Kolkata Ports

The largest and the most developed city of the Eastern part of India, Kolkata is home to the best modes of communication. The city brilliantly connected to the almost all corners of the country through either railways, roadways, airways or seaways. The city’s communication facilities provide the best possible comfort to the travelers thus making getting to Kolkata a comfortable affair. The seaway is one of the mode through which Kolkata is connected to the distant parts of the country and is also the path for the Cargos. The Kolkata ports are the terminus for the ships anchorage. The ports in the city provide every possible facility for the ships. The Kolkata Ports are administered by the Kolkata port trust. The Kolkata port is the only riverine port in the country with two dock system. The docks of the Kolkata port are oil wharves at Baj Baj and a deep water dock system at Haldia Dock Complex, Haldia for the trades related to sea.

The ports in Kolkata are one of the most sophisticated ports in the country which provides huge storage facilities making the Cargo trade easier. The Kolkata port also delivers a state of the art infrastructure with modern computerized container terminal.

Kolkata port is part of the British legacy of the city. It was established by the British East India Company which started trading in India after receiving the trading rights from the Mughals. A port commission was set up for further development of the port after the powers shifted hands in 1870.

Presently the ports of Kolkata are used mostly for cargos with few passenger ship services. Among the two domain systems the Kolkata Dock System (KDS) constitutes of the Kidderpore Dock (KPD), and Netaji Subhas Dock (NSD), in Kolkata, Petroleum Wharves at Budge Budge along with two Anchorages at Saugor, Diamond Harbour and Sandheads

The other Dock system lies in Haldia which renders mainly cargo services.