"Sailing on the 21st Century Maritime Silk Road", an event to promote Qingdao's image as China's main sailing city, has completed half of its voyage as its super trimaran Qingdao China called at the Gateway of India, a landmark of India's western harbor city of Mumbai, on Nov 23.

The crew members pose for a group photo at the Gateway of India, a landmark of Mumbai. [Photo provided to chinadaily.com.cn]

Mumbai is the sixth port of call for the super trimaran, which departed from its home harbor Qingdao on Oct 21 to travel across eight cities in Asia, Africa and Europe to reach its final destination, Monaco.

Local residents perform traditional Indian dances to welcome the Qingdao delegation. [Photo provided to chinadaily.com.cn]