 KMB Logo | |
| Formation | 2017 |
|---|---|
| Type | Port authority |
| Headquarters | Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala, India |
Region served | State of Kerala |
Minister for Ports | K N Vasavan [1] |
| Website | kmb |
The Kerala Maritime Board (KMB) ,Trivandrum is a governmental organisation in the state of Kerala, India. It was founded in 2017 to control, manage and operate the minor ports of Kerala. The state of Kerala has a 590km long coastline with 17 notified non major ports and one major port at Cochin.
The Kerala Maritime Board was founded in 2017 under the Kerala Maritime Board Act, 2017. [2] It was created by merging the Directorate of Ports, Kerala State Maritime Development Corporation Limited, and the Kerala Maritime Society. [3] It controls, manage and operates total 17 minor ports of Kerala. [4]
KMB operates 17 minor ports of Kerala and they are listed below.
| No | Port | District | Port Type | Remarks |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Vizhinjam International Seaport Thiruvananthapuram | Thiruvananthapuram | Major | Seaport |
| 2 | Valiyathura Port | Thiruvananthapuram | Minor | Seaport |
| 3 | Kollam Port | Kollam | Intermediate | Seaport |
| 4 | Neendakara Port | Kollam | Intermediate | Seaport |
| 5 | Kayamkulam Port | Alappuzha | Minor | Seaport |
| 6 | Alappuzha Port | Alappuzha | Intermediate | Seaport |
| 7 | Kodungallur Port | Thrissur | Minor | Seaport |
| 8 | Ponnani Port | Malapuram | Minor | Seaport |
| 9 | Beypore Port | Kozhikode | Intermediate | Riverine |
| 10 | Kozhikode Port | Kozhikode | Intermediate | Seaport |
| 11 | Vadakara Port | Kozhikode | Intermediate | Seaport |
| 12 | Thalassery Port | Kannur | Minor | Seaport |
| 13 | Kannur Port | Kannur | Minor | Seaport |
| 14 | Azhikkal Port | Kannur | Intermediate | seaport |
| 15 | Nileshwaram Port | Kasargod | Minor | Seaport |
| 16 | Kasaragod Port | Kasargod | Minor | Seaport |
| 17 | Manjeshwaram Port | Kasargod | Minor | Seaport |
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