Major Ports and Coasts of India

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1. Deendayal Port (Kandla)GujaratA tidal major port at the head of the Gulf of Kutch, built after 1947 to replace Karachi's lost trade and renamed from Kandla in 2017.
2. Mundra PortGujaratIndia's largest private port, on the northern Gulf of Kutch and run by Adani Ports and SEZ.
3. Okha PortGujaratA minor all-weather port at the mouth of the Gulf of Kutch in Devbhumi Dwarka district, run by the Gujarat Maritime Board.
4. Dahej PortGujaratA non-major deep-water port in Bharuch district on the Gulf of Khambhat, home to India's first LNG import terminal (Petronet LNG, 2004).
5. Hazira PortGujaratA deep-water private port near Surat, started as a captive port for Essar Steel.
6. Pipavav PortGujaratIndia's first port built by the private sector, on the Saurashtra coast near Rajula and run by APM Terminals since 2002.
7. Vadhavan Port (upcoming)MaharashtraIndia's upcoming 13th major port near Dahanu, approved in 2024 as an offshore deep-sea project by JNPA and the Maharashtra Maritime Board.
8. Mumbai PortMaharashtraIndia's oldest major port, commissioned in 1873 on a deep natural harbour.
9. Jawaharlal Nehru Port (Nhava Sheva)MaharashtraIndia's largest container port, a major port at Navi Mumbai opened in 1989 to decongest Mumbai Port.
10. Mormugao PortGoaA major port in Goa on a naturally sheltered harbour at the mouth of the Zuari river, commissioned in 1885.
11. Karwar PortKarnatakaA minor all-weather port in Karwar Bay, Uttara Kannada, on the south bank of the Kali river, handling bulk and liquid cargo.
12. New Mangalore PortKarnatakaThe only major port of Karnataka, at Panambur with the deepest inner harbour on the west coast.
13. Kochi PortKeralaA major port in Kerala on a natural harbour in the Vembanad backwater, across Willingdon Island and Vallarpadam.
14. Vizhinjam PortKeralaIndia's first deep-water container transshipment port, near Thiruvananthapuram, opened in May 2025.
15. Shyama Prasad Mookerjee Port (Kolkata)West BengalIndia's only riverine major port, on the Hooghly and renamed from Kolkata Port in 2020.
16. Diamond HarbourWest BengalA tidal minor port on the Hooghly in South 24 Parganas, serving as an anchorage and pilotage station for the Kolkata port system.
17. Haldia Dock ComplexWest BengalThe downstream dock system of the Shyama Prasad Mookerjee Port on the Hooghly, commissioned in 1977 and about 100 km from the sea.
18. Paradip PortOdishaA major port in Odisha built as an artificial harbour at the mouth of the Mahanadi.
19. Dhamra PortOdishaA minor deep-water private port in Bhadrak district, moving iron ore, coal and limestone from the Odisha-Jharkhand mineral belt.
20. Visakhapatnam PortAndhra PradeshThe only major port of Andhra Pradesh, a natural landlocked harbour shielded by the Dolphin's Nose headland, opened in 1933.
21. Gangavaram PortAndhra PradeshA minor deep-water private port just south of Visakhapatnam, opened in 2009.
22. Kakinada PortAndhra PradeshA minor port complex on the east coast with a century-old anchorage port and an all-weather deep-water port built in 1999.
23. Krishnapatnam PortAndhra PradeshA minor all-weather private port in Nellore district on the east coast.
24. Kamarajar Port (Ennore)Tamil NaduIndia's 12th major port on the east coast north of Chennai, commissioned in 2001.
25. Chennai PortTamil NaduOne of India's oldest ports (1881) and a major port on the east coast, built as an artificial harbour open to the sea.
26. Karaikal PortPuducherryA private deep-water port in Karaikal district of Puducherry, operational since 2009 and acquired by Adani Ports in 2023.
27. V.O. Chidambaranar Port (Tuticorin)Tamil NaduA major port at Thoothukudi in the Gulf of Mannar, an artificial harbour declared major in 1974.
28. Port Blair (Sri Vijaya Puram)Andaman and Nicobar IslandsThe capital port of the Andaman and Nicobar Islands at South Andaman, renamed Sri Vijaya Puram in 2024.