Major Sea Ports

Major Sea Ports of India

1. Kandla Port

•  Located in Kutch District of Gujarat

•  Tidal Port

•  Kandla SEZ is first special economic zone of India

 

2. Mumbai Port

•  Natural deep-water harbour

•  Largest and busiest Port of India

 

3. Jawaharlal Nehru Port

•  Located in Navi Mumbai of Maharashtra

•  Largest Artificial Port of India

 

4. Mormugao Port

•  Located in Goa

•  On the estuary of the river Zuari

 

5. New Mangaluru Port

•  Located in Karnataka

•  Deals in petroleum, tea, fertilizer, iron ore etc

 

6. Kochi Port

•  Located in Kerala

•  In the Vembanad lake

•  Deals in, tea, spices and salts 

7. V. O. Chidambaranar Tuticorin Port

•  Located in   Thoothukudi, Tamil Nadu

•  Deals in the fertilizers and petrochemical

 

8. Chennai Port

•  Located in Tamil Nadu

•  Artificial port

•  Second largest Port in India

 

9. Kamarajar Ennore Port

•  Located in Tamil Nadu

•  First corporate port of India

 

10. Visakhapatnam Port

•  Located in Andhra Pradesh

•  Deals with the export of iron ore

 

11. Paradeep Port

•  Located in Odisha at the confluence of the Mahanadi

•  Natural deep-water port

 

12. Dr. Syama Prasad Mukherjee Haldia Port

•  Located in West Bengal

•  Exports coal, iron ore, and steel

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