Tag: Mumbai Port Trust

Uber app has introduced UberBoat in Mumbai. Through the Uber app, riders/passengers can book their speedboats from the Gateway of India to Elephanta Islands and further to Mandwa Jetty and vice versa. Sanjay Bhatia, Chairman, of the Mumbai Port Trust (MbPT) has launched the Uber Water Taxi App in collaboration with Maharashtra Maritime Board and UBER. MbPT is foreseeing the Mumbai city’s Eastern Water Front as Sea Transport and Tourism Hub. In this direction, MbPT has completed projects like Domestic Cruise Terminal, Mumbai-Goa Cruises Services, Floating Restaurants in Mumbai Harbour and Ro-Pax Terminal so far. Launch of Uber water taxi ... Read more

Nitin Gadkari , Union Minister for Shipping, Road Transport & Highways, Water Resources, River Development and Ganga Rejuvenation, to inaugurate two floating restaurants under the ongoing water front development work of Mumbai Port in Mumbai on 17th November 2018. It was announced by a press release by the Ministry of Shipping. Nitin Gadkari The Minister will also launch the Access Control and Radio-Frequency Identification System (RFID) as well as development of Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP). Invitation of tenders for Mumbai-Elephanta Ropeway and a Super Specialty Hospital at the Port also will be initiated by the minister. The two Floating Restaurants ... Read more

The Mumbai-Goa cruise ferry service, which is set to start after the monsoon, will also have its halts in towns like Ratnagiri, Malvan, Vijaydurg and Raigad. The Mumbai Port Trust (MbPT), the executing authority of the project has already appointed an operator who will run the cruise services. Maharashtra Maritime Board (MMB) is currently working on the feasibility of having additional jetties for the cruise service. “The jetties can be used by all the vessels, and are being constructed as part of coastal tourism plan which means it will also boost tourist activities in the Konkan region. The jetties are ... Read more

Mumbai Port Trust, in association with private tour operators, is about to start a new cruise service from Mumbai to Goa. As per media reports, all necessary verification processess are completed by Mumbai Port Trust and are waiting for the government approval. “We have developed the domestic cruise terminal building. Operator is yet to get few permission and also delivery of vessel which operator has ordered from abroad got delayed. But we are hopeful that soon first Domestic cruise will start from Mumbai to Goa,” said Sanjay Bhatia, Chairman, Mumbai Port Trust. The cruise service is said to start from ... Read more