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The port of Messina in Sicily (from book published circa 1572). Historical ports may be found where ancient civilizations have developed maritime trade. One of the world's oldest known artificial harbors is at Wadi al-Jarf on the Red Sea. [1] Along with the finding of harbor structures, ancient anchors have also been found.
Byblos Port. Byblos Port is an ancient port in Byblos, Lebanon, and ofter considered to be the oldest port in the world. What began around 6500 BC as a simple fishing village grew into a prosperous city with a rich history. [1] Around 3000 BC, Byblos Port was the most important timber shipping center in the eastern Mediterranean.
As of 2011, the Chennai Port was ranked the 86th largest container port in the world with plans to expand the capacity to about 140 million tonnes per annum. [9] [10] It is an ISO 14001:2004 and ISPS-certified port and has become a main line port having direct connectivity to more than 50 ports around the world.
Korkai was the capital, principal center of trade and important port of the Early Pandyan Kingdom. At that time, it was located on the banks of the Tamiraparani River and at the sea coast, forming a natural harbour. Due to excessive sedimentation, the sea has receded about 6 km in the past 2000 years, leaving Korkai well inland today.
The modern day port has a commercial port complex and a dockyard that are protected by a river mouth sand bar facing the port. [14] The port handles only limited amount of edible oil imports. [ 13 ] The Nagapattinam lighthouse is the first conventional 20-metre-high (66 ft) lighthouse tower built inside the port premises by the British in 1869 ...
The Trading World of the Tamil Merchant: Evolution of Merchant Capitalism in the Coromandel. Orient Blackswan. ISBN 978-81-250-1661-8. Natarajan M. A, B. (1994). "Slave Trade in Madras". In Madras Tercentenary Celebration Committee (ed.). The Madras Tercentenary Commemoration Volume. Tamil Nadu: Asian Educational Services. ISBN 978-81-206-0537-4.
Kollam in the 1500s. Kollam was a port city of the Chera Dynasty until the formation of the independent Venad kingdom, of which it became the capital. Prior to that, Kollam was considered one of the four early entrepots in the global sea trade around the 13th century, along with Alexandria and Cairo in Egypt, the Chinese city of Quanzhou, and Malacca in the Malaysian archipelago.
The Syama Prasad Mookerjee Port (SPMP or SMP, Kolkata), formerly the Kolkata Port, is the only riverine major port in India, [12] in the city of Kolkata, West Bengal, around 203 kilometres (126 mi) from the sea. [13] It is the oldest operating port in India [14] and was constructed by the British East India Company. [15]