The Mumbai International Cruise Terminal, which will be located at BPX-Indira Dock, is expected to be commissioned in July 2024.

The terminal will have a capacity of 200 ships and one million passengers per year. Out of the total project cost of Rs 495 crore, Rs 303 crore will be made by the Mumbai Port Authority and the rest by private operators.

It is the first of its kind iconic sea cruise terminal in India with an area of ​​4.15 lakh sq ft, including 22 elevators, ten escalators and a multi-storey parking garage for 300 cars. Two cruise ships can dock at the same time at the dock.

The chairman of the Mumbai Port Authority, Rajiv Jalota, told media that domestic and international cruises are expected to be the main activity in the port of Mumbai. He said the Mumbai Port Authority focuses on cruise tourism, passenger transport and ship repair.

He said a cruise conference was planned to showcase India as a cruise destination and to establish ports like Mumbai, Goa, Kochi and ports on the east coast as the country's cruise hubs.

He said that the Kanhoji Angre Lighthouse Development would expand the scope of cruise tourism and attract international passengers, the Kanhoji Angre Island is developing under the Lighthouse Tourism program. The work order for the project has been issued and should be completed by March 2023.

The Port of Mumbai has completed development works worth Rs 18 crores on the island and is attracting visitors. The island will have trekkings, sit-outs, viewing galleries, pergolas and benches, open-air dining, performances, overnight camping and more facilities.

Jalota told media that the Port of Mallet Bundar handles more than 700 trawlers per day and about 900 trawlers on peak days. It could soon rise to 1,300. The department will also develop a fishing port to ease congestion under the Sagarmala project.

The project work will start in 2022 and should be completed in two years. Sagarmala and Fisheries Department Fund of the Government of India

In addition, a third chemical berth is being built in Pirpau, financed by Sagarmala. The berth will provide a capacity expansion of 2 million tons per year for the transhipment of chemicals, including LPG.

Sagarmala is a national initiative that aims to change the performance of the Indian logistics industry by unlocking the full potential of India's coastline and waterways. It focuses on reducing logistics costs for domestic and export-import policy (EXIM) freight with optimized infrastructure investment.

It aims to reduce logistics costs for Export Import Policy (EXIM) and domestic freight to a total cost saving of Rs 35,000 to 40,000 crore per year.

The Sagarmala scheme includes projects worth Rs 5.48 lakh crore, of which 194 projects worth Rs 99,000 crore have been completed, and 217 projects worth Rs 2.12 lakh crore are in progress.