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Kochi Port

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Kochi Port in Kerala is a major port with the Vallarpadam international container transshipment terminal.

The modern harbour was built in the 1920s and 1930s under the engineer Robert Bristow, who used dredged material to create Willingdon Island.

The Vallarpadam terminal began operating in 2011 as India's first international container transshipment terminal.

Kochi also hosts Cochin Shipyard, which built the indigenous aircraft carrier INS Vikrant, and the Southern Naval Command.

It is a natural harbour.

It is linked to the sea by a narrow channel.

It was once a centre of the spice trade.

The port is part of the Sagarmala programme.

Asked on major and non-major ports (2009) and a 2005 statement question.

Kerala; has the Vallarpadam international container transshipment terminal.

Questions cover the coast and state of a port and what makes it distinctive.

UPSC Prelims 2009 · Q10In India, the ports are categorized as major and non-major ports. Which one of the following is a non-major port?…
UPSC Prelims 2005 · Q36Which one of the following is the correct statement?…

Questions from our Prelims bank whose text names Kochi Port.

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