Mumbai gets ready for cruise control

Mumbai | Thursday | 18th October, 2018

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On Saturday, the Mumbai Port Trust (MbPT) will throw open its newly refurbished domestic cruise terminal and renovated century-old stone masonary watchtower at Victoria Dock. Besides, a waterfront close to the domestic terminal will also be ready by December 2019, said an MbPT official. Nearly 155 tourist ship services are scheduled to arrive at and depart from Princess Dock between October 2018 and May 2019. "Cruise services can be operated only when the weather is fair. "Around 1.7 lakh sq m of the international terminal will be a free-visiting mall," he added..