Major seaports are Kandla, Mumbai, Jawaharlal Nehru, Marmagoa, Kochi, Chennai, Visakhapatnam, ____, Kolkata, and Tuticorin.

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Major seaports are Kandla, Mumbai, Jawaharlal Nehru, Marmagoa, Kochi, Chennai, Visakhapatnam, Paradip, Kolkata, and Tuticorin. 95% of India's international trade is handled through the major ports. As a result of Karachi port being lost to Pakistan after Partition, Kandla in Kuchchh was the first port to be created shortly after Independence to reduce the volume of commerce at the Mumbai port. Kandla is a tidal port, also referred to as the Deendayal Port. The extremely productive granary and industrial belt that spans the UT of Jammu & Kashmir, the states of Himachal Pradesh, Punjab, Haryana, Rajasthan, and Gujarat is conveniently handled through its export and import operations. Iron ore exports are a speciality of the Paradip port in Odisha. An inland riverine port is Kolkata. This port provides service to a vast and wealthy hinterland of

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