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{{Use Indian English|date=February 2019}}

{{Infobox settlement
| name = Kandla
| official_name =
| other_name = Deendayal Port Authority
| nickname =
| settlement_type = Port and town
| image_skyline = Kandla Port.jpg
| image_alt =
| image_caption = Gate 2 at DPA, Kandla Port, Gujarat, India
| pushpin_map = India Gujarat#India3
| pushpin_label_position = right
| pushpin_map_alt =
| pushpin_map_caption = Location in Gujarat, India
| coordinates = {{coord|23.03|N|70.22|E|display=inline,title}}
| subdivision_type = Country
| subdivision_name = {{flag|India}}
| subdivision_type1 = [[States and territories of India|State]]
| subdivision_name1 = [[Gujarat]]
| subdivision_type2 = [[List of districts of India|District]]
| subdivision_name2 = [[Kutch district|Kutch]]
| established_title = 
| established_date =
| founder = [[Khima Jeshang Ahir]]
| named_for =
| government_type =
| governing_body =
| leader_name = Upendra Goyal, IOFS<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.business-standard.com/article/pti-stories/upendra-vasishth-appointed-development-commissioner-kandla-115022700399_1.html|title = Upendra Vasishth appointed Development Commissioner Kandla|newspaper = Business Standard India|date = 27 February 2015|agency = Press Trust of India}}</ref>
| leader_title = Development Commissioner
| unit_pref = Metric
| area_footnotes =
| area_rank =
| area_total_km2 =
| elevation_footnotes =
| elevation_m = 3
| population_total = 15,782<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.citypopulation.de/php/india-gujarat.php?cityid=2440108000|title = Gujarat (India): Districts, Cities and Towns - Population Statistics, Charts and Map}}</ref>
| population_as_of =
| population_rank =
| population_density_km2 = auto
| population_demonym =
| population_footnotes =
| demographics_type1 = Languages
| demographics1_title1 = Official
| demographics1_info1 = [[Kutchi language|Kutchi]], [[Gujarati language|Gujarati]], [[Hindi language|Hindi]]
| timezone1 = [[Indian Standard Time|IST]]
| utc_offset1 = +5:30
| postal_code_type = 
| postal_code =
| registration_plate = GJ-12
| website = {{URL|http://www.deendayalport.gov.in/Default.aspx}}
| footnotes =
}}
'''Kandla''', now officially '''Deendayal Port Authority''', is a seaport and town in [[Kutch]] district of [[Gujarat]] state in [[Western India]], near the city of [[Gandhidham]]. Located on the [[Gulf of Kutch]], it is one of India's major ports on the west coast. It is about 256 [[Nautical mile|nautical miles]] southeast of the [[Port of Karachi]] in Pakistan and about 430 nautical miles north-northwest of the [[Port of Mumbai]]. Kandla Port was constructed in the 1950s as the chief seaport serving western [[India]].

It is the largest port of India by volume of cargo handled. The west coast port handled 7,223 [[crore]] (72,225 million) tonnes of cargo in 2008-09, over 11% more than the 6,492 crore (64,920 million) tonnes handled in 2007-08. Even as much of this growth has come from handling of crude oil imports, mainly for [[Nayara Energy]]'s Vadinar refinery in Gujarat, the port is also taking measures to boost non-POL cargo. Last fiscal, POL traffic accounted for 63 per cent of the total cargo handled at Kandla Port, as against 59% in 2007-08. In 2015-16 the port handled 10.6 crore (106 million) tonnes of cargo.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Pathak|first=Maulik|date=21 May 2017|title=Kandla Port Trust chairman Ravi Parmar: We aim to reach 185 mtpa capacity by 2020|url=http://www.livemint.com/Companies/Py2u1PGwFybmKKx9DT8JzN/Kandla-Port-Trusts-Ravi-Parmar-We-aims-to-reach-185-MTPA-c.html|publisher=[[Livemint]]}}</ref>

Kandla Port was renamed as Deendayal Port in 2017 under the Indian Ports Act, 1908.<ref>{{Cite web|date=26 September 2017|title=Kandla Port renamed as Deendayal Port|url=https://pib.gov.in/newsite/PrintRelease.aspx?relid=171120|access-date=2022-02-22|website=|publisher=Press Information Bureau, Government of India}}</ref>

