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5. SITE STUDY

5.1 About Mumbai Port Trust

Almost halfway between the mainland of Konkan on the east and the island of Mumbai on
the west of India, the Port of Mumbai is blessed with a 400 square km natural deepwater
harbor. Its coordinates are Latitude 18o 54' N, Longitude 72o 49' E. All year long, ships has
plenty of shelter from the deep waters in the harbour. The Prongs Lighthouse to the north
and the Kennery Light House to the south are both clearly visible from the approaches to the
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harbor, which are well-lit. Between Prongs Reef and the Thull Reef, which are located off
the coast of the southeast coast of the mainland, lies the entrance to the harbor, which is
approached from the southwest. This distance is about 9 kilometers.

The majority of the main navigational Harbour Channel is a deep-water natural fairway. The
depth of the waterway is now 11 metres. The 3.3-meter mean high water neap tide in the
channel is sufficient to accommodate numerous cargo ships, passenger ships, and deep-draft
tankers. At the harbour, 24-hour navigation is permitted with appropriate lighting setups.

Handling of Dry Cargo

There is an enclosed wet dock called Indira Dock, which has a quayage of roughly 4,000
metres and a total water area of 24.04 hectares. Vessels can enter or exit the Indira Dock at
any tide thanks to its 228.6-meter-long and 30.5-meter-wide entrance lock. The intended
depths for the 21 berths inside the basin and the 5 berths along the harbour wall are 9.14
metres and 7.5 metres, respectively. Electric pumps can be used to impound water,
increasing the depth of berths inside the basin by 1.20 metres. Ballard Pier Station and
Ballard Pier Extension are the two ports on the southward extension of the east arm of the
Indira Dock. The 244-meter-long Ballard Pier Extension berth features a contemporary
passenger terminal building. Its planned depth is 9.75 metres CD. The Ballard Pier Station
berth, which has a planned depth of 9.1 metres CD, can accommodate cargo ships.

Marine oil terminals
Both crude oil and petroleum products are handled at Jawahar Dweep Oil Terminal. There
were four jetties at this terminal: JD1, JD2, JD3, and JD4. The construction of a new jetty,
JD5, was initiated in order to handle large crude oil vessels, and it was finished in December
2020. This JD5 berth is 470 metres long and has a 17-meter planned draft. At JD5, vessels
carrying up to 150000 tonnes of cargo are able to dock.

Petroleum products and chemicals are processed at Pir Pau. Old Pir Pau, New Pir Pau
(NPP), and New Pir Pau 2 (NPP2) are the three jetties. Only barges carrying lubricant or
basic oil are handled at Old Pir Pau. NPP & NPP2 handle chemicals, LPG, and other
petroleum products. All the jetties are connected to Oil Refineries/storage tanks by a
network of pipelines.

Bunders In addition to the wet docks, the harbour front features a variety of open wharves
and bunders where barge and sailing vessel traffic is managed.
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