The major ports located in the vcst coast of India are:
Kandla
Mumbai.
1. Kandla: It is a tidal port located at Eastern end of Gulf of Kachclih (Gujarat).
- It has a natural harbour and has a vast hinterland, rich in agriculture and animal husbandry.
- Its main exports consists of leather, petroleum products, chemicals, salt, cement, cotton and silk textiles and edible oils.
- The imports include crude oil, potash, fertilizers, machines and synthetic rubber.
2. Mumbal: Mumbai is the biggest, most spacious, natural, well shelter, and capital of the Maharashtra state.
- The port is situated towards the eastern side of Mumbai island which runs in a north-east to south-east direction.
- The length of this port is 2O kms and width is 6-10 kms.
- There are 54 berths in its wet dock. This port has become India’* largest oil terminal.
- It has rich hinterland.
- Important items of imports are food grains, crude oil, machinery, chemicals, fertilizers sand transport equipment.
- The main items of exports are cotton textiles oilseeds, hides and skins,iron and manganese ore.
