Table of Contents:
- Major Port in India
- Significance of Ports for both national and foreign trade
- Challenges
- Government steps
Major Ports in India;
- India has 7,516.6 km
- There are 12 major port and more than 200 non-major ports;
- 12 Major ports account for 95 % of India foreign trade
Arabian ( western) seaside port from north to South:
- Kandla
- Mumbai
- Jawahar Nehru Port
- Marmagoa
- Mangalore
- Kochi
Bay of Bengal side ( Eastern Side) from south to north:
- Tuticorin
- Chennai
- Vizag
- Paradip
- Haldia
- Kolkata
Kandala Port;
- Kandal in Kachha Gujarat
- The first port developed after Independence to the easy volume of trade on Mumbai Port
- Kandal Port is also known as tidal port or Deendayal port
- It facilitates the export and import of state Jammu and Kashmir, Himachal Pradesh, Punjab, Haryana, Rajasthan, and Gujarat.
Mumbai Port;
- It is the biggest port with a spacious and well-sheltered Harbour.
Jawaharlal Nehru Port;
- Built to easy to Mumbai Port
Marmagao Port( Goa):
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li>For Iron ore export, 50 % of India's Iron ore export from here only.
Mangalore Port ( Karnataka):
- Iron ore export concentrated from Kudremukh mines.
Kochi port:
- Extreme South-western port
- Located at the entrance of lagoon with a natural harbor
Tuticorin port ( Tamilnadu):
- Extreme South Eastern Port
- Natural Harbour and high hinterland
- Flourishing large handling variety of Cargoes to even from Sri Lanka and the Maldives
Chennai port:
- One of the oldest Artificial Port
- It is next big to Mumbai port in terms of volume of trade and cargo
Vishakhapatnam:
- It is the deepest landlocked and well-protected port
Paradweep Port:
- Located in Odisha
- It is also specialized in the export of Iron ore from the Chhota Nagpur Plateau
Haldia port:
- Developed to easy burden to Kolkata port
Kolkata port:
- Inland riverine port
- It is a very rich hinterland of the Ganga Brahmaputra Basin
- Tidal Port, require continuous dredging of Hoogly
Significance of Port:
- Port facilitates the overwater ways and links the hinterland to oversee.
- Port facilitates the trade for both import and export items
- Port and economy are complementary to each other as coastal countries are more prosperous than landlocked countries.
- In India's case also, southern states, Maharastra, and Gujarat are more prosperous than the landlocked states because one of the regions is accessibility to ports.
- Local community development
Challenges facing by Indian port:
- Poor maintenance of port
- Bureaucracy and excessive interference
Government steps:
- 100 % FDI automatic to port development
- More autonomy to port
- SagarMala Project
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