New Delhi: Government today said Mumbai Port, one of the 12 major ports of the country, has set a new record of handling shipment of 6,316 cars in a single ship.

"Continuing its march to set ever higher records of handling cars, Mumbai Port has set a new record of shipment of 6,316 cars on a single ship on its new berth OCT-2. This is a quantum jump over the previous record of shipment of 5,376 cars," Ministry of Shipping said in a statement.