Mumbai harbor has been closed for traffic after the collision of the container vessel MSC Chitra and the breakbulk vessel Khalizia-III on the weekend.
India’s two biggest ports, the Port of Mumbai and the Jawaharlal Nehru Port, are likely to be shut for at least a week, as their main channel remains blocked by containers that fell off a ship after it collided with another vessel on Saturday.
A senior Mumbai Port official told the Hindu Business Line that it will take at least five or six days to clear nearly 250 containers sunk in the main navigation channel.
The delays and the expected pile up once the sea lane opens could cost India as much as $65 million in trade, he said.