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Office of the Cochin Port Trust in Willingdon Island Evening view of International Container Trans-shipment Terminal (ICTT). Cochin Port or Kochi Port is a major port on the Arabian Sea – Laccadive Sea – Indian Ocean sea-route in the city of Kochi in Ernakulam district in the state of Kerala and is one of the largest ports in India.
Kochi Port Port of Cannanore (Kannur) Kollam Port as seen from Tangasseri Lighthouse Quilandy harbour. Kochi Port, also known as Cochin Port, is the only major port in Kerala and a prominent, historically significant port located on the southwest coast of India. It is strategically positioned on the Arabian Sea and has been a crucial center for ...
The Cochin Port Maritime Heritage Museum is a museum located on Willingdon Island in Kochi, Kerala. [1] The museum has rare collection of photographs related to the evolution of Cochin (now Kochi) as a port city. It also shows the development of Willingdon Island and Kochi's maritime heritage. [2]
On 16 February 2005, Dubai Ports World announced that it has signed an agreement with the Cochin Port Trust (CoPT) to construct, develop and operate an International Container Transshipment Terminal (ICTT) – An India Gateway Terminal – at Vallarpadam.
The port, administered by a statutory autonomous body known as the Cochin Port Trust, offers facilities for bunkering, handling cargo and passenger ships and storage accommodation. The port is a complex of three islands, one of which is man-made. [143] It also operates passenger ships to Colombo and Lakshadweep.
According to Constitution of India, maritime transport is to be administered by both the Central and the State governments. While the central government's shipping ministry administers the major ports, the minor and intermediate ports are administered by the relevant departments or ministries in the nine coastal states of Andhra Pradesh, Goa, Gujarat, Karnataka, Kerala, Maharashtra, Odisha ...
Cochin Port Maritime Heritage Museum, which depicts the history of Cochin Port and how Bristow transformed Kochi into a major port city. Robert Bristow is credited for transforming Kochi from a mere roadstead into a modern harbour. As a tribute to Bristow, one of the major roads in the Willington Island is named after him. [10]
The remaining space on the island was quickly utilized in the 1950s, and far from being an unnatural appendage of the picturesque and ancient city, the isle, left behind by the British so soon after its completion, became the commercial heart of the ancient metropolis of Cochin. Cochin is a major port in India, and Willingdon Island is a landmark.