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In 1884, Kidderpore was selected as the site for the wet docks of the Port of Kolkata, and it was ready in 1892. King George (later renamed Netaji Subhas) Dock was added in 1928. Haldia Dock System is part of Kolkata port. Its first unit, Haldia oil jetty, was commissioned in 1969. Kolkata port was the premier port of India till the early 1950s.
The Syama Prasad Mookerjee Port (SPMP or SMP, Kolkata), formerly the Kolkata Port, is the only riverine major port in India, [17] in the city of Kolkata, West Bengal, around 203 kilometres (126 mi) from the sea. [18] It is the oldest operating port in India [19] and was constructed by the British East India Company. [20]
After the construction of the Strand Road, in the 1820s, shipbuilding was concentrated at Sulkea, Howrah, and Kidderpore. The greatest shipbuilding years on the Hooghly up to 1839 were 1813 (21 vessels and 10,376 tons ( bm )), 1801 (19 vessels and 10,079 tons (bm)), and 1816 (18 vessels and 8,198 tons (bm)).
Bankshall - general term for the office of harbor-master or other port authority; at Calcutta the office stood on the banks of the Hooghli Bantal 2°45′49.1″S 101°20′01.7″E / 2.763639°S 101.333806°E / -2.763639; 101.333806 - west coast of Sumatra in the Moco Moco district (see below); 20 miles SE of Moco Moco and 17 miles ...
Haldia Dock Complex is eight meters above sea level and is located at 21.20 north and 88.06 east. [7] [8] It is 156 nautical miles (289 km; 180 mi) north of Paradip Port by sea and river route, and 104 kilometres (65 mi) south of Kolkata Dock System by river route. [9]
Almost 50 million tons per year goods pass through the port of West Bengal. About 45 million tons of cargo per year are transported to Kolkata port (including Haldia port). Annually more than 6 million TEUs containers pass through West Bengal ports .
Kidderpore: Sold 1839, or still in BPS in 1851 [4] Balasore‡ Sloop 1689 Beacon† Light vessel 180 1831 Howrah: Stationed at the Sand Heads; still in BPS in 1851 [4] Blessing‡ Sloop 80 1670 London Bombay‡ Sloop 1742 Not in the BPS in 1766† Bonetto† or Bonetta‡ Sloop 107 1748 or 1746 Bombay Sold November 1786 Brilliant‡ Brigantine ...
The Calcutta Port Commissioners' Railway (reporting mark:CPCR) was a broad gauge (BG) port railway that opened in stages from 1875 onwards serving the docks area of Calcutta along the bank of the Hooghly from Chitpur in the north to Kidderpore Docks in the south. [6] [7]