Editing Mumbai (section)

=== Sea ===
[[File:Jawaharlal Nehru Trust Port.jpg|thumb|[[Jawaharlal Nehru Port]] is the busiest port in India.]]

Mumbai is served by two major ports, [[Mumbai Port Trust]] and [[Jawaharlal Nehru Port Trust]], which lies just across the creek in [[Navi Mumbai]].<ref>{{harvnb|Executive Summary on Comprehensive Transportation Study for MMR|pp=2–12|Ref=exe}}</ref> Mumbai Port has one of the best natural harbours in the world, and has extensive wet and dry dock accommodation facilities.<ref>{{harvnb|Chittar|1973|loc=p. 65: "The Port is endowed with one of the best natural harbours in the world and has extensive wet and dry dock accommodation to meet the normal needs of the city."}}</ref> Jawaharlal Nehru Port, commissioned on 26 May 1989, is the busiest and most modern major port in India.<ref>{{cite press release |url=http://pib.nic.in/archieve/lreleng/lyr2003/rjan2003/07012003/r070120037.html |publisher=Press Information Bureau (Government of India) |title=Laudable Achievement of JNPT |date=7 January 2003 |access-date=29 August 2009 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091005230020/http://pib.nic.in/archieve/lreleng/lyr2003/rjan2003/07012003/r070120037.html |archive-date=5 October 2009}}</ref> It handles 55–60% of the country's total containerised cargo.{{Citation needed|date=August 2024}} Ferries from [[Ferry Wharf]] in [[Mazagaon]] allow access to islands near the city.<ref>{{Cite news |url=http://cities.expressindia.com/fullstory.php?newsid=236291 |title=Cruise terminal plan gets MoU push |last=Sonawane |first=Rakshit |date=13 May 2007 |access-date=27 August 2009 |work=[[DNA (newspaper)|Daily News and Analysis]] |quote=While Arthur Bunder is used by small boats and Hay Bunder caters to declining traffic of barges, Ferry Wharf offers services to Mora, Mandva, Rewas and Uran ports. |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130116101920/http://cities.expressindia.com/fullstory.php?newsid=236291 |archive-date=16 January 2013}}</ref>

The city is also the headquarters of the [[Western Naval Command]], and also an important base for the [[Indian Navy]].<ref name="mloc" />