{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"Place","additionalType":"https://schema.org/Port","name":"Calcutta","identifier":"IN CCU","unlocode":"IN CCU","city":null,"country":"India","waterBody":"Bay of Bengal; Indian Ocean","harborSize":"Large","harborType":"River (Natural)","channelDepthMeters":7.9,"confidenceLevel":null,"coordinates":{"latitude":22.55,"longitude":88.33333299999998},"description":"India's only major riverine port, Calcutta (Kolkata) sits some 200 kilometres inland on the Hooghly, a distributary of the Ganges rather than an open-sea berth. Now styled Syama Prasad Mookerjee Port, it runs as two systems: the city-side Kolkata Dock System and the seaward Haldia Dock Complex. In FY2023/24 the port set a record 66.4 million tonnes, about 49.5 million of them at Haldia alone. Container traffic exists but stays modest at roughly 0.65 million TEU, with expansion toward 1 million T","url":"https://www.freight-academy.com/en/information/seaports/calcutta-port-in-ccu","markdownMirror":"https://www.freight-academy.com/api/md/seaports/en/calcutta-port-in-ccu","source":null,"provider":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Freight Academy","url":"https://www.freight-academy.com"},"quickSummary":"Calcutta · (UN/LOCODE: IN CCU) · India · Large · 7.9 m"}