Open Access
American Research Journal of Business and Management
ISSN (Online): 2379-1047
DOI: 10.46568/arjbm
Study of Overseas Trade and Economic Potentiality of Maritime Sector in India
Abstract
The Port of Kandla is located on the Gulf of Kutch on the northwestern coast of India some 256
nautical miles southeast of the Port of Karachi in Pakistan and over 430 nautical miles north-northwest of the Port
of Mumbai (Bombay). It is the largest port of India by volume of cargo handled. Kandla history kandla Port
Trust, India's busiest major port in recent years, is gearing to add substantial cargo handling capacity with private
sector participation. The west coast port handled 72.225 million tonnes of cargo in 2012-13, over 11 per cent
more than 64.920 million tonnes handled in 2011-12.
Even as much of this growth has come from handling of crude oil imports, mainly for Essar Oil's Vadinar refinery
in Gujarat, the port is also taking measures to boost non-POL cargo. Last fiscal, POL traffic accounted for 63 per
cent of the total cargo handled at Kandla Port, as against 59 per cent in 2011-12.
