{"id":123226,"date":"2022-11-18T16:45:33","date_gmt":"2022-11-18T11:15:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.mapsofindia.com\/my-india\/?p=123226"},"modified":"2022-11-17T23:32:16","modified_gmt":"2022-11-17T18:02:16","slug":"know-about-the-location-and-characteristics-of-major-sea-ports-of-india","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.mapsofindia.com\/my-india\/government\/know-about-the-location-and-characteristics-of-major-sea-ports-of-india","title":{"rendered":"Know About The Location And Characteristics Of Major Sea Ports Of India"},"content":{"rendered":"

India has 205 designated small and intermediate ports that handle a significant amount of business in addition to 13 major shipping ports (12 government-owned and one private). A nation’s development is heavily reliant on its ports. Compared to other transportation routes, ports are the most efficient in terms of price, volume, and ease of use.<\/p>\n

Most of India’s overall foreign trade\u201495 % by quantity and 70 % by value\u2014is conducted via sea transportation. The nine coastal states of India\u2014Kerala, Karnataka, Goa, Gujarat, Odisha, Maharashtra, West Bengal, Andhra Pradesh, and Tamil Nadu\u2014are home to all of the country’s ports.<\/p>\n

The ports of Mumbai, Mangalore, Murmagua, Jawaharlal Nehru Port Trust (JNPT), Kandla, Vadhavan, and Cochin are located on the west coast. The ports of Chennai, Paradip, Tuticorin, Visakhapatnam, Kolkata, and Ennore are on the east coast. The government owns a 68% stake in Ennore seaport, registered as a public company.<\/p>\n

Port Blair is the only port found outside mainland India, i.e. in the Andaman & Nicobar Islands. India’s largest natural port is Mumbai. India’s government has a federal structure, and the constitution mandates that both the Central and State governments oversee marine transportation.<\/p>\n

Major ports are managed by the shipping ministry of the Union government, whereas minor and intermediate ports are governed by the corresponding departments or ministries of the nine coastal states.<\/p>\n

\u00a0Let’s examine some of the major ports, their location, and key characteristics:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
Coast<\/strong><\/td>\n\u00a0 \u00a0State<\/strong><\/td>\n\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 Port<\/strong><\/td>\n\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0Key Characteristics<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
East Coast<\/td>\nWest Bengal<\/td>\nKolkata<\/td>\n\n
    \n
  • India’s\u00a0<\/span><\/span>single\u00a0<\/span><\/span>notable\u00a0<\/span><\/span>riverine\u00a0<\/span><\/span>port<\/span><\/span><\/li>\n
  • Designated as Diamond Harbor, it is situated on the Hugli River.<\/span><\/li>\n
  • It is renowned <\/span>for <\/span>its <\/span>twin <\/span>port <\/span>systems, <\/span>including <\/span>Kolkata Dock on the <\/span>river’s eastern <\/span>side <\/span>and Haldia Dock on <\/span>its <\/span>western bank.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
East Coast<\/td>\nOdisha<\/td>\nParadip<\/td>\n\n
    \n
  • It is a natural Harbor<\/span><\/li>\n
  • After independence, this is the first major port <\/span>which <\/span>was established.<\/span><\/li>\n
  • Handles the export of iron and aluminium.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
East Coast<\/td>\nAndhra Pradesh<\/td>\nVishakhapatnam<\/td>\n\n
    \n
  • India’s deepest port <\/span>handles <\/span>the <\/span>shipment <\/span>of iron ore to Japan.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n
  • It <\/span>has\u00a0 facilities <\/span>for building and <\/span>maintaining <\/span>ships.<\/span><\/li>\n
  • This <\/span>seaport <\/span>is a natural <\/span>harbor <\/span>and the <\/span>second-<\/span>largest port <\/span>in terms <\/span>of cargo volume handled.<\/span><\/li>\n
  • The port is <\/span>approximately halfway <\/span>between the <\/span>ports of <\/span>Chennai and Kolkata.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
East coast<\/td>\nTamil Nadu<\/td>\nEnnore<\/td>\n\n
    \n
  • The\u00a0<\/span>first <\/span><\/span>corporate\u00a0<\/span>port\u00a0<\/span><\/span>in\u00a0<\/span><\/span>India.<\/span><\/span><\/li>\n
  • It is <\/span>roughly <\/span>24 <\/span>kilometers <\/span>north of the Chennai <\/span>Seaport <\/span>on the Coromandel Coast.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
West Coast<\/td>\nMaharashtra<\/td>\nMumbai<\/td>\n\n
    \n
  • India’s <\/span>biggest <\/span>natural <\/span>seaport <\/span>and harbor.<\/span><\/li>\n
  • It is <\/span>India’s busiest <\/span>seaport.<\/span><\/li>\n
  • Jawahar Dweep is a <\/span>port <\/span>island <\/span>used to handle <\/span>crude and petroleum products.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
West Coast<\/td>\nGoa<\/td>\nMurmugao<\/td>\n\n
    \n
  • Located <\/span>on the Zuari River’s estuary.<\/span><\/li>\n
  • Situated on the Konkan coast.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
West Coast<\/td>\nKarnataka<\/td>\nMangalore<\/td>\n\n
    \n
  • Deals\u00a0<\/span><\/span>with\u00a0<\/span>the\u00a0<\/span><\/span>export\u00a0<\/span><\/span>of\u00a0<\/span><\/span>iron\u00a0<\/span>ore.<\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
    \n
      \n
    • Situated on the Malabar Coast.<\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
West Coast<\/td>\nGujarat<\/td>\nKandla<\/td>\n\n
    \n
  • Also known as tidal port.<\/li>\n
  • Recognized as the free trade zone seaport of India.<\/li>\n
  • It is the largest by quantity of cargo it handles<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
West Coast<\/td>\nMaharashtra<\/td>\nJawaharlal Nehru Port Trust (JNPT) Navi Mumbai<\/td>\n\n
    \n
  • The <\/span>largest <\/span>man-made <\/span>port in India.<\/span><\/li>\n
  • It is India’s largest container port.<\/span><\/li>\n
  • JNP was <\/span>inaugurated <\/span>in 1989 and has <\/span>evolved <\/span>from a bulk-cargo terminal to the country’s <\/span>top <\/span>container port in <\/span>3 <\/span>decades of operation.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

    India has 205 designated small and intermediate ports that handle a significant amount of business in addition to 13 major shipping ports (12 government-owned and one private). A nation’s development is heavily reliant on its ports. Compared to other transportation routes, ports are the most efficient in terms of price, volume, and ease of use. […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":21834,"featured_media":126945,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[12266,12307,4,12206,11315,12275,12241,12333],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-123226","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-facts","8":"category-goa","9":"category-government","10":"category-incredible-india","11":"category-india","12":"category-knowledge","13":"category-natural","14":"category-rivers-india"},"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mapsofindia.com\/my-india\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/123226","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mapsofindia.com\/my-india\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mapsofindia.com\/my-india\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mapsofindia.com\/my-india\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/21834"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mapsofindia.com\/my-india\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=123226"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.mapsofindia.com\/my-india\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/123226\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":126902,"href":"https:\/\/www.mapsofindia.com\/my-india\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/123226\/revisions\/126902"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mapsofindia.com\/my-india\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/126945"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mapsofindia.com\/my-india\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=123226"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mapsofindia.com\/my-india\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=123226"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mapsofindia.com\/my-india\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=123226"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}