The Port of Kolkata (Kolkata)
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The Port of Kolkata, located towards the south-western part of the city is the oldest operating port in India, having originally been constructed by the British East India Company.
The Port which was once considered the most important port in the country still remains the premier port which has been rightly called the gateway to Eastern India and is the guiding factor to trade and commerce of vast hinterland comprising the entire Eastern India including Bihar and Eastern Uttar Pradesh and the two land-locked Himalayan Kingdoms of Nepal and Bhutan.
The Commissioners for the Port of Kolkata ran the port till January 1975 when Major Port Trusts Act, 1963, came into force. The history of Kolkata Port has been a continuous story of struggle and success - it's a saga of uninterrupted development, improvement and achievements. It is not for nothing that it has been able to surpass every target set for it and set all-time records in almost every walk of port activity. It could attain this only because of its professionalism and commitment to perfectionism. In the recent past, Kolkata Port has been adjudged as the best managed port in the country.
Despite its being 126 miles away from the sea, Kolkata is, by far, the best choice for eastern gateway to this continental-country. Kolkata Port Trust remains one of the pioneering and most promising ports of India. It commands a vast hinterland that comprises almost half of the Indian states (whole of the eastern and north-eastern regions) and the two neighbouring countries - the Himalayan Kingdoms of Nepal and Bhutan. It has two dock systems - Kolkata Dock System at Kolkata with the oil wharves at Baj Baj and Haldia Dock Complex at Haldia - have a combination of facilities with a lot of attractive packages.
The Port which was once considered the most important port in the country still remains the premier port which has been rightly called the gateway to Eastern India and is the guiding factor to trade and commerce of vast hinterland comprising the entire Eastern India including Bihar and Eastern Uttar Pradesh and the two land-locked Himalayan Kingdoms of Nepal and Bhutan.
The Commissioners for the Port of Kolkata ran the port till January 1975 when Major Port Trusts Act, 1963, came into force. The history of Kolkata Port has been a continuous story of struggle and success - it's a saga of uninterrupted development, improvement and achievements. It is not for nothing that it has been able to surpass every target set for it and set all-time records in almost every walk of port activity. It could attain this only because of its professionalism and commitment to perfectionism. In the recent past, Kolkata Port has been adjudged as the best managed port in the country.
Despite its being 126 miles away from the sea, Kolkata is, by far, the best choice for eastern gateway to this continental-country. Kolkata Port Trust remains one of the pioneering and most promising ports of India. It commands a vast hinterland that comprises almost half of the Indian states (whole of the eastern and north-eastern regions) and the two neighbouring countries - the Himalayan Kingdoms of Nepal and Bhutan. It has two dock systems - Kolkata Dock System at Kolkata with the oil wharves at Baj Baj and Haldia Dock Complex at Haldia - have a combination of facilities with a lot of attractive packages.
Wikipedia article: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kolkata_Port
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Coordinates: 22°32'10"N 88°18'23"E
- Alipore 1.9 km
- Tollygunge 4.2 km
- Garia 9 km
- Salt Lake City 12 km
- Rajarhat Newtown 18 km
- Budge Budge 2 19 km
- Usthi 28 km
- Bagnan 37 km
- GARDEWANI ANCHAL 43 km
- Tamluk 48 km
- SE Rly. South Colony 0.7 km
- Cutting Jheel (Cutting Lake) 0.9 km
- South Eastern Railway (BNR) Complex 1 km
- Netaji Subhas Dock 1 km
- Besu Backyard 1.9 km
- Southern Generating Station, CESC 2 km
- Indian Institute of Engineering Science & Technology (IIEST) 2.1 km
- A.J.C. Bose Botanical Gardens 2.9 km
- Metiabruj 4.3 km
- Kolkata Metropolitan Area 15 km
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