| Kandla Port | |
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| Location | |
| Country |  India |
| Location | Kandla, Gujarat, India |
| Coordinates | 23°00′01″N 70°13′15″E / 23.000271°N 70.2208838°E |
| Details | |
| Opened | 1952 |
| Operated by | Deendayal Port Authority |
| Owned by | Deendayal Port Authority, Ministry of Ports, Shipping and Waterways, Government of India |
| Type of harbour | Coastal breakwater, large seaport |
| Official name | Deendayal Port Authority |
| Statistics | |
| Annual container volume | 132.3 million tonnes (2023-2024) |
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Kandla Port, officially known as Deendayal Port, is a seaport in Kutch district of Gujarat, India. The port is situated in the Kandla Creek and is 90 km from the mouth of Gulf of Kutch,[1] it is one of India's major ports on the west coast. It is about 256 nautical miles southeast of the Port of Karachi in Pakistan and about 430 nautical miles north-northwest of the Port of Mumbai. Kandla Port was constructed in the 1950s as the chief seaport serving western India.[2]
The depth of the channel of port depends on the tide. This channel has a minimum depth of 13 meters.[1] It is the largest port of India by volume of cargo handled. Kandla Port was renamed as Deendayal Port in 2017 under the Indian Ports Act, 1908.[3]
The Kandla Port is one of the ports that support the hinterland of North, West and Central India. It mainly transports liquid and bulk cargoes; handled 132.3 million metric tonnes of cargoes in the 2023–24 financial year.[4]
- ^ a b "PORT LOCATION". www.deendayalport.gov.in. Retrieved 14 March 2024.
- ^ "Brief history". www.deendayalport.gov.in. Retrieved 14 March 2024.
- ^ "Kandla Port renamed as Deendayal Port". Press Information Bureau, Government of India. 26 September 2017. Retrieved 2022-02-22.
- ^ Manoj, P (2 April 2024). "Deendayal Port vows to wrest back top slot in cargo handling among major ports in 3-4 years - ET Infra". ETInfra.com. Mumbai. Retrieved 3 June 2024.