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{{Infobox organization
| name = Kerala Maritime Board
| image = Kerala Maritime Board Logo.svg
| image_size = 300px
| caption = KMB Logo
| formation = 2017
| type = [[Port authority]]
| headquarters = [[Thiruvananthapuram]], [[Kerala]], [[India]]
| region_served = [[Kerala]]
| leader_title = Minister for Ports
| leader_name = [[V.N. Vasavan]]<ref>{{cite web |title=Leadership Team |url=http://kmb.kerala.gov.in/en/about/board-of-directors |website=Kerala Maritime Board |access-date=22 July 2023}}</ref>
| parent_organization = [[Department of Fisheries and Ports (Kerala)|Department of Fisheries and Ports]], Government of Kerala
| website = {{url|http://kmb.kerala.gov.in}}
}}

The '''Kerala Maritime Board (KMB)''' based at [[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 Two major port Cochin Port and [[Vizhinjam International Seaport Thiruvananthapuram]] .

==History==
The Kerala Maritime Board was founded in 2017 under the Kerala Maritime Board Act, 2017.<ref>{{cite web |title=About KMB |url=http://kmb.kerala.gov.in/en/about/overview |website=Kerala Maritime Board |access-date=22 July 2023}}</ref> It was created by merging the Directorate of Ports, Kerala State Maritime Development Corporation Limited, and the Kerala Maritime Society.<ref>{{cite news |title=Kerala Maritime Board with skeletal staff struggles to ensure legal, safety compliance |url=https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/kerala/kerala-maritime-board-with-skeletal-staff-struggles-to-ensure-legal-safety-compliance/article66337648.ece |access-date=22 July 2023 |agency=The Hindu |date=5 January 2023}}</ref> It controls, manage and operates total 17 minor ports of Kerala.<ref>{{cite news |title=Kerala Maritime Board forms land management unit to protect port land |url=https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/kerala/kerala-maritime-board-forms-land-management-unit-to-protect-port-land/article66954516.ece |access-date=22 July 2023 |agency=The Hindu |date=10 June 2023}}</ref>

==Ports==
KMB operates 17 minor ports of Kerala and they are listed below. 3 of them have Immigration checkpoint facility.

{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! No
! Port
! District
! Port Type
! Immigration Checkpoint
! Remarks
|-
| 1|| [[Vizhinjam Port]] (Not to be confused with [[Vizhinjam International Seaport Thiruvananthapuram]] || [[Thiruvananthapuram district|Thiruvananthapuram]] || Minor || Yes || Seaport
|-
| 2|| Valiyathura Port|| [[Thiruvananthapuram district|Thiruvananthapuram]] || Minor || No || Seaport
|-
| 3|| [[Kollam Port]] || [[Kollam district|Kollam]] || Intermediate || Yes || Seaport<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/kerala/kollam-port-gets-icp-clearance/article68293607.ece |date=15 Jun 2024 |title=Kollam port gets ICP clearance |publisher=The Hindu |access-date=16 Jun 2024}}</ref>
|-
| 4|| [[Neendakara Port]] || [[Kollam district|Kollam]] || Intermediate || No || Seaport
|-
| 5|| Kayamkulam Port|| [[Alappuzha District|Alappuzha]]|| Minor || No || Seaport
|-
| 6|| Alappuzha Port|| [[Alappuzha District|Alappuzha]]|| Intermediate || No || Seaport
|-
| 7|| Kodungallur Port || [[Thrissur District|Thrissur]]|| Minor || No || Seaport
|-
| 8|| Ponnani Port || [[Malappuram District|Malapuram]] ||Minor || No || Seaport
|-
| 9|| [[Beypore#Beypore_Port|Beypore Port]]|| [[Kozhikode District|Kozhikode]] || Intermediate || No || Seaport
|-
| 10|| Kozhikode Port|| Kozhikode || Intermediate || Yes || Seaport
|-
| 11|| Vadakara Port|| Kozhikode || Intermediate || No || Seaport
|-
| 12|| Thalassery Port|| [[Kannur District|Kannur]] || Minor || No || Seaport
|-
| 13|| Kannur Port|| Kannur ||Minor || No || Seaport
|-
| 14|| Azhikkal Port|| Kannur || Intermediate || No || Riverine
|-
| 15|| Nileshwaram Port|| [[Kasargod District|Kasargod]] || Minor || No || Seaport
|-
| 16|| Kasaragod Port|| [[Kasargod District|Kasargod]] || Minor || No || Seaport
|-
| 17|| Manjeshwaram Port|| [[Kasargod District|Kasargod]]||Minor || No || Seaport
|-
|}

==See also==
* [[Department of Fisheries and Ports (Kerala)|Department of Ports, Government of Kerala]]
* [[Ports in Kerala]]
* [[Vizhinjam International Seaport]]

==References==
{{reflist}}

[[Category:Organisations based in Thiruvananthapuram]]
[[Category:State agencies of Kerala]]
[[Category:Maritime organisations based in India]]

Kerala Maritime Board - Revision history

Brock211211849 at 19:59, 26 April 2026