GENERAL KNOWLEDGE

Detailed explanation-1: -Visakhapatnam Port is one of 13 major ports in India and the only major port of Andhra Pradesh. It is India’s third largest state-owned port by volume of cargo handled and largest on the Eastern Coast. It is located midway between the Chennai and Kolkata Ports on the Bay of Bengal.

Detailed explanation-2: -The major ports on the eastern coast are Chennai port, Tuticorin port, Paradip port, Kolkata port, and the Visakhapatnam port.

Detailed explanation-3: -Vizag Port is one of the 13 major ports in India and the only major port in Andhra Pradesh. It is India’s second largest port by volume of cargo handled. The Port has three harbours: the outer, harbour, inner harbour and the fishing harbour.