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
Website www.deendayalport.gov.in
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]
^ ab"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.
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