India has a long coastline, spanning 7516.6 kilometres, forming one of the biggest peninsulas in the world. It is serviced by 13 major ports (12 government and 1 corporate) and 187 notified minor and intermediate ports. The latest addition to major ports is Port Blair on June 2010, the 13th port in the country. Kochi port is the largest port in India.
Major ports handled over 74% of all cargo traffic in 2007. However, the words “major”, “intermediate” and “minor” do not have a strict association with the traffic volumes served by these ports. As an example, Mundra Port, a newly developed minor port in the state of Gujarat registered cargo traffic of around 28.8 million tonnes per annum during the financial year of 2008, which is higher than that of many major ports.
Following is the list of ports in India
- Kolkata (Kolkata Dock System & Haldia Dock Complex)
- Mumbai
- Kochi Kerala
- Chennai
- Tuticorin
- Paradip
- New Mangalore Port
- Mormugao
- Visakhapatnam
- J.N.P.T
- Ennore (corporate)
- Kandla
