Seaports Of India Which You Can Explore

For the proper growth of a country, a seaport plays a significant role as it helps in in the trade of importing and exporting the goods like-oil, food and machinery Etc. The chaos of ship coming and going, goods loading and de-loading along the sea is indeed fascinating unlike the hustle it must be currently sounding. So, it is definitely something you should put on your journey next time you are out on a discovery for an unusual experience altogether and beautiful in a distinctive manner. Away from travelling to known and clichéd destinations, this time travel to these less explored areas of the country and experience the real work behind the success of the country. There are 13 major seaports in India, out of which 12 are government and one is the corporate one. Find out more about these seaports in India below.

Kandla Port

Located around 90kms from the Gulf of Kutch, near the Gandhidham city in Gujarat, Kandla port is the major seaport in India. built during 1950’s after the partition of India and Pakistan, it is the highest profit generating port of India exporting grains and importing oil along with some other including- iron machinery, steel, petroleum, iron machinery, salt and textiles. Kandla Port is also the largest port in India as per the amount of the cargo it deals in.

Visakhapatnam Port

Situated between Chennai and Kolkata, Vishakhapatnam port is one of the important seaports of India. The port was inaugurated by Lord Willingdon with Rs 378 Lakhs on Dec 1933 and is one of the oldest seaports in India. The seaport trade around 1.2 lakh tones of cargo every year with having three main harbours: outer, inner and fishing harbour. The place is sited where the Narava Gedda meets the sea, a sight stunning to see. This famous port deals with pellets, alumina, iron ore and oil as the major commodities of trade. There is Kakinada Port, which is the second port and Krsihnapatnam Port which is a privately built deep water port in Andhra Pradesh.

Chennai Port

Located on the Coromandel Coast, Chennai port is an important seaport in India and also the largest seaport in the Bay of Bengal. This seaport in India is the center of big containers, cars and the cargo traffic along with coal, fertilizers and petroleum products. The handling of the cargo has much increased from 0.5 to 100 million with which you can easily estimate the reason for its popularity in Tamil Nadu. Surrounded by the traditional and modern lighthouses, the port looks stunning and can easily be checked out. Chennai port is also known as the Madras port.

Jawaharlal Nehru Port

Located in the east of Mumbai, the Nhava Sheva which is the other name of the Jawaharlal Nehru Port is the largest seaport in India. Built on May 1989, the seaport is completely under the control of Indian Government and manages 56% of the total containers, making it one of the top seaports in India. The major trading elements of the port are carpets, textile, machinery, sporting goods, electrical machinery, vegetables oil, plastics, boneless meat and several others. The Jawaharlal Nehru seaport was honored as the “Port of the year” at the MALA awards, 2014.

Mormugao Port

Situated in the south of Goa, Mormugao port is the best natural harbor and a significant seaport in India. Being one of the major ports in India, it is the leading exporters of Iron Ore with exporting 50.02 million tones every year. The Marmagao port in Goa is one of the key attractions of Goa and is one of India’s earliest modern seaports.

Port Blair Port

Situated amidst the Bay of Bengal and Andaman Sea, Port Blair is one of the important seaports in India. Because of its great contribution in boasting the number of ports of India to 13th number, the government has declared it very important. It is also one of the youngest seaports in India and is linked to the mainland of India through ship and flight. This port in India is also the chief hub for shipping in the islands of Andaman and Nicobar and a very good place to explore the interesting hustle of activities happening.

Mumbai Port

Situated on the west coast of India, Mumbai port is the largest port in India with natural deep harbor. This seaport in Mumbai is one of the busiest seaports in India and handles around one-fifth of India’s total foreign trade. it plays an imperative responsibility in boasting the economic-wealth and trade. This 10-12 meter deep harbour, the port deals in trading the major products like liquid chemicals, mineral oil, leather, tobacco, chemical goods, machinery and manganese.

Kolkata Port

Located 128 kms from the Bay of Bengal, Kolkata port is the oldest port constructed by the East India Company over Hugli River. The port is a major trade center of Kolkata and deals in managing the goods coming from south East Asian countries and Australia. The major commodities dealt by the Kolkata seaport are leather, steel, tea, coal, iron ore etc for exports and crude oil, chemical products, machinery, paper and fertilizers.

Paradip Port

Located at the confluence of Mahanadi River and the Bay of Bengal, Pradip Port is a natural, deep-water port in Odisha. It is one of the major seaports in India and has 20 berths which can accommodate vessels up to 90,000 tons of weight. Pradip Port in Odisha has been identified as the major line for the development of petroleum, chemicals and petrochemical investment regions down the lines of Pudong in China, Rotterdam in Europe and Houston in North America.

Tuticorin Port

Located 8 kms to the south of the old seaport, Tuticorin port is one of the major ports in India. It is the second largest port in Tamil Nadu to receive a large volume of international traffic. The port is newly constructed and mainly deals with Sri Lanka in the materials including salt, coal, food grains, sugar, petroleum products and edible oil. The city is also renowned as the ‘Pearl City’ and is a beautiful place to explore.

Cochin Port

Lying between Willingdon and Vallarpadam Island, Cochin Port is one of the largest ports in India. This port in Kochi deals in commodities like tea, coffee and spices along with chemicals and fertilizers. Being a major port on the Arabian Sea, it also acts as a center for shipbuilding. The port remains busy with the hustle and bustle of the cargos coming and leaving so much so that the imports always exceed the exports here.

Ennore Port

Ennore port is the major port of India, situated 24 kms away from the Chennai port connected with both rail and road links for an easy transport. This seaport in India mainly deals in the transport of coal as the electricity Board of Tamil Nadu needed it for the several other operations. Ennore port now deal with the managing of over 16 million tons of coal per year along with other trade items including- trade of iron ore, petroleum products and chemicals.

Panambur Port- Karnataka

Situated near to Surathkal railway station in Dakshina Kannada district of Karnataka, Panambur Port is the deep water and the only seaport of Karnataka. Known as Mangalore Port, it deals in the commodities like manganese, granite stones, coffee and cashew and main imports includes granite stones, manganese, coffee and cashew for export and timber logs, petroleum products and cargo containers for the imports. There is also a gorgeous beach at the end of the seaport to the south of it, which you must explore during the visit to the port.