Tag: human environment - settlement, transport and communication

Kandla, also known as the Kandla Port Trust or Maharao Khengarji Port Trust is a seaport in Kutch District of Gujarat state in western India, near the city of Gandhidham. Located on the Gulf of Kutch, it is one of major ports on west coast. Kandla was constructed in the 1950s as the chief seaport serving western India, after the partition of India and Pakistan left the port of Karachi in Pakistan

Kochi Called the "Queen of the Arabian Sea", Kochi was an important spice trading centre on the west coast of India from the 14th century onward, and maintained a trade network with Arab merchants from the pre-Islamic era. Occupied by the Portuguese in 1503, Kochi was the first of the European colonies in colonial India.

Mumbai is located on the west coast of India and is the first major Indian port that ships from Europe encounter when sailing eastward across the Arabian Sea. Historically, European ships would reach Mumbai before other east coast ports like Kolkata, Chennai (Madras), or Cochin. This geographical position made Mumbai a crucial entry point for colonial trade.

1. The port of India is controlled by the Central Government under the ambit of Port Trust Act, 1963. There are six major ports located at west coast of India i.e. Kandla Port (Gujarat), Mumbai (Maharashtra), Navasheva (Jawaharlal Nehru Port), Murmagoa, New Mangalore (Karnataka), and Kochi (Kerala).
2. Paradip is the port in Orissa.
3. Ennore Port, is located on the Coromandel Coast about 18 km north of Chennai Port, Chennai

There are seven major ports located on the east coast of India i.e. Tuticorin (Tamil Nadu), Chennai (Tamil Nadu), Ennore (Tamil Nadu), Visakhapatnam (Andhra Pradesh), Paradip (Odisha), Haldia & Kolkata (West Bengal), and Port Blair (Andaman & Nicobar Island).

Mumbai port historically handled approximately one-fourth (25%) of India's total sea-borne trade, making it the country's largest port by volume. This significant share is due to Mumbai's strategic location, large natural harbor, and proximity to major industrial and commercial centers in western and central India.

The port is in Panambur, Mangalore on the west coast of India. It is to north of confluence of Gurupura (Phalguni) river to Arabian sea

 The  water transport consist of all the three types of transport.

Deep-sea shipping refers to the maritime transport of goods on intercontinental routes, crossing oceans. It involves long distances and is generally carried out by liner shipping services.

Inland waterway transport plays an important role for the transport of goods in Europe. It is carried out on navigable waterways like rivers, canals or lakes over which vessels of a carrying capacity of no less than 50 tons can navigate when normally loaded 

The coastal Navigation  would be the safe conduct of a ship where the navigator has the land on one side of his course and the open sea on the other,

This port has a natural harbour and rich hinterland. Thus, it has a flourishing trade handling of a large variety of cargoes to even our neighbouring countries like Sri Lanka, Maldives, etc. and the coastal regions of India. 

The East-West Corridor, would connect Silcher in Assam with the port of Porbandar in Gujarat with a 3,460 km of road length.