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New Mangalore Port or New Mangalore Port Trust(NMPT) is an all-weather port at Panambur, Mangalore in Karnataka state in India. The total land area of the port is approximately 480 hectares (1,200 acres). The New Mangalore Port is the deepest inner harbour on the west coast. [3] It is the only major port of Karnataka and the seventh largest ...
[30] [31]: 415 Mangalore is the second largest city of Karnataka, and ninth largest port of India, providing the state with access to the Arabian Sea coastline. [3] Mangalore experienced significant growth in the decades 1970–80, with the opening of New Mangalore Port in 1974 and commissioning of Mangalore Chemicals & Fertilizers Limited in 1976.
The New Mangalore Port is India's seventh-largest container port. [75] It handles 75 percent of India's coffee exports and the bulk of its cashew nuts. [ 104 ] The Mangalore Customs Commissionerate collected a revenue of ₹ 4.47 billion (US$52.31 million) during 2012–13 [ 105 ] and ₹ 27.91 billion (US$326.63 million) during December 2018 ...
Belekeri Port is located at Binge Bay, south of the Kali estuary and 27 km south of Karwar in the Uttara Kannada district of Karnataka. It is currently the second largest port in Karnataka after Mangalore Port. One of its main advantages is its proximity to Hospet and Bellary, which are major producers of iron ore. This port is primarily used ...
Sea entrance to Mangalore Harbour. There is a Nandaneshwara temple in Panambur. The sea port is near to Surathkal railway station on the Mumbai-Mangalore railway route. Many small, medium and large scale industries are located at Panambur including Mangalore Chemicals and Fertilizers and Kudremukh Iron Ore Company Limited.
Mormugao Port: 1985 Mormugao: Goa: 19.5 6 Mumbai Port: 1873 Mumbai: Maharashtra: 62.08 7 New Mangalore Port: 1974 8.22 km2 Mangaluru: Karnataka: 36.65 8 Paradip Port: 1966 25.44 km2 Paradeep: Odisha: 148.75 [20] 9 Syama Prasad Mookerjee Port: 1870 Kolkata/Haldia: West Bengal: 66.4 10 Visakhapatnam Port: 1933 Visakhapatnam: Andhra Pradesh: 67.43 ...
Mangalore skyline. Industrial and commercial activities dominate Mangalore's economy. Mangalore is the only city in the state of Karnataka to have all modes of transport — air, road, rail and sea — as well as being one of only five cities in India to have both a major port and an international airport.
Mangalore was a major port caught up in the Indian Ocean trade since times immemorial. The area around Mangalore along with St Mary's islands and Barcelor, also served as a maritime trade post for the Portuguese in Goa and Bombay, until Shivappa Nayaka defeated Portugal's armada in battle.