Tag: pipelines and waterways

• The inland riverine port which is also a major port of India is Kolkata port. It is located on the left bank of Hooghly River.
  
• The important import of Kolkata from the given options is fertilizers.
  
• The other imports include iron ore, granite, coal, petroleum products, and containers.
  

Tuticorin also called as Thoothukudi is located on the Coromandel coast of Bay of Bengal. It is situated in the Indian state of Tamilnadu.

It is also called as "Sea Gateway of Tamil Nadu".

Bhilai steel plant is located in the state of Chhattisgarh and Rourkela steel plant is located in Odisha which are operated by Steel Authority of India Limited (SAIL). These two fall under the proximity of Vishakhapatnam and hence Vizag port serves the need of transport of steel of these two plants.

The first port of India which was be touched by all the ships coming from Europe is Mumbai port.

The major sea ports of India are Kolkata, Haldia, Paradip, Visakhapatnam, Chennai, Tuticorin, Kandla, Mumbai, Jawahar Lal Nehru Port, Mormugao, New Mangalore, and Kochi.

India has 14,500 km of navigable waterways out of which about 3,700 km of river and 4300 km of canals are navigable by mechanised flat bottom vessels. 

With a long coastline of 7,516.6 km, India is dotted with 12 major and 181 medium and minor ports. These major ports handle 95 per cent of India’s foreign trade.