The western coast of India expands from the Gulf of Kutch to Cape Comorin. The ports situated on this coast have great commercial importance since the ancient times. The important ports on this coast are Porbandar, Okha, Kandala, Bhavnagar, Surat, Mumbai, Ratnagiri, Goa, Mangalore, Alleppey, Kozhikode, Thiruvananthapuram, Mandvi, Salaya, Sikka, Pidhara, Jafarabad, Jawaharlal Nehru, Reddi Marmugao, Karbar, Honawar, Malpe, New Mangalore, Calicut, Kochi, Neendakara, Quilon, etc.
