Geography: List and Details of Major Ports in India

Geography: Major Ports in India

• India has 13 major ports viz. Kolkata Port, Paradip Port, New Mangalore Port, Cochin Port, Jawaharlal Nehru Port, Mumbai Port, Kandla Port, Vishakhapatnam Port, Chennai Port, Tuticorin port, Ennore Port, Mormugao Port and Port Blair Port.
• Out of them, the Mumbai, JNPT, Kandla, Mangalore, Cochin and Momugao are located at western coast
• while Kolkata, Vishakhapatnam, Paradeep, Chennai, Tuticorin and Ennore are located on East Coast.
• Port Blair is located in Andaman and Nicobar Islands.

Kolkata Port-

• Only riverine major port in India.
• Known for twin dock systems viz., Kolkata Dock System (KDS) on the eastern bank and Haldia Dock Complex (HDC) on the western bank of river Hooghly.

 

Paradip Port-

• located at confluence of river Mahanadi in Bay of Bengal in Odisha.
• It was the first major port on East Coast commissioned in independent India.

 

New Mangalore Port-

• Located at a site called Panambur in Karnataka at Gurupura river confluence with Arabian Sea.

 

Cochin Port-

• located on the Willington island on the South-West coast of India; located on the cross roads of the East-West Ocean trade
• The port is called natural gateway to the vast industrial and agricultural produce markets of the South-West India.

 

Jawaharlal Nehru Port-

• It is also known as Nhava Sheva and is the largest container port in India, handling around half of containers of all major ports.
• It is located on eastern shore of Mumbai harbour off Elephanta Island and is accessed via Thane creek.

 

Mumbai Port

• One of the oldest modern ports of India. Initially the location was used by navies of Shivaji.

 

Kandla Port

• Kandla port was built after partition as the Karachi port on western coast had gone to Pakistan.
• It is known for handling much of the crude oil imports of India.

 

Vishakhapatnam Port

• Vizag port is located in Andhra Pradesh and is known for bulk of Cargo handling on east

 

Chennai Port

• Chennai Port is the largest port in the Bay of Bengal and second largest port of India after JNPT. It is largest port at east coast.

 

Tuticorin Port

• This port has been now renamed as V.O. Chidambaram Port. It is located in the Gulf of Mannar.
• Tuticorin is the only port in South India to provide a direct weekly container service to the United States.

 

Ennore Port

• This port is now named as Kamarajar Port Limited. It is first corporate port of India and is registered as a public company with 68% stake held by government.

 

Mormugao Port

• Mormugao port in Goa is leading iron ore exporting port of India.

 

Port Blair Port

• Port Blair is the 13th and youngest major port of India declared so in 2010. The port is of strategic importance to India and is closer to two international shipping lines viz. Saudi Arabia-Singapore and US-Singapore.

 

S. No	Name of the Port	State
1.	Kandla	Gujarat
2.	Paradip	Odisha
3.	Jawahar Lal Nehru Port	Maharashtra
4.	Mumbai	Maharashtra
5.	Visakhapatnam	Andhra Pradesh
6.	Chennai	Tamil Nadu
7.	Kolkata	West Bengal
8.	Mangalore	Karnataka
9.	Tuticorin	Tamil Nadu
10.	Mormugao	Goa
11.	Kochi	Kerala
12.	Krishnapatnam Port	Andhra Pradesh
13.	Ennore	Tamil Nadu