Indian is becoming a major export market for cars. With new carmakers like Renault setting up shop in India, the shipping business is setting up new records. On Tuesday, the Mumbai Port set a new record in shipping the most number of cars on a single ship. According to a statement of the Ministry of Shipping, 6,316 cars were set to sail on a single cargo vessel. This new record exceeds the older one of 5,376 cars by 940 units. These cars were placed on the ship's new berth - "OCT-2".

The statement from the ministry read "Continuing its march to set ever higher records of handling cars, Mumbai Port has set a new record of a shipment of 6316 cars on a single ship on its new berth OCT- 2. This is a quantum jump over the previous record of a shipment of 5376 cars."

The ship - M. V. HOEGH ST PETERSBERG set sail on August 9, 2016 with majority cars being from General Motors (3,115) and Volkswagen (3,093). The shipment is going to Mexico.