1. PREPARED BY: SAHIL PARMAR [3920] ANUJ GANDHI [3907] RUCHA BRAHMBHATT [3901] Ports in INDIA

3. History of Kandla Port 1931 1955 1957 1981 1978 Maharao Khengarji III of Kutch built an RCC jetty where ships with draft of 8.8 meters could berth round the year Kandla was declared as a major port by the then Transport Minister, the late Lal Bahadur Shastri Container handling operations commenced with 1,217 TEUs being handled in the first year The Offshore Oil Terminal was commissioned at Vadinar when the giant tanker Netaji Subhashchandra Bose carrying 86,105 tonnes of Crude Oil was brought in at the First Single Buoy Mooring (SBM) 1975 The second oil jetty was commissioned The four newly constructed cargo jetties started operations 1983 12th cargo berth and Essar Oil Marine facilities commissioned The eighth cargo jetty started operations and the port crossed the 40 million mark 1999 The port sailed past the 10 million tonne milestone 2006 2007 Commissioning of Container Terminal

7. JNPT  JNPT is the second youngest port after Ennore. It is located at the eastern end of Mumbai in the Nhava Sheva area and situated at latitude 18º 56’ 43” N and longitude 72º56’ 24” E.  Current designed channel depth of JNPT is 11 metres and depth at berths is 13.5 metres. JNPT can take in vessels having laden draft upto 12.5 metres.The width of the channel is 400 metres at entry point and 460 metres off the berths.  Port cargo handling facilities include container terminals, a liquid handling terminal and a shallow water berth which can handle break-bulk and container traffic both.

14. TUTICORIN PORT

17. VIEW OF VISAKHAPATNAM PORT TRUST

21. Pipavav Port Layout

39. Port Layout

42. Port Layout

59. Storage capacity Cargo Storage Capacity Coal 0.63 Million MT Lime Stone 0.09 Million MT Iron Ore 0.75 Million MT

60. Various Maps of Dhamra

63. Infrastructural Facilities