Ports — India + Global Maritime Gateways
India\'s 13 major ports + 200+ minor ports + 40 global maritime gateways tracked for India trade flows. Throughput, container capacity, hinterland reach, and trade-route role for every port that matters.
Indian ports — major + minor
India operates 13 major ports and 200+ non-major (minor + intermediate) ports across 7,517 km of coastline. The major ports are managed by the central government under the Major Port Authorities Act 2021; non-major ports by state maritime boards.
- JNPT (Nhava Sheva) — India's largest container port, ~5.6M TEU annual throughput, gateway for Northern + Western India
- Mundra — Adani-operated, India's busiest cargo port by total throughput, deep-water gateway for Gujarat + NW India
- Chennai — Eastern coast container hub, automotive RoRo terminal, Tamil Nadu industrial corridor
- Cochin (Kochi) — Vallarpadam ICTT, transhipment hub, Kerala spice + agri exports
- Visakhapatnam — deepest natural harbor on east coast, iron ore + steel
- Kolkata + Haldia — Hooghly river system, NE India + Bangladesh transit
- Paradip — Odisha bulk port, coal + iron ore
- Tuticorin — Tamil Nadu container + bulk, agri + cement
- Mormugao — Goa bulk port, mostly iron ore + tourism
- New Mangalore — Karnataka, petroleum + iron ore + LPG
- Kandla (Deendayal) — Gujarat bulk + liquid, edible oils + chemicals
- Vizhinjam — Kerala new transhipment port, deep-water Adani terminal
Global maritime gateways
40+ global ports tracked for India trade flows: Shanghai, Singapore, Rotterdam, Antwerp, Hamburg, Felixstowe, Dubai (Jebel Ali), Salalah, Long Beach, LA, Savannah, NY/NJ, Houston, Santos, Durban, Mombasa, Mersin, Piraeus, Algeciras.
Trade context
Port choice drives Incoterm selection, freight cost, and lead time. AJG's freight rate tool and shipping lines directory work alongside this factsheet to plan end-to-end logistics. Decision tree branches: route selection · incoterm pick.