Online published on 7 September, 2015.
India has around 6,000 kms of natural peninsular coastline strategically located on the crucial East-West trade route which links Europe and Far East, with 12 major ports and about 180 minor and intermediate ports. Most of the major ports were established in the last few decades after independence. Besides, major ports like Kolkata and Mumbai were established more than hundred years ago during the British colonial rule. The author has analyzed the import performance of India's twelve ports and forecasts the future trend of their import performance for ten more years.