==Traffic handled==
In 2008-09, total port traffic grew by 13.6% to reach an all-time high of 7,223 crore (72,225 million) tonnes. The port's share in traffic handled by all major ports has risen steadily over the years, peaking at 13.6% in 2008-09 (see table). Earlier projections made by the port indicate an annual capacity handling target of 10 crore (100 million) tonnes per annum by 2012.
{| class="wikitable"
!Year
!Mln tons
!Change* %
!Share** %
|-
|2003–04
|41,523
|2.2
|12.0
|-
|2004–05
|41,551
|0.1
|10.8
|-
|2005–06
|45,907
|10.5
|10.8
|-
|2006–07
|52,982
|15.4
|11.4
|-
|2007–08
|64,920
|22.5
|12.5
|-
|2008–09
|72,225
|11.3
|13.6
|-
| colspan="4" |<small><nowiki>*</nowiki> With respect to previous year.</small><small><nowiki>**</nowiki> Share of traffic compared to all major Indian ports.</small>
|}

==Climate==
Kandla has a [[semi-desert climate]] (BSh/BWh) under the [[Köppen climate classification|Koppen-Geiger]] classification of climates. The average annual temperature is 24.8 °C. The average rainfall is 410 mm, most of which occurs during the monsoon from June to September.{{Citation needed|date=April 2020}}

{{weather box|width=auto
| location = Kandla (1981–2010, extremes 1952–2012)
| metric first = yes
| single line = yes
| Jan record high C = 35.2
| Feb record high C = 38.8
| Mar record high C = 42.7
| Apr record high C = 42.9
| May record high C = 45.9
| Jun record high C = 42.6
| Jul record high C = 38.3
| Aug record high C = 37.6
| Sep record high C = 41.3
| Oct record high C = 41.4
| Nov record high C = 38.6
| Dec record high C = 35.6
|year record high C = 45.9
| Jan high C = 26.1
| Feb high C = 28.6
| Mar high C = 32.4
| Apr high C = 34.7
| May high C = 35.5
| Jun high C = 35.2
| Jul high C = 32.9
| Aug high C = 31.8
| Sep high C = 33.3
| Oct high C = 34.9
| Nov high C = 31.9
| Dec high C = 27.6
|year high C = 32.1
| Jan low C = 14.5
| Feb low C = 16.7
| Mar low C = 20.7
| Apr low C = 23.9
| May low C = 26.7
| Jun low C = 28.1
| Jul low C = 27.3
| Aug low C = 26.3
| Sep low C = 25.9
| Oct low C = 24.6
| Nov low C = 20.4
| Dec low C = 16.0
|year low C = 22.6
| Jan record low C = 4.4
| Feb record low C = 7.7
| Mar record low C = 12.8
| Apr record low C = 14.4
| May record low C = 19.8
| Jun record low C = 22.0
| Jul record low C = 22.2
| Aug record low C = 20.8
| Sep record low C = 20.3
| Oct record low C = 15.0
| Nov record low C = 10.6
| Dec record low C = 7.2
|year record low C = 4.4
| rain colour = green
| Jan rain mm = 0.2
| Feb rain mm = 0.0
| Mar rain mm = 0.8
| Apr rain mm = 0.1
| May rain mm = 3.1
| Jun rain mm = 64.7
| Jul rain mm = 175.7
| Aug rain mm = 99.1
| Sep rain mm = 44.9
| Oct rain mm = 14.0
| Nov rain mm = 3.3
| Dec rain mm = 1.4
|year rain mm = 407.4
| Jan rain days = 0.0
| Feb rain days = 0.1
| Mar rain days = 0.1
| Apr rain days = 0.0
| May rain days = 0.2
| Jun rain days = 1.9
| Jul rain days = 6.5
| Aug rain days = 5.4
| Sep rain days = 2.1
| Oct rain days = 0.6
| Nov rain days = 0.4
| Dec rain days = 0.1
|year rain days = 17.3
|time day = 17:30 [[Indian Standard Time|IST]]
| Jan humidity = 40
| Feb humidity = 36
| Mar humidity = 40
| Apr humidity = 48
| May humidity = 56
| Jun humidity = 61
| Jul humidity = 68
| Aug humidity = 69
| Sep humidity = 60
| Oct humidity = 46
| Nov humidity = 41
| Dec humidity = 42
|year humidity = 51
|source 1 = [[India Meteorological Department]]<ref name=IMDnormals>
{{cite web
| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20200205040301/http://imdpune.gov.in/library/public/1981-2010%20CLIM%20NORMALS%20%28STATWISE%29.pdf
| archive-date = 5 February 2020
| url = https://imdpune.gov.in/library/public/1981-2010%20CLIM%20NORMALS%20%28STATWISE%29.pdf
| title = Station: New Kandla Climatological Table 1981–2010
| publisher = India Meteorological Department
| date = December 2016
| pages = 557–558
| access-date = 28 December 2020}}</ref><ref name=IMDextremes>
{{cite web
| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20200205042509/http://imdpune.gov.in/library/public/EXTREMES%20OF%20TEMPERATURE%20and%20RAINFALL%20upto%202012.pdf
| archive-date = 5 February 2020
| url = https://imdpune.gov.in/library/public/EXTREMES%20OF%20TEMPERATURE%20and%20RAINFALL%20upto%202012.pdf
| title = Extremes of Temperature & Rainfall for Indian Stations (Up to 2012)
| publisher = India Meteorological Department
| date = December 2016
| page = M58
| access-date = 28 December 2020}}</ref>
}}

