🇮🇳 INDIA · SOUTH ASIA / ARABIAN SEA · INCOK
Port of Cochin (Kochi)
IndiaUNLOCODE: INCOKContainer / Cruise / Tanker
India's first container transshipment port
ICTT (DP World) max draft 16 m
Outer channel 15.95 m depth
Cochin Shipyard — largest in India
Overview
- India's first container transshipment port
- ICTT (DP World) max draft 16 m
- Outer channel 15.95 m depth
- Cochin Shipyard — largest in India
- Bunkers: HSFO/VLSFO/MGO available
India's first transshipment port. Cochin Shipyard — largest in India.
Port Identity & Location
- Alternate Name
- Kochi
- State
- Kerala
- City
- Kochi
VTS & Communications
- VTS
- VTMS (Cochin Port Control)
- VHF
- Ch.15/16
- Reporting
- Contact on Ch.15/16 with ETA
Pilotage
- Pilotage
- Compulsory round-the-clock
- Pilot Boarding
- Near Buoys 3 & 4; deep-draft ~0.5 nm W of Buoys 1 & 2
Anchorages
- Anchorage
- South of channel; clay/sand, good holding ground
Channel Depths & Approach
- Outer Channel
- 16,500 m × 260 m × 15.95 m
- Ernakulam Channel
- 2,800 m × 300–500 m × 9.75–13.5 m
- Max Draft
- ICTT 16 m (post-dredging)
Berths & Terminals
- Terminals
- ICTT Vallarpadam (DP World), Ernakulam Wharf, BTP oil terminal, Cochin SPM
- Type
- First transshipment port in India
Documentation & Customs
- Customs
- Indian Customs
Weather & Tidal
- Tidal
- Moderate; SW monsoon heavy Jun–Sep
Security & Hazards (ISPS)
- ISPS
- Compliant
- Hazards
- Monsoon swell
Port Authority
- Authority
- Cochin Port Authority (CoPA)
- Tel
- +91-484-2667105
- Website
- cochinport.gov.in
SAR & Emergency
SAR Authority
Indian Coast Guard (Kochi)
Ship Services
- Bunkering
- Available (HSFO/VLSFO/MGO)
- Tugs
- Available
- Repairs
- Cochin Shipyard (largest in India)
Port Details
- Country
- 🇮🇳 India
- Region
- South Asia / Arabian Sea
- UNLOCODE
- INCOK
- Type
- Container / Cruise / Tanker
- Website
- cochinport.gov.in
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