Major
Ports (West Coast)
1. Cochin
Port (Kerala)
- The first port in India to get e port status
2. New
Mangalore Port (Karnataka)
- The port which is known a the gateway of Karnataka.
3. Mormugao
Port (Goa)
- It is leading iron ore exporting port of India.
4. Jawaharlal
Nehru Port or Nhava Sheva- Mumbai (Maharastra)
- It is the largest container port in India.
5. Mumbai
Port (Maharastra)
- The biggest port in India.
- Known as Cotton Port of India.
6. Kandla
Port or Deendayal Port (Gujarat)
- is a tidal port.
- The first port developed after independence.
Major
Ports (East Coast)
7. Ennore
Port or Kamarajar (Tamil Nadu)
- It is first corporate port of India
- Eco friendly Port in India
8. Chennai
Port (Tamil Nadu)
- It is the second largest port in India
9. Tuticorin Port or V.O.Chidambaranar Port (Tamil Nadu)
- The port which is known as pearl Harbour of India
10. Vishakhapatnam Port or Vizag port (Andhra Pradesh)
- The deepest container terminal among the major ports in India.
11. Paradip
Port (Odisha)
- It was the first major port on East Coast commissioned in independent India.
12. Kolkata
Port (West
Bengal)
- Only riverine major port in India.
13. Port
Blair Port (Andaman
Nicobar Island)
- It is the 13th and youngest major port of India declared so in 2010.
🎯Extra Info:
The port built in Iran with the help of India – Chabahar Port |
The port built in Pakistan with the help of China – Gwadar Port |
The port built in Sri Lanka with the help of China –Hambantota Port |