Mumbai Port Trust

Elephanta Island gets electricity 70 years after independence with laying of India's longest undersea power cable

Seventy years after Independence, a 7.5-kilometre long undersea cable has brought electricity to world-famous Gharapuri Isle, which houses Elephanta Caves

Butcher Island fire: 10 million litres of diesel lost in blaze, residents report black rain over Navi Mumbai

More than 10 million litres of diesel went up in smoke in the Butcher Island fire. Substantial environmental damage was caused too.

Mumbai's Butcher Island fire enters third day: 5 percent remains to be extinguished, lightning had caused blaze

A fire at Butcher Island near Mumbai, which serves as an oil terminal, is expected to be extinguished completely by Monday morning as only about 5 percent of it still remains.

Fire engulfs Butcher Island fuel tank farm off Mumbai coast; firefighting underway

Efforts are still on to extinguish the fire that broke out at a fuel tank farm of the Mumbai Port Trust (MbPT) located on Butcher Island off the east coast of Mumbai

Italy's Costa Cruises launches first domestic Indian luxury cruise

The Mumbai-Kochi cruise will take four nights, the Cochin-Maldives cruise will be three nights, besides the existing option of Mumbai-Maldives via Kochi for seven nights.

Ganga cruise sailing from Kolkata to Varanasi among best river travel experience in the world

Cruising down the magnificent Ganges criss-crossing the majestic Himalayas, interspersed with verdant terrains and vignettes of the holy city of Moksha on the way, could well be an experience to remember.

Phew! Cafe Mondegar not to shut down as yet

Cafe Mondegar gets a new lease of life as eviction proceeding against the Metro House in Mumbai, fail to begin on Monday.

Bad news, Mumbai: Cafe Mondegar may be shutting down soon

Colaba's flagship Cafe Mondegar, known colloquially as Mondy's, may be facing a closure soon. The cafe is among 23 tenants of Metro House which was issued a lease termination letter by Mumbai Port Trust late last year on grounds of violation of lease norms

Will Mumbai docks be the new sea-front hangout place for the city?

The redevelopment of Mumbai's mostly derelict docklands will, if a government appointed panel has its way, create a waterfront where people living in the world's second most densely-populated city can go to lift their spirits, and the rich can go to play.

Floating restaurant off Gateway of India soon?

The Mumbai Port Trust (MbPT) has revived plans for a floating restaurant off the Gateway of India at Appollo Bunder, Colaba.