Navlakhi Port is an all-weather lighterage non-major intermediate Port. The Port is situated on the southwest end of the Gulf of Kutch

Gulf of Kutch

The Gulf of Kutch is an inlet of the Arabian Sea along the west coast of India, in the state of Gujarat, and renowned for extreme daily tides .The maximum depth of Gulf of Kutch is ....

 in Hansthal Creek. The Port is about 45 km from Morbi and 160 km from Kandla

Kandla

Kandla is a seaport in Kutch District of Gujarat state in western India. Located on the Gulf of Kutch, it is one of major ports on west coast. Kandla was constructed in the 1950s as the chief seaport serving western India, after the partition of India from Pakistan left the port of Karachi in...

. Navigation is permitted only during daylight hours; boats use channel buoys for navigation. The port unloads 8000 to 9000 MT of coal

Coal

Coal is a combustible black or brownish-black sedimentary rock usually occurring in rock strata in layers or veins called coal beds or coal seams. The harder forms, such as anthracite coal, can be regarded as metamorphic rock because of later exposure to elevated temperature and pressure...

 per day. It is governed by the Gujarat Maritime Board. The nearest airports are Rajkot (120 km) and Jamnagar

Jamnagar

Jamnagar is a city and a municipal corporation in Jamnagar district in the Indian state of Gujarat. The city was built up substantially by Maharaja Kumar Shri Ranjitsinhji in the 1920s, when the district was known as Nawanagar. The district lies just to the south of the Gulf of Kutch and is...

 (135 km).

Free Pratique

In normal case it is issued by the Customs Boarding Officer. But in the case of vessels arriving from a yellow fever

Yellow fever

Yellow fever is an acute viral hemorrhagic disease. The virus is a 40 to 50 nm enveloped RNA virus with positive sense of the Flaviviridae family....

-affected area within 30 days, then the Port Health Officer of Kandla will issue the same.

Pilotage

Pilotage is not compulsory, but on account of the position of the creek, pilotage is necessary from the outer Tuna Buoy to the normal working anchorage. The port provides a local guide.

The Pilot Boarding station is about 17.5 nautical miles (32.4 km) away from the Port, at 22deg.7’North, 70deg.07’East.

Meteorological Data

• Maximum Temperature - 36 °C
• Minimum Temperature - 16 °C
• Average rainfall- 25 cm
• Mean High water Springs - 7.21m
• Mean High water Neaps - 6.16m
• Mean Low Water Neaps - 2.14m
• Mean Low water Springs - 0.78m
• Mean Lower Low water Spring - 0.37m
• Average Wind Speed - 10 to 20 km/h.
• Maximum Wind Speed:
  • Monsoons - 25 to 35 km/h west-southwest
  • Fair weather - 20 km/h north-northeast
• Rate of siltation
  Siltation
  Siltation is the pollution of water by fine particulate terrestrial clastic material, with a particle size dominated by silt or clay. It refers both to the increased concentration of suspended sediments, and to the increased accumulation of fine sediments on bottoms where they are undesirable...
  
   - moderate

Water conditions

• Water depth at anchorage - 12.00m
• Water depth at low
• Water at berth - 2.00m
• Water current at anchorage - 3 nauticals

Anchorage

The Outer anchorage is situated about 5 miles (8 km) South-South-West of Tuna Buoy, where the water depth is about 15m. The outer anchorage is about 25 nautical miles (46.3 km) from the port. The Inner anchorage is about 5 nautical miles (9.3 km) from the Port. Water depth is 8.9m.

Hinterland

Since the Port is well connected by the Broad Gauge Railway with Rajkot and the state highway, the hinterland

Hinterland

The hinterland is the land or district behind a coast or the shoreline of a river. Specifically, by the doctrine of the hinterland, the word is applied to the inland region lying behind a port, claimed by the state that owns the coast. The area from which products are delivered to a port for...

for the Port are the Northwest States of India.

Hours

The port is open 24 hours per day. The Port has open space for the storage of Bulk cargo in open.

Method of handling Cargo

Cargo is handled with help of ship’s cranes/grabs and payloaders/excavators.

Jetties

• M/s Shreeji Shipping Pvt. Ltd.: 165m long, 25m wide, draft of 4m.
• M/s United Shippers Ltd: 102m long, 12m wide, draft of 2m.
• M/s Jaydeep Associates: 75m long, 12m wide, draft of 3m.