Major ports of India

 Ports of India 

1 Kandla Port:-

It is located in Gujarat.  It was developed after 1950 after the partition at the loss of the port of Karachi. It is the largest port in India according to how much cargo is handled. It highest profit earning seaport in India.

2 Jawaharlal Nehru Port:-

  It is located in Maharashtra. Earlier called Nava Seva. It is the largest port in India according to how many containers are handled. It was awarded the PORT OF THE YEAR award at the MALA ( Maritime and Logistic AWARD) in 2014

3 Mumbai Port:-

 It is located in Maharashtra. It is the largest port in India. It handles 1/5th of India's foreign trades. It is also known as 'Front Bay' meaning gateway of India.  It is a port that lies halfway on the West shore of India, on the normal profound water harbor of Mumbai (Bombay) in Maharashtra. The harbor spread more than 400 square kilometers (150 sq mi) is safeguarded by the central area of Konkan to its east and north and by the island city of Mumbai to its west.

4 Mormugao Port:-

 It is located in Goa. Ever since it was accorded the status of a Major Port in 1963, the Mormugao port has contributed immensely to the growth of maritime trade in India. It is the leading iron ore exporting port in India with an annual throughput of around 27.33 million tonnes of iron ore traffic.

5 New Mangalore:-

 It is located in Karnataka.  and is run and governed new Mangalore trust. It is one of the major ports located in Karnataka and is the seventh largest port in the country. It was inaugurated on 4th May 1974 by the then prime minister of India, Indira Gandhi. The port lies in Panambur that is, the west coast of India. It lies to the north of Phalguni River to the Arabian Sea.

6 Cochin Port:-

It is located in Kerala. It is the fastest-growing port. It is accepted that the Cochin Port was shaped in AD 1341 because of the weighty floods in the waterway Periyar. The then harbor Muziris got silted up during the floods and another opening was shaped at Cochin. From there on, Cochin was created as an exchange center point and visited by a few worldwide explorers.

7 Tuticorin Port:-

 It is located in Tamil Nadu. It mainly trades with Sri Lanka. Today, the port is known as the V.O.Chidambaranar Port. It is a counterfeit port and consequently is one of the most outstanding design wonders at any point made in India. With its enormous size, it requires the second spot in the rundown of the biggest ports in India. This port additionally is the fourth biggest compartment terminal in the country.

8 Chennai Port:-

 It is located in Tamil Nadu. It is also known as Madras Port. It is the second largest sea Port in India. The third oldest port among the 12 major ports, is an emerging hub port on the East Coast of India. This gateway port for all cargo has completed 137 years of glorious service to the nation's maritime trade. Maritime trade started way back in 1639 on the sea shore of Chennai.

9 Ennore Port:-

It is located in Chennai. The limit of the port at present is 31 million tons. It has six compartments including three for coal and one for iron metal. It is one of the 12 significant ports in India that began working in 2001 and is a 'plan B' Mini Ratna Company.

10 Visakhapatnam Port:-

It is located in Andhra Pradesh. The Bay of Bengal, it's somewhere between the ports of Chennai and Kolkata. It is India's third biggest state-possessed port as far as freight is dealt with and the biggest on the country's Eastern Coast.

11 Paradip Port:-

 It is located in Jagatsinghpur  Orissa. It has its own railway system to make transport easy. The port was laid out by Raghavendra and is considered the essential port in Orissa. Significant product traveling from this port incorporates warm coal and iron. This port has the capability of dealing with north of 55 million tons of freight consistently.

12 Haldia Port:-

It is located in Haldia Calcutta. It is the oldest port made by East India Company. It is also called the gateway of Eastern India. It is the fourth biggest port in India. The port of Haldia with a limit of dealing with 43 million tons of freight displays 15 compartments with an all-out length of 3.3 thousand meters and a profundity going from 8.5 - 11 meters.

13 Port Blair Port:-

 It is located in Andaman and Nicobar Island. It is the youngest sea port in India. it is one of the significant ports in India. The port was worked by Port Blair Port Trust. All significant arrangements of the Major Port Trusts Act, 1963, have become material to the significant port of Port Blair from June 1, 2010. With this, Port Blair turns into the thirteenth significant port in India and just significant port in Andaman and Nicobar