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Kakinada (then known as Cocanada) was a significant port in the Godavari district during the British colonial period. In early 20th century, it served as a crucial centre for trade, facilitating commerce within the district, its neighboring regions to the north and south, and an extensive hinterland that included parts of the Nizam's Dominions.
View of Kakinada port from Beach. The state's ports handled 73 million tons of cargo in financial year 2015–16. [3] The state of Andhra Pradesh is the second maritime state (after Gujarat) in terms of cargo handled by Non-Major Ports and the third maritime state (after Gujarat and Maharashtra) in terms of overall cargo handled including Visakhapatnam port trust .
Kakinada's deep-water port is the second-largest in the state (after Visakhapatnam port) and the first in the country to be built in a public-private partnership, in 1996 It is operated by Kakinada Seaports. [63] Before the deep-water port was built, the Anchorage port was the largest of India's 40 minor ports. [64]
Buckingham Canal near Vijayawada, Andhra Pradesh Map of the Coromandel Coast with the Buckingham Canal (French). The Buckingham Canal is a 796 kilometres (494.6 mi)-long fresh water navigation canal, that parallels the Coromandel Coast of South India from Kakinada of Andhra Pradesh to Parangipettai near Chidambaram of Tamil Nadu.
The Great Coringa Cyclone of 1789 claimed approximately 20,000 lives and inflicted severe damage on the port. Another storm in May 1832 further weakened the settlement. [9] [10] The most devastating event occurred on November 25, 1839, when a cyclone accompanied by a 40-foot storm surge obliterated Coringa’s port.
Kakinada Port railway station (station code:COA [1]) is an Indian Railways station in Kakinada of East Godavari district in the Indian state of Andhra Pradesh.It lies on the Samalkot–Kakinada Port branch line, a branch line of Howrah–Chennai main line and is administered under Vijayawada railway division of South Coast Railway zone (formerly South Central Railway zone).
The Kakinada Port authorities have conducted dredging activities in the bay in an effort to keep port activities, which has aggravated the erosion loss of land on Hope Island(Krachchu Lanka). Erosion due to tidal and storm surges during the cyclone season are also issues as reported by the local fisher folk - who report that erosion has ...
Kakinada Town railway station (station code:CCT) [1] is an Indian Railways station in Kakinada of Andhra Pradesh. It lies on Samalkot–Kakinada Port branch line of Howrah–Chennai main line and is administered under Vijayawada railway division of South Coast Railway zone (formerly South Central Railway zone ).