IMU Mumbai Port Campus consists of two Premier legacy Institutes, namely Lal Bahadur Shastri College of Advanced Maritime Studies & Research (LBS CAMSAR) and Marine Engineering & Research Institute (MERI) (erstwhile D.M.E.T.).
Lal Bahadur Shastri, Nautical and Engineering College Bombay, was founded in 1948 under the Government of India. The College was renamed Lal Bahadur Shastri College of Advanced Maritime Studies & Research (LBS CAMSAR) in 1994. The Directorate of Marine Engineering Training (D.M.E.T.) was established in 1949. The Institute was renamed Marine Engineering and Research Institute in 1995. MERI- Mumbai is accredited as an ISO 9001: 2008 Institute, and I.C.R.A. also grade it as a Grade-1 Institute. On 14th November 2008, on the formation of Indian Maritime University (IMU), A Central University, these Government of India legacy Institutes came under the IMU. IMU Mumbai Campus has an area of about 8 acres with about 180 m of sea-front.