Mandvi Port

At High Sea : Via Kandla Coastal Wireless Station
Operates : Round-the-clock
At Anchorage : Through VHF

Admiralty : 43 and 39
Indian Naval Hydrographic : 203

It is a fair weather, lighterage intermediate anchorage port. There is no provision for berthing ships alongside jetty due to its tidal condition. The Anchor point is about 2 nautical miles (l nm = 1.852 km) southward of Albert Edward break water. Depth of water available at Anchorage is about 10 m.

HHW - 4.80 m
MHWW - 4.06 m
MLHW - 3.65 m
MHLW - 1.66 m
MSL - 2.59 m
MLLW - 1.00 m

A wharf wall of 245 m in length is available, where sailing vessels and lighters load and discharge. Sailing vessel and lighters can work directly during high tides.

Import : Fertilizers, Building materials, General Cargo
Export : Clay, Bentonite, Cotton Seeds, Salt, Oil Seeds, General Cargo

May 15 to September 14

The existing wharf can be used for cargo handling by carrying out required dredging alongside as well as in the navigational channel.

Presently, country crafts are being traditionally built at Mandvi port. There is ample scope for putting up a shipbuilding yard for small size country vessels which normally runs between Kutch coast and Gulf countries.

Mandvi port is very old and was established in the fifteenth century. Traffic is moved by country crafts and lighterage vessels at this port. This port is well known for the country crafts construction business from ancient times. There is an ample opportunity to develop repair facilities by constructing slipway.