Major Sea Ports in India

 1) There are 13  (12-Government Owned Ports and 1- Private) Major Ports 

      Only Corporatized Port- Kamaraj Port/ Ennore Port, Tamil Nadu


2) Maharstra has the highest no of ports- 53

    Gujarat- 40

    Tamil Nadu- 15

    Karnataka- 10

    Others- 82


3) First Largest Container port in India - 

                    Jawaharlal Nehru Port/ Nava Sheva Port, Mumbai, Maharashtra

    Second Largest Container Port in India-

                    Chennai Port, Tamil Nadu


4) Largest Port in Arabian Sea- 

                    Jawaharlal Nehru Port/ Nava Sheva Port, Mumbai, Maharashtra

    Largest Port in Bay of Bengal-

                    Chennai Port, Tamil Nadu


5) Largest Port by volume-

                    1st- Kandla/Deendayal port, Gujarat

                    2nd- Vishakapatnam, Andhra Pradesh


6) Latest Major Port- 13th Major Sea Port- Vadhavan Port, Palgar,Maharastra

7)  Cabinet Minister of Ports, Shipping and Waterways- Sarbonanda Sonowal

            Sarbanand Sonowal launched a port mobile application called MyPortApp in Kolkata to get port details digitally and to monitor operations virtually. (October 2021)

8) Sarbananda Sonowal inaugurated the dredging museum named ‘Nikarshan Sadan’ in Visakhapatnam (Feb 2022)


Major Ports in the West Coast: (7)


1) Kandla Port/ Deendayal Port

                * Located in Gulf of Kutch, Gujarat

                * Tidal Sea port

2) Mumbai Port-

                * Located in Mumbai, Maharastra

                * Substitute to Surat Port

3) Jawaharlal Nehru Port/ Nava Sheva Port-

                * Located in Mumbai, Maharashtra

                * First Largest Container port in India

4) Vandhavan Port

                * Located near Dahanu, Maharastra

                * This port is developed on Land Lord Model

                * India will become one of the countries with top 10 container ports in the world

5) Mormugao Port-

                * Located in the mouth of River Zuari, Goa

6) Mangalore Port/ Panambur Port-

                * Located in Panambur, Mangalore, Karnataka

                * Deepest Inner harbor on the west coast

7) Kochi Port

                * Located in Kerala




 Major Ports in the East Coast:(6)



1) Syama Prasad Mukerjee Port/ Kolkata Port-                 

                * Located in Kolkata, West Bengal

                * It is at the meeting place of Haldi River and Hoogly River

                * There are two Dock Complexes- Kolkata and Haldia
        
                * It is the Oldest Operating Port

2) Paradip Port     

                * in Jagatsinghpur District, Odisha

                * Mahanadi River and Bay of Bengal

                * India's 1st major port post independence port on the east coast

3) Vishakapatnam Port

                * Located in Andhra Pradesh 
    
                * India's deepest Landlocked Port

               * India's second Largest port by volume

4) Ennore Port/ Kamarajar Port-     

                * Located in Tamil Nadu 

                * India's first and only corporatized Port

5) Chennai Port/ Madras Port

                * Largest port in Bay of Bengal

                * Second Largest container port 

6) V.O. Chidambaranar Port/ Tuticorin Port-


                * World's Largest Evacuation Mission - Samudra Sedu

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