Who we are
The Preamble of the Kerala Maritime Board Act, 2017 states that it is: “An Act to provide for the constitution of the Kerala Maritime Board for non – major ports in the State of Kerala and to vest administration, control and management of such ports and certain undertakings in that Board.”
Accordingly, the Government of Kerala has enacted the Kerala Maritime Board Act 2017 in November 2017 and notified the appointed day on 02-05-2019 for the transfer of assets and liabilities of the Port Directorate, KSMDCL and KMS to Kerala Maritime Board. With the commencement of the Act, the Kerala Maritime Board has come into being in the place of the Directorate of Ports.
Chief Minister, Kerala
Minister for Ports, Kerala
The Department of ports have been reconstituted and a statutory Board viz Kerala Maritime Board has been constituted to effectively exploit the 590 km vast sea coast of Kerala for the benefit of the State strictly complying all laws particularly those related to environment protection. Kerala Maritime sector has a lot of potential for various activities viz port related industries, port development, port based tourism sectors etc. The Maritime Board has to undertake various projects to accomplish the objectives. Essentially the Maritime Board is in the process of setting up systems and procedures for functioning of the Board as a professional organisation. As a first step the Kerala maritime board has obtained ISPS status for four ports under its control viz Kollam, Vizhinjam, Beypore and Azhikkal. Again we are trying to get immigration checkpoint status for Kollam port and we sincerely expect that it will also become fruitful shortly. In the coming years Kerala Maritime Board is planning to undertake various projects to make our ports at par with leading ports of the country by ensuring suitable infrastructure development.
Our Services
We provide comprehensive maritime services to develop Kerala into a smart, sustainable and prosperous blue economy.
Our Ports
The state of Kerala has a 590km long coastline with 17 notified non major ports, The Kerala Maritime Board is acting as the nodal agency for all the maritime related activities in the state.
Thalassery Port is situated in the town of Thalassery in Kannur District Kerala. The port office...
As per the documents available, the port declared on 28 June 1881 as the nomenclature of...
Ponnani Port is about 61 km south of Beypore Port. It is a riverine port in the mouth of river...
Beypore is an ancient port town in Kozhikode District in the State of Kerala, India. Beypore...
When the Portuguese and the British came to Calicut in search of pepper, known as black gold, and...
This is an ancient port. No port operations are going on here. It is seen that a pier construction...
Trivandrum port, is also known as Valiyathura port was one of the early ports in south Kerala is...
Vizhinjam port is situated 16km south of Thiruvananthapuram district of Kerala state, south...
Kannur Port is situated close to Kannur town. This port was a centre of coastal trade till the...
Neeleswaram port is a seaside minor port located at the mouth of Karyankode River with the Arabian...
Manjeswaram port is a seaside minor port located at the mouths of Manjeswaram, Shiriya & Mogral...
Kasaragod port is a seaside minor port located at the mouth of Chandragiri River with the Arabian...
Kodungallur Port is is about 40 km north of Cochin Port. It is a riverine port in the mouth of...
Quilon or Kollam, is an old port town on the Arabian Coast. The town was an international emporium...
Kayamkulam was declared as a minor port. Development of Kayamkulam Pozhi to a perennial outlet by...
Kerala Maritime Institute
Encouraging maritime education and offering training for various maritime related careers is one of the pursued missions of Kerala Maritime Board. The growing job opportunities in maritime sector require professionally qualified and highly skilled human resource. The Kerala Maritime Institute will spearhead the maritime education and training and research activities. The institutes will be developed in to centres of excellence with international repute and in future will address all the research and consultancy requirements of the sector. The two campuses at Neendakara and other at Kodungallor will have state of the art facilities to meet the requirements of various courses. The courses conducting in the academy are Lascar, Serang, Second class master, First class master, First class driver, Second class driver and fourth engineer. Director General of Shipping approved courses also will start in course of time.
Recognition receiving from Shri. P.K. Kunhalikutty, Hon’ble Minister for Industries & IT by Nodal Officer e-Governance.
Port Department won Kerala State e-Governance award 2010 in the category of e-Procurement.
Kollam Port achieved the "Minor Port of the Year" Award at the India Seatrade Awards 2016.
Kollam Port achieved the "Minor Port of the Year" Award at the India Seatrade Awards 2016
Port Office Kollam successfully completed the 'C' Graded 'Haritha Office' certification from the Haritha Keralam Mission.
Port Office Kollam secured "Second" position in the Exhibition as a part of public information campaign organized by Press Information Bureau, Ministry of Information & Broadcasting, Government of India.
The Department of Ports received India Seatrade Award for Excellence in Coastal Shipping and Inland Water Transportation 2014 in the category ‘Outstanding efforts by a State Government Agency’ at the Coastal Shipping and Inland Water Transport Summit on 29 th August 2014 organised by India Seatrade.
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