Sea Ports of India
The nine coastal Indian states Gujarat, Maharashtra, Goa,
Karnataka, Kerala, Tamil Nadu, Andhra Pradesh,
Orissa and West Bengal are home to all major and minor ports of India.
The long coastline of India forms one of the biggest piece of land into a body
of water,These twelve major Indian Ports are handle a large volume of cargo
traffic and container traffic. There are total 13 major sea ports of India,out
of 12 are government and one, Ennore port of Chennai is the corporate one.
Ennore Port is one of the major port of India located at Coromandel Coast of
Tamil Nadu state along with private Krishnapatnam Port, and other major
ports of India are listed as follows:-
Marmagao Port- Goa
The main port of Goa,Marmagao port is a best natural harbors of India located in South Goa. Marmagao port is one of the leading iron ores exporter port in India and raw materials too.The port of Marmagao is one of the major attraction of Goa along with the beautiful city of Vasco da Gama and international airport Dabolim. The natural harbor of Goa is one of India’s earliest modern ports.
Panambur Port- Karnataka
Panambur Port known as the New Mangalore Port, is a seaport located near to Surathkal railway station in Dakshina Kannada district of Karnataka. New Mangalore Port is a deep water all weather port and the only major port of Karnataka and one of the largest port in India. Port of Mangalore export major commodities like manganese, granite stones, coffee and cashew and main imports includes timber logs,LPG,petroleum products and cargo containers. There is a beautiful beach at south of sea port of Panambur along with the shore of the Arabian Sea.
Cochin Port- Kerala
Port Blair- Andaman
Port Blair is the capital city of Andaman Nicobar Islands, a Union Territory of India located at the juncture of the Bay of Bengal and Andaman Sea. Port Blair is the youngest sea port in India and one of the 12 major port of the country. The only port of Andaman islands are connected to mainland of India through flight and ship. Port Blair is the principal hub for shipping in the islands of Andaman and the one of the most popular tourist destination with several places of interest around like virgin beaches,scuba diving and water sports.
Tuticorin Port- Tamil Nadu
Tuticorin Port is an artificial deep-sea harbour and one of the 12 major ports of India. It is also the second largest port in Tamil Nadu first is Chennai Port and one of the largest container terminal in India. The artificial port of Tuticorin is a all weather port and who receive a large volume of international traffic. Port of Tuticorin are a used to be best port for maritime trade and pearl fishery on the bay of Bengal. The port city is also known as Pearl City and is one of the beautiful sea gateways of India from Tamil Nadu state.
Chennai Port
Madras Port is the one of the oldest port of India and the second largest port in the country. Chennai Port also the largest port in the Bay of Bengal and a hub port for cars, big containers and cargo traffic in the east coast of India. Port of the Coromandel Coast handles a variety of cargo containers,automobiles,coal,fertilizers and petroleum products. Chennai Port terminals have lighthouses around,Intra port connectivity,Pipelines and railway terminus.
Haldia port- West Bengal
Haldia port or Calcutta Port is a major seaport situated
near the Hooghly River in the state of West Bengal. Port of Haldia is one of
the major trade center for Calcutta and receive bulk cargoes of Chemicals,
Petrochemicals and oils. Port of Kolkata is also a base of Indian Coast Guard.
These are the sea
ports of India to handle overseas transportation services , while if you want to deliver your goods from these different sea ports to different location using trucks ,
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