Ports in India Kolkata Port Trust:
| Country |  India |
|---|---|
| Location | Kolkata, West Bengal, India |
| Details | |
| Opened | 1870 |
| Operated by | Kolkata Port Trust |
| Owned by | Kolkata Port Trust, Ministry of Shipping, Government of India |
| Type of harbor | Coastal breakwater, riverine, large seaport |
| Available berths | 28 (Kolkata) 12 (Haldia) |
| Wharfs | 86 |
| Main trades | Automobiles, motorcycles and general industrial cargo including iron ore, granite, coal, fertilizers, petroleum products, and containers Major exports: Iron ore, leather, cotton textiles Major imports: Wheat, raw cotton, machinery, iron & steel |
| Stacking area | 134722 sqm |
| Statistics | |
| Vessel arrivals | 3503 |
| Annual cargo tonnage | 50.951 million tonnes (2016-17) |
| Annual containervolume | 7,71,676TEUs(2016-17) |
| Passenger traffic | 40,349 (2012-13) |
| Annual revenue | ₹1,242.23 crore (US$190 million) |
| Net income | ₹70.24 crore (US$11 million) |
| Website: www |
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- Kolkata Dock System is situated on the left bank of the river Hooghly in position Latitude of 22°32’53” North and Longitude of 88°18’5″ East.
- Haldia Dock Complex is situated on the right bank of River Hugli in position Latitude of 22°02′ North and Longitude 88°06’east.
- It is a riverine port located on the left bank of river Hugli about 128 kms inland from the Bay of Bengal. Kolkata port handles goods coming from South-East Asian countries, Australia and New Zealand. Kolkata port is called the ‘Gateway to Eastern India.
- It is the world’s most important centre of jute industries. Kolkata is the main port for exporting jute products, tea, coal, steel, iron ore, copper, leather and leather products, textiles, manganese and many more items. The imports consist mainly of machinery, crude oil, paper, fertilizers and chemical productsThe Kolkata port.
The Kolkata port suffers from a number of problems.
- It is located on the bank of the River Hugli, which suffers from the problem of silting as tidal bores enter this port frequently.
- The river is in its old stage and bends at several places creating lot of problems for the ships because they do not find a straight passage from the coast to the port.
- To sum up Kolkata port has a serious problem of ‘bends’, ‘bars’ and ‘bores’.
- Expert pilots are required to conduct the ships and the cost of maintaining the port has become prohibitive.
- The Kolkata Dock System will be going in for privatisation of modernising and replacing port craft; strengthening of cargo handling equipment; better utilisation of dry docks and deep drafted areas while promoting ship breaking activities.
- Kolkata port has a vast hinterland.
- Almost whole of the eastern and north-eastern parts of the country are included in the hinterland of this port.
- The main areas comprising the hinterland of Kolkata are West Bengal, Bihar, Jharkhand, Uttar Pradesh, Uttaranchal, Sikkim, Assam, Arunachal Pradesh, Nagaland, Manipur, Mizoram, Meghalaya, Tripura and northern parts of Chhattisgarh and Madhya Pradesh.
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