Deendayal Port

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The Deendayal Port in Gujarat’s Kandla is gearing up to handle a whopping 22 vessels over a 72-hour period over the weekend.

About Deendayal Port

• Deendayal Port (previously called Kandla Port) is the second largest seaport of India, situated in the Kachchh District of Gujarat State in western India.  
• It is situated in the creek of Kandla, which is at a distance of 90 kms from the Gulf of Kachchh.  
• It is a protected natural harbor.
• It is recognized as one of the major ports in India.
• It 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. 
• It is 256 nautical miles southeast of the Port of Karachi in Pakistan and over 430 nautical miles north-northwest of the Port of Mumbai.
• The port is specialized in handling bulk import and export cargo, including liquid cargo.
• It features 18 berths, including 12 dry cargo berths and 6 oil jetties, handling a wide range of cargo such as petroleum, chemicals, iron ore, salt, and containers.
• It remains India’s biggest state-owned cargo handler by volume, but it has steadily lost market share to privately owned Mundra Port (India’s largest private port), 60 km to the southwest.

Source: WEEK

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