Container movement through the city's two ports.
Mumbai exists because of its harbour. The old port on the eastern waterfront and Jawaharlal Nehru Port at Nhava Sheva across the water together carry a very large share of India's container and bulk trade, with the clearing, forwarding and warehousing business built around them.
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Jawaharlal Nehru Port, Nhava Sheva
Jawaharlal Nehru Port at Nhava Sheva, across the harbour in Navi Mumbai, opened in 1989 and is the largest container port in India, handling more than half the country’s container traffic through five terminals run by AP
Mumbai Port
Mumbai Port, the old Bombay Port Trust of 1873, runs the docks along the eastern waterfront — Indira Dock, Prince’s and Victoria Docks, the Jawahar Dweep oil berths and the Sewri and Haji Bunder bulk berths — from its he
Jawaharlal Nehru Port, Nhava Sheva
APM Terminals, the port arm of the Maersk group, runs Gateway Terminals India at JNPA, opened in 2006 and for years the busiest container terminal in India.
Jawaharlal Nehru Port, Nhava Sheva
DP World of Dubai runs two terminals at JNPA — Nhava Sheva International Container Terminal, the first private terminal in India in 1999, and Nhava Sheva India Gateway Terminal — and inland container depots and freight t
Jawaharlal Nehru Port, Nhava Sheva
BMCT, run by PSA International of Singapore, is the newest and largest terminal at JNPA, opened in 2018 with a second phase in 2025, built to handle the biggest container ships that call in India.
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