MAJOR SEA PORTS IN INDIA

List of Major Sea Ports in India

The major ports of India that are situated on the east and west coastlines are listed as below:

Western Coast

Port Name	Location
Cochin Port	Kochi, Kerala
Kandla Port	Gulf of Kutch, Gujarat
Jawaharlal Nehru Port	South Mumbai, Maharashtra
New Mangalore Port	Mangalore, Karnataka
Mormugoa Port	Panaji, Goa
Mumbai Port	West Mumbai, Maharashtra

 

Eastern Coast

Port Name	Location
Chennai Port	Chennai, Tamil Nadu
Ennore Port	Coromandel Coast, Tamil Nadu
Haldia Port	Kolkata, West Bengal
Kolkata Port	Kolkata, West Bengal
Paradip Port	Jagatsinghpur, Odisha
Tuticorin Port	Tuticorin, Tamil Nadu
Vishakhapatnam  Port	Visakhapatnam, Andhra Pradesh

New Names of Ports

• Ennore Port – Kamarajar Port. 
• Kandla Port – Deendayal Port Trust.  
• Kolkata Port – Dr. Syama Prasad Mukherjee Port.
• Nhava Sheva – Jawaharlal Nehru Port.
• Panambur Port – New Mangalore Port.
• Tuticorin Port – V.O. Chidambaram Port.

Key Pointers

• Total no. of Major Seaports in India – 13. 
• Largest Port in India – Mumbai Port.
  • Busiest Port in India.
  • Largest Natural Port and Harbor In India.
• Second Largest Port in India – Chennai Port.
• Oldest Shipyard of India – Vizag Port.
• Oldest Port of India – Lothal Port (Gujarat).
• Deepest Port in India – Gangavaram Port (Andhra Pradesh).
• The Base of Indian Coast Guard – Haldia Port.
• First Corporate Port in India – Ennore Port.
• First Private Port in India – Port Pipavav (Gujarat).
• Oldest Operating Port in India – Kolkata Port.
  • Only major Riverine Port in India.
• Iron Ore Exporting Port in India – Mormugoa Port.
• Largest Container Port in India – Jawaharlal Nehru Port.
  • Largest Artificial Port in India – Jawaharlal Nehru Port.
• Asia’s first Export Processing Zone (EPZ) – Kandla Port (1965).
• Only Natural Seaport in the shores of Bay of Bengal – Vizag Port.
• First Major Port commissioned after Independence – Paradip Port.
• Biggest port of India based on the volume of freight handled – Kandla Port.
• Indian State with the Largest no. of Major Ports – Tamil Nadu.

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