Mumbai to get a new Miami-like international cruise terminal by next year

Just like Miami, Mumbai is all set to become the next big coastal destination with its very own floating restaurants, an international cruise terminal and a marina, revealed the Mumbai Port Trust.
The trust revealed that Mumbai’s new cruise terminal will be so big that it will be 10 times the size of the existing one, and thus will be well-equipped to offer most of the facilities that are available for passengers at airports. Mumbai Port Trust Chairman Sanjay Bhatia shared his thoughts on this saying, “Our aim is to make this place in Mumbai comparable with Miami”.

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The reason why the future state of Mumbai’s upcoming cruise terminal is being compared to Florida’s Miami in the US, is because just like the latter attracts tourists in large numbers because of its surfside hotels, trendy nightclubs and all the glitz, the Indian commercial capital’s new coastal project might also have similar attractions.


Minister for Shipping and Ports Nitin Gadkari and Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis have in fact laid the foundation stone for the city’s upcoming international cruise terminal, which is reportedly going to span across an area of more than 4.15 lakh sq ft.

Being constructed at an estimated cost of INR 300 crore, Mumbai’s new international cruise terminal will be ready by June 2019. According to what the Mumbai Port Trust have revealed, the new terminal is going to be an attraction for local citizens and tourists as there will be restaurants and retail outlets.

When it comes to the usefulness of this new terminal, it will be capable of holding seven lakh passengers at a time and host cruise ships with a capacity of up to 5,000 passengers.

When this new cruise terminal becomes operational, Mumbai is expected to be a port city handling 80 percent of the country’s cruise passengers, and at the same time it is believed to become capable of increasing both domestic and international tourists visiting India.