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Ministry of Shipping, Government of India Port Blair Port is a seaport in South Andaman district of Andaman and Nicobar , India, near the city of Port Blair on the Andaman Sea . [ 1 ] It was a former Major Port of India.
There are two Department viz. Department of Shipping and Department of Road Transport & Highways. Ultra large container vessel MSC Claude Girardet the largest vessel to berth in South Asia [ 2 ] arriving at Vizhinjam International Seaport Thiruvananthapuram ,India
The International Container Transshipment Port (ICTP), also called the Galathea Bay Port is a proposed container transshipment port at Galathea Bay, Great Nicobar Island in the union territory of Andaman and Nicobar Islands, India, to be constructed at a cost of ₹ 44,000 crore. [1] It has a natural depth of more than 20 meter. [2]
Kolkata Port is a major port and only major river port in India. Calcutta Port Trust is responsible for the Kolkata and Haldia Dock . [ 8 ] The passenger transport service from Port of Kolkata to Port Blair Port in Andaman and Nicobar Islands and shipping services of India and Outer Port are being provided by Shipping Corporation of India.
Port Blair (pronunciation ⓘ), officially named Sri Vijaya Puram, [4] is the capital city of the Andaman and Nicobar Islands, a union territory of India in the Bay of Bengal. It is also the local administrative sub-division ( tehsil ) of the islands, the headquarters for the district of South Andaman , and the territory's only notified town.
The Andaman & Nicobar region of the Indian Coast Guard also falls under the purview of the command with RHQ and 745 squadron at Port Blair, DHQ 9 at Diglipur and DHQ 10 at Campbell Bay. [ 63 ] [ 64 ] [ 21 ] In July 2012, the navy commissioned INS Baaz , a naval air station which is located 300 nautical miles south of Port Blair and is the ...
Car Nicobar the district headquarters is 260 km (162 mi) from Port Blair. Ship service is available between Port Blair and Nicobar district. Normally ship is available twice in a week. One can obtain the ship ticket from the office of the Director, Shipping services (03192-245555) at Port Blair. [12]
INS Magar, an amphibious warfare ship, was the first major vessel to have INS Jarawa as its home port. Construction of a naval wharf for the base started in 1968. Comprehensive ship repair facilities were commissioned at the base in 1979. On 6 November 2002, the 180 meter long floating drydock FDN1 sank in 24 meters of water off Port Blair ...