Oceanic Waterway: India has about a 7516 km long coastline. Along this coastline, there are 13 major and about 200 minor ports. After the establishment of Shipping Corporation of India, our national and international waterways have quite developed.
Kandla, Mumbai, Nhava Sheva, Marmagoa, New Mangalore and Kochi ports are located on the western coast, while Kolkata, Haldia, Paradip, Vishakhapatnam, Chennai, Tuticorin, etc. are main ports of eastern coast. Oceanic Waterways in Gujarat: Gujarat has a long coastline of about 1600 km. Kandla is the largest port of Gujarat. Bhavnagar is the only port having automatic lock-gate system.
The port of Porbandar remains open the entire year. Veraval, Sikka, Pipavav, Navlakhi, Mundra, Poshitra, Okha and Hajira are other important ports of Gujarat. A project in process to develop Poshitra port in Poshitra village of Jamnagar.
