12 Major Sea Ports of the India

12 Major Sea Ports of the India 

1.The nine coastal Indian states in Gujarat, Maharashtra, Goa,Karnataka, Kerala, Tamil Nadu, Andhra Pradesh, Odisha and West Bengal are home to all the major and minor ports of the  India. The long coastline of the India forms one of the biggest piece of the land into a body of water,These twelve major is Indian Ports are handle a large volume of the cargo traffic and the container traffic.

There are a total 13 major sea ports of the India,out of  the 12 are government and one, Ennore port of a Chennai is the corporate one. Ennore Port is one of the major port of a India located at Coromandel Coast of a Tamil Nadu state a along with Kakinada Port and private Krishnapatnam Port and a Mundra Port. Other 12 major ports of India are the listed as follows.

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Kandla Port – Gujarat

Gujarat host are the major seaport of the west coast, The Kandla Port is a situated on the Gulf of  Kutch near the Gandhidham city in a Kutch District of the  Gujarat. The Port of Kandla is the first special economic zone in a India as well as in a Asia.

Kandla Port is a  hub for the major imports like a petroleum, chemicals and a iron also export grains, salt and textiles. Port of the Kandla is a one of the highest earning ports of the India, another port in a  Gujarat is a Mundra Port,India’s largest private port.

Nhava Sheva – Maharashtra

Nhava Sheva now known as a Jawaharlal Nehru Port is the largest container port in a  India, situated at the mainland of  the Konkan area across the Navi Mumbai in  Maharashtra. Jawaharlal Nehru Port is the king the port of  the Arabian Sea at west of cost and handle a large volume of  the international container in traffic and domestic cargo traffic.

The major exports are textiles, carpets, boneless meat and main imports are the machinery,vegetable oils and the chemicals.

Mumbai Port – Selected for the Cruise Tourism in a India

The Mumbai Port is located in the mainland of the west Mumbai on the West coast of the India with the natural deep-water harbor. Mumbai in a Port is the largest port in a India and handles bulk cargo traffic with its four jetties for the  handling Liquid chemicals, Crude and the petroleum products. International container traffic of Mumbai Port is directed to the new and the big Nhava Sheva port.

Marmagao Port – Goa

The main port of the Goa, Marmagao port is a best natural harbors of India located in a South Goa. Marmagao port is a one of the leading iron ores a exporter port in a India and raw materials too.The port of  the Marmagao is a one of the major attraction of Goa along with the beautiful city of the Vasco da Gama and international airport in Dabolim. The natural harbor of Goa is a  one of India’s earliest modern ports.

Panambur Port known as the New Mangalore Port, is a seaport located near to the Surathkal railway station in a  Dakshina Kannada district of the Karnataka. New Mangalore Port is a deep water all the  weather port and the only major port of  the Karnataka and one of the largest port in a India.

Port of Mangalore export major commodities like a manganese, granite a stones, coffee and cashew and main imports includes timber logs, LPG, petroleum products and cargo containers. There is a beautiful beach at  a south of sea port of  the Panambur along with the shore of the Arabian Sea.

Cochin Port – Kerala

The Cochin port is a  one of the largest port in a  India and the major port on the Arabian Sea and Indian Ocean sea  the route. The port of Cochin lies on two islands of the Willingdon and Vallarpadam and the largest container transshipment facility in India. Kochi Port is a equipped with maritime facilities Cochin Shipyard,Kochi Refineries and a Kochi Marina.

Kochi city is a  famous for its traditional spices and well the  known as the port city of  the Fort Kochi during the European colonials. It also get its a individual Kochi international airport, third international airport in the state of  the Kerala.

Port Blair – Andaman

Port Blair is the capital city of  the Andaman Nicobar Islands, a Union Territory of  the India located at the juncture of the Bay of Bengal and Andaman Sea. Port Blair is the youngest sea port in a India and one of the 12 major port of the country. The only port of the Andaman islands are connected to the mainland of India through flight and a ship.

Port Blair is the principal hub for the  shipping in the islands of the Andaman and the one of the most popular tourist destination with the several places of  interest around a like virgin beaches, scuba diving and the water sports.

Tuticorin Port – Tamil Nadu

Tuticorin Port is an a artificial deep-sea harbour and one of the 12 major ports of  the India. It is also the second largest port in a Tamil Nadu first is a Chennai Port and one of the largest container terminal in India. The artificial port of  the Tuticorin is a all weather port and who receive a large volume of the international traffic.

Port of Tuticorin are a used to be best port for the maritime trade and pearl fishery on the bay of Bengal. The port city is a  also known as a  Pearl City and is one of the beautiful sea gateways of India from  the Tamil Nadu state.

Chennai Port

Madras Port is the one of the oldest port of  the India and the second largest port in the country. Chennai Port also the largest port in the Bay of  the Bengal and a hub port for the  cars, big containers and cargo traffic in the east coast of the India. Port of the Coromandel Coast are  handles a variety of cargo containers, automobiles,coal,fertilizers and the petroleum products.

Chennai Port terminals have lighthouses around,Intra port connectivity, Pipelines and the railway terminus.

Vizag Port – Andhra Pradesh

The port city Visakhapatnam is located on the southeast coast of India in the state of the  Andhra Pradesh. Visakhapatnam or Vizag has been one of the India’s largest seaport and the oldest shipyard of  the country. The Visakhapatnam harbors is the only Natural harbors in the bay of  the Bengal shore. Kakinada Port is a second port city in  a Andhra and Krishnapatnam Port is a privately built a deep water port in a  Andhra Pradesh.

Paradip Port – Orissa

The artificial, deep-water port of east coast of the India is located in the Jagatsinghpur district of  the Orissa state. Port of  the Paradip is the major port in the east cost shore and a situated at the confluence of great river Mahanadi and the Bay of  the Bengal. Paradip Port has its own railway system,cold handling  a plant and a national highway connects the port with the rest of Indian road  are networks.

Haldia Port – West Bengal

Haldia port or Calcutta Port is a major seaport situated a near the Hooghly River in the state of the West Bengal. Port of the  Haldia is one of the major trade center for the  Calcutta and receive bulk cargoes of the Chemicals, Petrochemicals and the oils. Port of  the Kolkata is a also a base of  the Indian Coast of Guard.