==Economy==
The Port of Kandla [[Special economic zone|Special Economic Zone]] (KASEZ) was the first special economic zone to be established in India and in Asia.<ref name="Soundarapandian2011">{{cite book|last=Soundarapandian|first=Mookkiah|title=Development of Special Economic Zones in India: Policies and issues|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=iwtCrB5a2c8C&pg=PA194|access-date=4 June 2012|year=2011|publisher=Concept Publishing Company|isbn=978-81-8069-772-2|page=194}}</ref> Established in 1965,<ref name="C2010">{{cite book|author=Cherunilam|first=Francis|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=eFSKTmPrYbkC&pg=PA703|title=International Business : Text And Cases|publisher=PHI Learning Pvt. Ltd.|year=2010|isbn=978-81-203-4214-9|page=703|access-date=4 June 2012}}</ref> the Port of Kandla SEZ is the biggest multiple-product SEZ in the country. Kandla is the first [[Free trade zone#Export processing zone|Export Processing Zone]] in India. Covering over 310 hectares, the special economic zone is just nine kilometers from the Port of Kandla. Today, the Port of Kandla is India's hub for exporting grains and importing oil and one of the highest-earning ports in the country. Major imports entering the Port of Kandla are [[petroleum]], [[chemical]]s, and [[iron]] and steel and iron machinery, but it also handles [[salt]], [[textile]]s, and [[grain]].<ref name="Lloyd's list ports of the world">{{cite book|title=Lloyd's List Ports of the World|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=nZYsAQAAMAAJ|access-date=4 June 2012|year=2007|publisher=Informa Pub. Group|page=595|isbn = 9781843116905}}</ref> A town has grown up on the port with a school and hotel etc.

== Expansion ==
The port will soon begin selecting developers for four clean cargo berths that together aim to handle 8 million tonnes of cargo. The four berths will be supported by a 14 m draft capable of handling 75,000 dwt vessels. The port has already received encouraging response from prospective bidders, for the project that is estimated to cost nearly [[Indian rupee|₹]]500 crore.

KPT is also moving towards building dedicated container handling capacity. There is currently one container terminal that is under private operation by ABG Heavy Industries Ltd. The port trust's plans include setting up a dedicated container terminal with two berths (No.11 and No.12 of the port) on BOT basis. The ₹330 crore project is expected to annually handle 6 [[lakh]] containers.

The clean cargo and container berths form only a small part of KPT's expansion plans through private enterprise. Other aspects include berthing facilities off Tekra (Tuna) that is expected to boost cargo by 1.2 crore (12 million) tonnes, an offshore liquid terminal, bunkering facilities and a ship repair and building yard.

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
* [https://www.deendayalport.gov.in/ Deendayal Port Trust Official Website]
* [http://sezindia.nic.in/cms/kandla-special-economic-zone.php Kandla Special Economic Zone, Website of Ministry of Commerce & Industry, Department of Commerce]
* [https://kasez.gov.in/ Official website of Kandla Special Economic Zone]

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