Kolkata Dock System
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Kolkata Dock System (KDS) is an operating riverine dock complex on the Hooghly River in Kolkata, West Bengal, India. It forms part of Syama Prasad Mookerjee Port and is operated by the Syama Prasad Mookerjee Port Authority (SMPA), formerly Kolkata Port Trust.
The Syama Prasad Mookerjee Port Authority is developing a new extended port gate at Balagarh, approximately 45 nautical miles upstream of Kolkata, called the Balagarh Coal Terminal.[1]
Location
The map below shows the location of the Kolkata Port. Its cargo handling facilities are located along two distinct offshoots of the Hooghy River, Kidderpore Dock and Netaji Subhas Dock, which occupy adjoining dock basins in the Kolkata metropolitan area.
Dock facilities
Kidderpore Dock has 17 multipurpose berths, one passenger-and-cargo berth, six buoys or moorings, and three dry docks. Netaji Subhas Dock has ten berths, including four dedicated container berths, one liquid-cargo berth, four multipurpose berths and one heavy-lift berth, as well as two buoys or moorings and two dry docks.[2]
Coal, coke and other dry-bulk commodities are handled through multipurpose facilities at Kolkata Dock System. In fiscal year 2019–2020, Kolkata Dock System handled approximately 17.3 million tonnes of cargo, including approximately 2.2 million tonnes of coal and coke.[3]
Port Details
- Operator: Syama Prasad Mookerjee Port Authority
- Parent: Ministry of Ports, Shipping and Waterways, Government of India
- Location: Kolkata, West Bengal, India
- Coordinates: 22.5333, 88.3167 (exact)
- Annual coal capacity: 3 mtpa
- Status: Operating
- Type: Imports, exports
- Start year: 1892 (Kidderpore Dock)
Articles and Resources
Sources
- ↑ "Environmental Impact Assessment for Development of an Extended Port Gate System at Balagarh" (PDF). West Bengal Pollution Control Board. 2023. Retrieved 2026-09-17.
- ↑ "Request for Qualification cum Request for Proposal: Integrated Development of Berths 1 to 5 at Netaji Subhas Dock" (PDF). Syama Prasad Mookerjee Port Authority. 2026. Retrieved 2026-09-17.
- ↑ "Highlights of Performance of Kolkata Port Trust, 2019–20". Kolkata Port Trust. 2020.
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