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The port employs around 2,600 employees and has about 4,000 pensioners. [2] The Mormugao Port Authority (MPA), which operates the port, is the largest employer in the Vasco region and has a complete mini-township in Headland Sada which includes schools, residential complexes and amenities (like a hospital) for employees of the Port. [3]
Mormugao is a coastal town situated in the eponymous subdistrict of Southern Goa state, India. It has a deep natural harbour and remains Goa's chief port. Towards the end of the Indo-Portuguese era in 1917, thirty-one settlements were carved out of the Salcette territory, to form Mormugao with Mormugao seaport as its headquarters.
Image Area(km^2) Location State/UT Cargo handled in MTPA (FY2022-23) 1 Chennai Port: 1881 Chennai: Tamil Nadu: 51.88 2 Cochin Port: 1928 Kochi: Kerala: 37.34 3 Deendayal Port: 1965 900.83km2 [19] Kandla: Gujarat: 129.10 [20] 4 Jawaharlal Nehru Port: 1988 33.7 km2 Navi Mumbai: Maharashtra: 78.06 5 Mormugao Port: 1985 Mormugao: Goa: 19.5 6 Mumbai ...
National Highway 4A divides it into two parts and the Mormugao - Londa railway line passes through the area. It is located between 15°15"30' to 15°29"30' N and 74°10"15' to 74°20"15' E. [ 1 ] It contains several important temples dating to the Kadambas of Goa , and home to waterfalls, such as Dudhsagar Falls and Tambdi Falls.
Mormugao Educational Society's College of Arts and Commerce, locally known as MES College, is an institution in Zuarinagar, Vasco-da-Gama which provides training in commerce and the arts. [ 29 ] Mormugao Port Trust also runs three schools at the Primary, Secondary and Higher Secondary levels named Deepvihar.
Port of Manila, one of the world's busiest container ports. The following is a list of major ports in the Philippines organized by water mass. This list consists primarily of shipping ports, but also includes some that are primarily or significantly devoted to other purposes: cruises , fishing , local delivery, and marinas .
His works began in 1624, according to ancient epigraphic inscriptions. In that century, due to the continuous plagues and attacks that racked the old city of Goa, the Viceroys considered the transfer the capital of Portuguese India (Índia Portuguesa) to Mormugao, for what purpose some buildings were erected. The high project costs led to its ...
The Guntakal–Vasco da Gama section, or Mormugao Railway (formerly known as West of India Portuguese Railway), [3] is a railway line connecting the town of Guntakal in Andhra Pradesh and Vasco da Gama in Goa, India. It traverses the Western Ghats and covers a distance of 457 kilometres (284 mi) across Goa, Karnataka and Andhra Pradesh.