the pandemic halted their operations at various places across the globe.
Some 20,000 Indian crew working on board cruise ships were left stranded all over the globe after the Covid outbreak forced the lines to suspend operations. Cruise liners have travelled thousands of nautical miles to Mumbai just to drop off the stranded crew. The crew sign-off from cruise ships at Mumbai Port Trust has been made possible by the meticulous planning of port officials and efficient handling by the port pilots.
