Question

Explain some points on Major Sea Ports.

Answer 1

With a long coastline of 7,516.6 km, India is dotted with 12 major and 181 medium and minor ports. Kandla in Kuchchh was the first port developed soon after Independence.

Kandla is a tidal port. It caters to the convenient handling of exports and imports of highly productive granary and industrial belt Mumbai is the biggest port with a spacious natural and well-sheltered harbour.

Marmagao port (Goa) is the premier iron ore exporting port of the country.New Mangalore port, located in Karnataka caters to the export of iron ore concentrates from Kudremukh mines. Kochi is the extreme south-western port, located at the entrance of a lagoon with a natural harbour.

Answer 2

India is a peninsular country and has a long coast line. There are 12 major and 187 minor sea ports in the country. Some famous sea ports are
Mumbai is the biggest port. Jawaharlal Nehru Port was built in order to decongest the Mumbai port.
Mormugao Port in Goa is an important iron ore-exporting port in the country.
New Mangalore Port exports iron ore which is concentrated in the Kudremukh mines.
Kochi Port is located in the extreme southwestern part of the country. It has been developed alongside a natural harbour.
Tuticorin Port in Tamil Nadu has a natural harbour and exports cargos to our neighbouring countries.
Chennai is one of the oldest artificial ports of our country. It is next to Mumbai in terms of trading activities.
Vishakhapatnam is the deepest landlocked port.
Kolkata is an inland riverine port. Haldia Port was developed to reduce pressure of the Kolkata Port.
Paradwip Port in Odisha speialise in the export of iron ore.
Kandla in Kutch was the first port developed after independence to ease the pressure on teh Mumbai Port.