Kandla Port is one of the major ports located on the west coast of India in the state of Gujarat. It was constructed in the 1950s after the partition of India to serve as the chief seaport for western India after the port of Karachi was left in Pakistan. Kandla Port handles a large volume of cargo and is one of the highest revenue generating ports in India. It facilitates import and export activities for 12 nearby Indian states. The port has various berths and jetties that can accommodate vessels of different sizes and handles a variety of goods including containers, fertilizers, oil, and other bulk cargo.

1. TOPIC:
KANDLA PORT
PREPARED BY : GOPLESH PONKIYA J. (9504)
BADATIYA PINTU J. (9538)
C.K. PITHAWALLA COLLEGE
OF ENGG. & TECH, SURAT.

3. KANDLA PORT
 KANDLA, also KANDLA PORT or NEW KANDLA
(GUJARAT) is a seaport in Kutch District of Gujarat state
in Western India, near the city of Gandhidham.
 Located on the Gulf of Kutch, it is one of major ports on
west coast.
 Kandla was constructed in the 1950s as the chief seaport
serving western India, after the partition of India from
Pakistan left the port of Karachi in Pakistan.
 The port of Kandla is located on the Gulf of Kutch on
the north-western coast of India some 256 nautical
miles southeast of the port of Karachi in Pakistan and
over 430 nautical miles north-west of the port of
Mumbai.

4. KANDLA PORT at the time of
construction

5. KANDLA PORT

6. It is a Kandla Port Trust’s

7. Loaded crane
coming to load and
unload packets and other
material at Vessel
Kandla Port
Trust
Crane uses to unload the vessel
It is a place where fertilizers
for farm usage are packed
to export.
Containers are
being loaded in
Vessel
Crane are
loading
the
vessels
It is a berth (data storage),
contains the details of the
loaded and unloaded
vessels
KPT has total 12 berths.

8. Qualities and specialities of
KANDLA PORT
 Highest Revenue taking Port in India.
 Kandla mainly imports and exports the products
from the states such as :
 Jammu and Kashmir
 Punjab
 Himachal Pradesh
 Rajasthan
 Haryana
 Gujarat

9. Type of berths Length
(a) Cargo Jetty 178.3 m
(b) Oil Jetties 91. 40 m

Oil Jetty I (Sensitive
Liquid)
84.50 m

Oil Jetty II (General
Liquid)
91. 40 m

10. Export import at Kandla port
 25% of Indian economy depends on
export import from other nations.
 19% of the total export import done
through Kandla port.
 70% of cargos and 75% of crude oil
welcomed by this port.
 55 types different chemical are stored
and processed at the port.

11.  India’s 12 states are depend on the Kandla port
and they exporting and importing by this port
only and Kandla port is permitted by 12 states
International Permit craft of India. Because of
this with compare of last year this year 9% cargo
import is increase.
 Kandla port not face any financial and world
recession effect.
 Here liquid charges Is RS.12 per K.G and dry
charges is RS.36.80 Which are too lower than
other port because in Other ports these shares
are RS. 35 and RS. 100 Respectively.

12. After the partition of Karachi
Kandla growth is 3200% done.
Government of India also provide
5800 crore In India’s 11th year
plan.

13.  Kandla port have 10 berths, 6 oil jetties, 1
maintenance jetty, 1 dry dock and small
jetties for small vessels, which can
accommodate from large to small vessels.
Near all these terminals and jetties there
are storage facilities for cargo from
containers to petroleum.
 The port is equipped to store and handle
bulk quantities of iron ore, coal,
containers, fertilizers, oil, granites and
general cargo items.

14. Kandla ports has been awarded
“Management Efficiency”
ISO-9001-2001 Award
by the
INTERNATIONAL STANDARD ORGANISATION
KANDLA GETS ISO-9001-2001 AWARD

15. ECONOMY
 The Port of Kandla Special Economic Zone (KASEZ) was the first
special economic zone to be established in Indian and in Asia.
 Established in 1965, the port of Kandla SEZ is the is the biggest
multiple-product SEZ in the country.
 Covering over 310 hectares, the special economic zone is just
nine kms. From the Port of Kandla.
 Today, the Port of Kandla is India’s hub for exporting grains and
importing oil and one of the highest-earning ports in the
country.
 Major imports entering the port of Kandla are petroleum,
chemicals, and iron and steel machinery, but it also handles salt,
textiles and grain.
 A town has grown up on the port with a school and hotel etc.
Kandla is also the first Export Processing Zone in nIndia (1965).

16. REFERENCES
• http://www.google.co.in/search?hl=en&site=imghp&tb
m=isch&source=hp&biw=1600&bih=783&q=KANDLA
+PORT&oq=KANDLA+PORT&gs_l=img.3..0l9.1359.40
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• www.google.com/Wikipedia.com
• www.kandlaport.gov.in/
• www.kasez.com/
• http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2012-12-
01/rajkot/35529733_1_kandla-port-bags-welfare-
activities

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