7 Things You Didn’t Know About Sea Ports Of India
Ports are so critical today for carrying out the trade. They act as a crucial connection between sea and land transport. Everything that you see around you like food, machinery or petrol comes through the major ports in India.
So, below are the few interesting facts on sea ports of India which you might not be aware of.
The Kandla port is situated 90 kms from the Gulf of Kutch, Gujarat in a place called the Kandla creek. It is the largest port in India by volume of cargo handled. Today, the Kandla port is one of the highest profit earning port of India and the centre for exporting grains and importing oil.
Mormugao Port is the leading iron ore exporting port of India with an annual throughput of around 27.33 million tonnes of iron ore traffic.
1989, the Jawaharlal Nehru port is completely controlled by the Indian Government. This port handles 56% of the total containers and is one of the top 30 ports in India.
The Paradip port is a deep water port that is situated on the coast of Orissa.
This port even has its own railway system to make transport easy. Recently an oil jetty that can handle up to 8 million tonnes of petroleum products and tankers of 85,000 DWT was constructed making the Paradip port even more efficient and better.
Tuticorin port is a new port that was recently constructed in Tamil Nadu and is one of the 13 major ports of India. It is an artificial harbour developed 8kms south of the old Tuticorin port. The port mainly trades with Sri Lanka and is properly connected by railways and roads
Chennai port formerly known as Madras port is located on the Coromandel coast the Ennore port which is the 12th major port of India. It mainly deals with the transport of coal and that was its initial cause of development being the Tamil Nadu electricity board needed coal for its operations.
It is the largest port in India. It is a natural harbour and is 10–12 metre deep. It handles around one-fifth of India’s foreign trade.The Mumbai port is one of the busiest port in India.
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