Ports in South Asia

6 ports

Colombo

ContainerSouth Asia

The transshipment capital of South Asia, standing where Indian subcontinent feeder lines meet east west mainline services. About 7...

Chittagong

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The primary port of Bangladesh on the Karnaphuli River, moving the garment exports that power the economy. Renamed Chattogram in 2...

Mundra

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The largest private port in India, built by the Adani Group on Gujarat salt flats from the late 1990s. Mundra overtook the contain...

Nhava Sheva

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Officially Jawaharlal Nehru Port, opened in 1989 across the harbor from Mumbai to bypass crowded city docks. Nhava Sheva is the la...

Karachi

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The historic deepsea port of Pakistan on the Arabian Sea, serving Karachi and the Indus hinterland. The Port of Karachi handles ab...

Calicut

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The great spice entrepot of the Malabar coast, where Vasco da Gama landed in 1498 to break the Venetian monopoly on pepper. The Za...