• Kandla port is situated in the the Kandla Creek and is 90 kms from the mouth of the Gulf Of Kachch.
  • It is a protected natural harbour. Kandla Port was renamed as Deendayal Port Trust under the India port act of 1908.
  • The location of Latitude: 23 degree 01' N and Longitude: 70 degree 13' E

• Kandla port plays a major role in the country's international trade. Having notched up a string of success, it has emerged as a forerunner, and has carved a niche for itself, by its steady growth and economy of operations.
• Kandla Port is hub for major imports like petroleum, chemicals and iron also export grains, salt and textiles. Port of Kandla is one of the highest earning ports of India, another port in Gujarat is Mundra Port,India’s largest private port.

Port Construction and Development

A protected regular bay, the port of Kandla was first considered to accept the responsibility of being India's port of decision in its western side, during the nineteenth century. At that point, at the pinnacle of the British colonization in India, despite the fact that the port represented a fitting marine interface, the development and considerably the presence of the Karachi port made it the essential marine harbor in the entire of western, unified India.

The normal turnaround time for each travel transport berthed at the port is set at four days, which is an exceptionally noteworthy measurement

The port has a recorded a vessel traffic yield of over marginally more than 82 million tons (825 lac tons) for the financial year 2011-2012

The presence of the Kandla port has been instrumental in taking care of business the worldwide marine presence of India. As of now, while the vessel has a draft taking care of capacitance of 12.5 meters, this capacitance has been looked to be expanded to 14 meters, by the Kandla Port Trust as a piece of its drawn out port improvement trick.