Andhra Pradesh has the 2nd longest coastline of 974 km in the eastern peninsular India, which accounts for 12% of the country's total coastline with one major (Operational) and 14 non–major (5 Operational) ports, with six ports under development in the PPP mode.
Cargo handling
The state's ports handled 73 million tons of cargo in financial year 2015–16. The state of Andhra Pradesh is the second maritime state (after Gujarat) in terms of cargo handled by Non-Major Ports and the third maritime state (after Gujarat and Maharashtra) in terms of overall cargo handled including Visakhapatnam port trust .
+ Port Wise Cargo Handled in Financial Year 2017-18 S.No. Port Traffic Handled-FY 15-16 (in MMT) 1 Visakhapatnam Port 57 2 Gangavaram Port 20 3 Kakinada Deep Water 15 4 Kakinada Anchorage 2 5 Rawa 1 6 Krishnapatnam Port 35
Exports and imports
Exported products are Rice, Wheat, Maize, Soya bean meal and retraction, Rice bran extraction, Bentonite, Fibre, Fish Meal, Tobacco, Sand, Cement Iron ore, Cement clinker, Minerals etc. Some of the imports include Murate of Potash, Rock phosphate, Urea, Crude Palm Oil, Edible oils, Chemicals, Gases, Wood pulp, Machineries etc. Lightering of Crude oil also takes place.
List The state has one major port at Visakhapatnam under the administrative control of Central government and 15 notified ports inclusive of 3 captive ports under the control of state government.
+List of ports and harbours in Andhra PradeshLocationNameTypeCategoryFunctional statusOwned/operated Anakapalli Nakkapalli Port Captive Jetty MinorOperational East Godavari Kakinada Fishing Harbour Fishing Harbour Operational Guntur Nizampatnam Port Green Field Port Proposed Nizampatnam Fishing Harbour Fishing Harbour Operational Kakinada Kakinada Port Anchorage PortSEZ PortDeep Water Port Operational Ravva Port Captive PortOperational Krishna Machilipatnam Port Green Field Port Re-developmentGovernment of Andhra Pradesh Machilipatnam Fishing Harbour Fishing Harbour OperationalGovernment of Andhra Pradesh Nellore Krishnapatnam Port Deep Water Port OperationalKPCL Ramayapatnam Port Deep Water Port ProposedGovernment of Andhra Pradesh Prakasam Vodarevu Port Green Field Port Proposed Srikakulam Bhavanapadu Fishing Harbour Fishing Harbour Operational Kalingapatnam Port Green Field Port Proposed Meghavaram Port Captive PortProposed Mulapeta Port Green Field PortProposedGovernment of Andhra Pradesh Visakhapatnam Bheemunipatnam Port Green Field Port Proposed Gangavaram Port Deep Water Port OperationalGangavaram Port Ltd. Mutyalammapalem Port Green Field Port Proposed Visakhapatnam Port Outer HarbourInner Harbour MajorOperationalGovernment of India Visakhapatnam Fishing Harbour Fishing HarbourOperationalGovernment of India West Godavari Narasapur Port Green Field Port MinorProposed
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