The Minister of State for Shipping and Finance, Mr Pon. Radhakrishnan, in a written reply to a question in the Lok Sabha, has informed that the five Major Ports of Chennai (Tamil Nadu), Mormugao (Goa), New Mangalore (Karnataka), Cochin (Kerala) and Mumbai (Maharashtra) have been developed to attract cruise ships with dedicated cruise terminals and other related infrastructure for berthing of cruise vessels and embarking and disembarking of cruise passengers