Ports in India

Ports/ Seaports of India

• Kandla - Gujarat
• Mumbai - Maharashtra
• Jawaharlal Nehru Port (Nhava Sheva) - Konkan, Navi Mumbai, Maharashtra
• Mormugao - Goa
• New Mangalore (Panambur Port) - Karnataka
• Cochin (Kochi) - Keraka
• Tuticorin - Tamil Nadu
• Chennai (V.O.Chidambaranar)- Tamil Nadu
• Vizag (Vishakapatnam) - Andhra Pradesh
• Paradip - Orissa
• Haldia (Calcutta Port) - West Bengal
• Port Blair - Andaman & Nicobar
• Ennore - Chennai, Tamil Nadu

• 13 Major sea Ports are in India (12 are Government & 1,Ennore Port is Corporate Port).
• Jawaharlal Nehru Port is the largest Container port in India.
• Jawaharlal Nehru Port is the King port of Arabian Sea.
• Mumbai Port is the Largest port in India.
• Port Blair was declared as 13th Major Port of the country in the year 2010.
• The ports are classified into Major, Minor & Intermideate- as per administrative signification.
• There are 200 minor port & intermediate ports out of which some are privately owned.
• The India Port Trust has been established in the year 1980 under the Major Port Trust Act, 1963, was inaugrated by the then Government Minister of  Shipping & Transport, Mr. A.P.Sharma.
• The 9 coastal Indian States are - Gujarat, Maharashtra, Goa, Karnataka, Kerala, Tamil Nadu, Andhra Pradesh, Orissa and West Bengal. These 9 states having all Major & Minor ports of India.
• Ennore Port is located at Coromandel Coast of Tamil Nadu.
• Mundra Port in Gujarat is India's largest private Port.
• The Kandla Port is the First Special Economic Zone in India as well as in Asia.
• Chennai Port is Second largest Port in India.