TRANSPORT AND COMMUNICATION
PORTS
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Mumbai
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New Mangalore
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Marmagao
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Ennore
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Detailed explanation-1: -Mormugao Port is located in the town of Mormugao, Goa, India. It has a naturally protected open-type harbour, that lies on the southern part of the mouth of the river Zuari.
Detailed explanation-2: -The port city of Vasco da Gama, Goa lies on the mouth of the Zuari River.
Detailed explanation-3: -Mormugao Port, commissioned in 1885 is one of the oldest ports on the west coast of India in the state of Goa and is blessed with a protected open type natural harbour.
Detailed explanation-4: -Mormugao Port is an iron ore exporting Port of India with an annual throughput of around 50.02 million tonnes of traffic. Though ore is the predominant cargo, there has been a steady increase in liquid bulk and general cargo traffic ever since its joining the ranks of the Major Ports of India.