Ship chandlers & ship supply at Mumbai (ex Bombay) INBOM

The Mumbai Port Authority gives its position as 18°54′N 072°49′E: a natural deep-water harbour of about 400 sq km, entered between Prongs Reef and Thull Reef, about 9 km apart, through a main channel deepened to 11 m, with navigation round the clock. In 2024-25 the port handled 68.63 million tonnes against 86.50 MTPA of capacity — 79.34% utilisation, the highest among India’s major ports.^[1,17]

—Indira Dock: an enclosed wet dock of 24.04 ha with about 4,000 m of quay, entered through a lock 228.6 m long and 30.5 m wide usable at any state of tide. Its 21 basin berths have a designed depth of 9.14 m and five harbour-wall berths 7.5 m; ships up to 175.26 m LOA normally (190.50 m oversize). The 304 m Hughes Dry Dock sits inside it.^[1,3]

—Ballard Pier Extension (244 m, 9.75 m CD) carries a passenger terminal and takes ships up to 221 m LOA; the port describes its Mumbai International Cruise Terminal as India’s largest. Berthing in Prince’s and Victoria Docks has been discontinued as they are filled for the offshore container terminal project.^[1,3,5]

—Oil and chemicals: Jawahar Dweep (Butcher Island) has jetties JD1–JD5 — JD4 takes ships up to 290 m LOA and 12.2 m draft, JD5 (completed December 2020) up to 333 m and 15.8 m. Pir Pau has the Old Pir Pau barge jetty, NPP (197 m, 12.0 m draft, 9.5 m at night), NPP2 and NPP3, operational since September 2024 at 13 m.^[2,3]

—Offshore Container Terminal: licensed for 30 years to Indira Container Terminal Pvt Ltd, two berths on a 700 m quay with an 11 m CD berth pocket; it currently handles ro-ro car carriers and steel.^[4]

—Pilotage in and out of the harbour is compulsory for ships of 100 tons nett and upwards; the outer pilotage limit is an east–west line through Prongs Lighthouse. From the pilot station it is 7 miles to JD4 and 5.6 miles to Indira Dock.^[7]

—The vessel traffic service, commissioned in September 2011, covers the outer anchorages, approaches and harbour — about 450 sq km including Jawaharlal Nehru Port — with radars at Colaba Point, Jawahar Dweep and JNPT and control stations at Ballard Pier Extension and JNPT.^[8]

—The port lists 63 anchorage points; positions are not published on its anchorage page.^[6]

—Berthing permission is applied for through the NLP / iPortman portal and issued after advance payment. Sailing needs customs, immigration where applicable and port health clearance with all port dues paid, through the dockmaster — the port says “a few hours to one working day”.^[9]

—Bunkers and fresh water: the port says bunkers can be obtained at practically all berths. Licensed agencies bring a barge alongside after applying to the Deputy Traffic Manager and getting the Senior Dock Master’s permission for the barge, with berth hire and bunkering charges paid in advance; road tankers may also enter the docks on valid documents. Under the port’s bunkering SOP, supply at the outer anchorage is only by barges registered with DG Shipping, and an exclusive bunker call earns a 50% rebate on vessel-related charges.^[10,11,12]

—Oily waste (SOP from 1 March 2026): the agent or master files an Advance Notification Form on DG Shipping’s Swachh Sagar portal and emails the Harbour Master; Customs and the port’s Environmental Management Cell give permission, and the reception certificate is issued through the portal. Collection is by vendors empanelled by the port, whose licences run to 2028.^[14,15]

—Garbage (SOP from 1 August 2026): the same advance-notification process; garbage vendors may not take MARPOL Annex I, II, IV or VI waste, nor serve ships at anchorages under JNPA / Jawahar Customs jurisdiction.^[16,13]

—Provisions, stores and spares are arranged commercially through your agent and licensed suppliers. Post a requirement and suppliers serving Mumbai answer with sealed bids; suppliers never see the vessel’s name until award. If you serve ships in Mumbai harbour, activate Mumbai.

—This page (INBOM) covers the Mumbai Port Authority’s docks and terminals. Jawaharlal Nehru Port (Nhava Sheva, INNSA) lies across the same harbour under a separate authority and shares the VTS.^[8]