Mumbai port handles record 6,316-car shipment

NEW DELHI: Government today said Mumbai Port, one of the 12 major ports of the country, has set a new record of handling shipment of 6,316 cars in a single ship.

"Continuing its march to set ever higher records of handling cars, Mumbai Port has set a new record of shipment of 6,316 cars on a single ship on its new berth OCT-2. This is a quantum jump over the previous record of shipment of 5,376 cars," Ministry of Shipping said in a statement.

The ship MV Hoegh St Petersberg berthed on August 6, and sailed on August 9 with shipment 6,316 cars mainly consisting of 3,115 cars of General Motors and 3,093 cars of Volkswagen and exported mostly to Mexico.

"Mumbai Port Trust is consistently contributing to the 'Make in India' campaign by facilitating the export of Made in India cars," the statement said.

Mumbai Port has been focusing on the export and handling of cars and has emerged as number one port on the West Coast of India growing at about 25 per cent for last few years.