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The 13 Major Ports in India are Mumbai, Kandla, Mangalore, JNPT, Mormugao, and Cochin are west coast ports. The ports on India's east coast are Chennai, Tuticorin, Visakhapatnam, Paradip, Kolkata, and Ennore. These are located in 9 coastal states.

India has 13 major ports - Deendayal (Kandla), Mumbai, Mormugao, New Mangalore, Cochin, Chennai, Ennore (Kamarajar), Tuticorin (V O Chidambaranar), Visakhapatnam, Paradip and Kolkata (including Haldia) and Jawaharlal Nehru Port. Port Blair which was notified as major port in 2010 was removed of its status recently.

India has 13 significant seaports(12 Government-owned and one private) and more than 180 lesser ports that handle a considerable volume of traffic. One of India's most prominent natural ports is operated by the Mumbai Port Trust, formerly Bombay Port Trust.

The thirteen major seaports include Kochi Port in Kerala, Ennore in Tamil Nadu, Haldia in West Bengal, Kolkata Port in West Bengal, Kandla in Gujarat, Mangalore in Karnataka, Marmagoa in Goa, Mumbai Port in Maharashtra, Jawaharlal Nehru Port in Maharashtra, Paradip in Odisha, Tuticorin in Tamil Nadu, Vishakhapatnam in ...

India has 13 major ports and 176 non-major ones. The major ports carry about 3/4th of the total traffic.

Port Blair is the 13th and youngest major port of India declared so in 2010.

The port operated by Port Blair Port Trust. All major provisions of the Major Port Trusts Act, 1963, have become applicable to the major port of Port Blair from June 1, 2010. With this, the Port Blair becomes the 13th major port in India and only major port in Andaman and Nicobar.

Ennore Port(Kamarajar Port)

It was officially recognized as the 12th major port in India. This port is registered as a public company, with the Indian government owning a significant 67% stake in it.

Amongst the 12 major ports, Paradip Port handled the maximum cargo traffic of 14.33 million tonnes with a share of 19.8% in the total cargo handled at Major Ports followed by Deendayal Port (14.6%), Vizag Port (10.1%), JNPA (9.3%), Mumbai Port (7.2%), Chennai Port (6.4%), SMP Haldia Dock Complex (6.3%), NMPA (6.1%), ...

Jawaharlal Nehru Port

Jawaharlal Nehru Port is also known as Nhava Sheva Port. It is located in Raigad district (Navi Mumbai) of Maharashtra. It is the largest container handling port in India and handles about 56% of the containers in the country. It is one of the busiest ports.

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Mumbai Port is the biggest port in India in terms of size and shipping traffic. It is situated in a natural harbour located in west Mumbai on the western coast of India.

Krishnapatnam Port is known as the deepest port in India and it's made up of a draft of 18.5 meters. Also, the Paradip Port is not the deepest port. It is a natural port that is known as a deep-water port on the India East coast in Paradip.

Haldia seaport: It is a riverine port Situated on the Hugli river in West Bengal. It is known as Diamond Harbour.

Ports in India are classified as Major and Minor Ports according to the jurisdiction of the Central and State government as defined under the Indian Ports Act, 1908. Major Ports are owned and managed by the Central Government and Minor ports are owned and managed by the State Governments.

Chennai Port is the second largest port and mainly manages general cargo, petroleum products, fertilisers and iron-ore. Haldia Port which is located close to the Hooghly River is of huge significance for industries of jute. 'Gateway of Eastern India' is another name for this port.

Port Blair : It is the 13th and youngest major port of India declared in 2010. The port is of strategic importance to India as it is closer to two international shipping lines viz. Saudi Arabia-Singapore and U.S-Singapore.