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Haldia port or Haldia Dock Complex has been built at the meeting place of the

Haldi River Haldi River is a tributary of Hooghly River flowing through Purba Medinipur district of the Indian state of West Bengal. The Keleghai River, Keleghai joins the Kangsabati River, Kansai at Tangrakhali under Nandakumar, Purba Medinipur, Nandakumar ...

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Hooghly river The Bhagirathi Hooghly River (Anglicized alternatively spelled ''Hoogli'' or ''Hugli'') or the 'Bhāgirathi-Hooghly', called the Ganga or the Kati-Ganga in mythological texts, is the eastern distributary of the Ganges River in West Bengal, In ...

. Kolkata Port Trust has been created in this port as the port's partner. So it is not a port. It is an official dock complex. It has a vast hinterland comprising the entire north east of India including

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, North East Hill States and two landlocked neighbouring countries namely,

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and also the Autonomous Region of Tibet (China). With the turn of the century the volume of throughput has again started increasing steadily.

Geography

Location

Haldia port is 8 meters above sea level and is located at 21.20 north and 88.00 east.

Dock system

It is situated at 22°02′N 88°06′E around 60 kilometres (37 mi) away from the pilotage station. The port consists of: * Impounded dock; system with 12 berths * 3 oil jetties in the river * 3 barge jetties in the river for handling oil carried by barges * Haldia anchorage for lash vessels The docks are impounded dock systems with locks from river.

Imports and exports

The port's main imports are petroleum, chemicals, and parts. Exports include coal, iron ore, and steel. 33 million tons of cargo were in the port 2014-2015.

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