Shyama Prasad Mukherjee Port Trust - Port authority in Kolkata - Kolkata, India

One of the oldest port in Asia and it's known to b one of the biggest port. But due to lack of infrastructure nd river draft & also due to negligence of the State & Central Government nd it's authorities it's going down day by day. Let's wait nd watch how it goes nd develops with the new policies which is coming in......

Been here recently as a part of industrial visit by Regional Labour institute, This port is the oldest port in India situated at khidarpore.. port is having sophisticated cranes like Mobile Harbor crane,RTG - Rubber tyre gantry crane for loading and unloading of cargo containers. Fully guarded by CISF who are vigilant round the clock. Safety in operations is pathetic needs a lot of improvement and air pollution is abnormal with airborne respirable dust.

It is the oldest and major river port of India. Located in Khidirpur, West Bengal.One of the oldest port in Asia and it's known to b one of the biggest port. But due to lack of infrastructure nd river draft & also due to negligence of the State & Central Government nd it's authorities it's going down day by day. It has played a major role in the economy of West Bengal.Goods from Northeast India are exported abroad through this port.

Port of Kolkata or Kolkata Port (KoPT), officially known as Syama Prasad Mookerjee Port Trust, is the only riverine major port of India,[9] located in the city of Kolkata, West Bengal, around 203 kilometres (126 mi) from the sea.[10] It is the oldest operating port in India[11] and was constructed by the British East India Company.[12] Kolkata is a freshwater port with no variation in salinity.[13] The port has two distinct dock systems -- Kolkata Docks at Kolkata and a deep water dock at Haldia Dock Complex, Haldia. In the 19th century, the Kolkata Port was the premier port in British India. After slavery was abolished in 1833, there was a high demand for labourers on sugar cane plantations in the British Empire. From 1838 to 1917, the British used this port to ship off over half a million Indians from all over India -- mostly from the Hindi Belt (especially Bhojpur and Awadh) -- and take them to places across the world, such as Mauritius, Fiji, South Africa, Trinidad and Tobago, Guyana, Suriname, and other Caribbean islands as indentured labourers. There are millions of Indo-Mauritians, Indo-Fijians, and Indo-Caribbean people in the world today.

Kolkata Port was established by the British East India Company after the company received trading rights from the Mughal emperor Aurangzeb. Following the shift of power from the company to the British crown, a port commission was set up in 1870. Though the port was conceived to be a commercial port and gateway of eastern India , the port played a very important role in the Second World War . It was bombed twice by the Japanese forces . After independence , the Commissioners for the Port of Kolkata were responsible for the port till January 1975 when Major Port Trusts Act, 1963, came into force. The Port is now run by a Board of Trustees having representatives from the Government, Trade Bodies, various Port Users, Labour Unions and some nominated members.

Kolkata port trust, place for lots of barges from Bangladesh and other places comes to unload and load their cargo. Moreover special berth given for SCI passenger ships which goes to andaman and port Blair. Huge sitting space available for all passengers like a waiting area. For DCI vessels berth given by KoPT for carrying pit their maintenance works. This is one of the oldest ports in India constructed during British India time, still we found their traces here. Security round the clock. Great experience for all seafarers coming into this port through hugli river and the lock gate arrangement and swing bring for entering into the port berths. Great experience during the entire maneuvering.

The Port of Kolkata is a riverine port in the city of Kolkata, India, located around 203 kilometres (126 mi) from the sea. It is the oldest operating port in India,and was constructed by the British East India Company. The Port has two distinct dock systems - Kolkata Docks at Kolkata and a deep water dock at Haldia Dock Complex, Haldia. In the 19th century, the Kolkata Port was the premier port in British India. After slavery was abolished in 1833, there was a high demand for laborers on sugar cane plantations in the British Empire. From 1838 to 1917, the British used this port to ship off over half a million Indians from all over India -- mostly from the Bhojpuri Belt, Bengal, and Tamil Nadu -- and take them to places across the world, such as Mauritius, Guyana, Suriname, Fiji, Belize, and the Caribbean Islands as indentured laborers. This explains the Indian Diaspora reaching as far as South America and the West Indies. There are millions of Indo-Mauritian, Indo-Fijian, Indo-Caribbean, Indo-Guyanese, Indo-Surinamese, and Indo-Belizean people in the world today. After independence, the port's importance decreased because of factors including the Partition of Bengal (1905), reduction in size of the port hinterland, and economic stagnation in eastern India. It has a vast hinterland comprising the entire North East of India including West Bengal, Bihar, Jharkhand, Uttar Pradesh, Madhya Pradesh, Assam, North East Hill States and two landlocked neighbouring countries namely, Nepal and Bhutan and also the Autonomous Region of Tibet (China). With the turn of the century, the volume of throughput has again started increasing steadily. As of March 2018, the port is capable of processing annually 650,000 containers, mostly from Nepal, Bhutan, and India's northeastern states.

Kolkata port also known as Netaji Subhash Dock (NSD). It is river port with lock gate. Pilotage is compulsory from way point No.7 to Berth. Normally three types pilotage available during Arr and Dep. 1. River pilot. 2. Dock pilot. 3. Harbour pilot. From Anchorage sand heads WCLV to NS Dock distance around 120 NM. Always follow Sagar VTS on CH - 68 and SSB 4147.4 kHz. AIS plug should be in order for pilotage.