In Mumbai on Monday, the union minister of the ports and waterways Sarbananda Sonowal conducted a cruise operation at the International Cruise Terminal (MICT). |Picture source: ANI
Operation Cruise officially began on Monday (21 April 2025). The Mumbai International Cruise Terminal (MICT), the largest cruise terminal in India, handles one million passengers every year, can accommodate one million passengers a day and about 10,000 passengers a day.
Cruise operations are officially marked by the Union Minister of Ports, Shipping and Waterways, Sarbananda Sonowal also opened a renovated fire memorial at Victoria Docks, as well as two renovated heritage buildings – Fort House Ballard Estate and Colaba’s Evelyn House.
The minister also launched the Sagar upvan Garden with Sagar Upvan Garden at the Green Port Initiative, along with the power supply on shore.
“The Markits were developed under the latest global standards under the mission of Cruise Bharat and are expected to play a groundbreaking role in developing the cruise tourism industry in India,” the ministry said in a statement.
A building area of more than 415,000 square feet has been developed at Ballard Pier. The total investment in the Xiaomi Michi project is Rs 556 crore.
“Today, Mumbai, with its long-standing reputation as a major maritime hub in the world, has begun its cruise operation at the Mumbai International Cruise Terminal, providing passengers with modern amenities for a better and safer experience. This adds to our existing top international terminals in this category, said Mr. Sonowal. ”
Mict is India’s largest world-class cruise terminal with 72 check-in, with immigration counters spread over 2.07 million square feet above the first two floors, while the other two floors are developed with commercial flooring. It can also handle five ships simultaneously, with a length of up to 11 meters and a length of up to 300 meters. In the parking space, more than 300 cars can be parked at the same time.
Mr Sonowal also participated in the Memorandum of Understanding on the infrastructure project with an investment of over Rs 57 billion in Vadhavan port here today. These agreements signed the development of terminals for handling containers, large quantities of cargo and liquid cargo with an investment of Rs 42 billion, and the development of dedicated terminals for handling bulk and liquid cargo, an investment of Rs 1,000 crore, and the development of liquid cargo terminals and sales tanks, a 3,000 cbm tank farm with 3,000,000 cbm currency products and related products, and the provision of related products.
publishing – April 22, 2025 at 04:00 am IST
