{"id":2672,"date":"2026-03-14T12:15:04","date_gmt":"2026-03-14T06:45:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/?p=2672"},"modified":"2026-03-16T16:23:41","modified_gmt":"2026-03-16T10:53:41","slug":"deendayal-port","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/deendayal-port\/","title":{"rendered":"Deendayal Port"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2><b>Deendayal Port Latest News<\/b><\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Deendayal Port in Gujarat&#8217;s Kandla is gearing up to handle a whopping 22 vessels over a 72-hour period over the weekend.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><b>About Deendayal Port<\/b><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Deendayal Port (previously called <\/span><b>Kandla Port<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">) is the <\/span><b>second largest seaport of India, <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">situated in the <\/span><b>Kachchh District<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> of <\/span><b>Gujarat <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">State in western India.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It is situated in the<\/span><b> creek of Kandla,<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> which is at a distance of <\/span><b>90 kms from the <a href=\"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/gulf-of-kutch\/\" target=\"_blank\">Gulf of Kachchh<\/a>.\u00a0\u00a0<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It is a <\/span><b>protected natural harbor.<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It is recognized as<\/span><b> one of the major ports in India.<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It was <\/span><b>constructed in the 1950s <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">as the <\/span><b>chief seaport serving western India after the partition <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">of India from Pakistan left the port of Karachi in Pakistan.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It is <\/span><b>256 nautical miles southeast of the Port of Karachi <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">in Pakistan and over 430 nautical miles north-northwest of the Port of Mumbai.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The port is specialized in handling <\/span><b>bulk import and export cargo, including liquid cargo.<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It features 18 berths, including 12 dry cargo berths and 6 oil jetties, handling a wide range of cargo such as <\/span><b>petroleum, chemicals, iron ore, salt, and containers.<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It remains <\/span><b>India\u2019s biggest state-owned cargo handler by volume,<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> but it has <\/span><b>steadily lost market share to privately owned Mundra Port <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">(India\u2019s largest private port), 60 km to the southwest.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b>Source<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">: <\/span><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theweek.in\/news\/maritime\/2026\/03\/13\/deendayal-port-to-handle-22-vessels-from-march-13-15-amid-inbound-traffic-surge-all-you-need-to-know.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">WEEK<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Deendayal Port (previously called Kandla Port) is the second largest seaport of India, situated in the Kachchh District of Gujarat State in western India. 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