Boats

Colorful boats lined up in the Arabian Sea at Karwar at Sunrise.....
Karwar Port is in the background. My earlier post of Karwar Port is here...
Wikimapia Link of Karwar Port.
Karnataka, with a coastline of more than 300 km, has nine minor ports, apart from a major port in Mangalore. Karwar, Belekeri, Tadri, Honnavar, Bhatkal, Hangarkatta, Malpe, Gangolli, and Old Mangalore come under the category of minor/intermediate ports. Except Karwar Port, all the others are fair-weather ports. Karwar has an all-weather port. The districts of northern and central Karnataka, southern Maharashtra, and western Andhra Pradesh form the hinterland of these ports.Of the ports listed for private participation, Karwar Port in Uttara Kannada District caters to the requirements of two-lakh sq. km of hinterland. The port has 355-m-long quay for accommodating simultaneous berthing of two ocean going ships of 8.25 m draft with other facilities. The Union Government has declared this port for loading and unloading of all types of commodities, including class `B' and `C' petroleum products. This port exports granite, molasses, and alumina powder, and imports furnace oil, kerosene, and rock phosphate. It also imports salt from Gujarat. Various companies have constructed 25 liquid cargo storage tank terminals with an installed capacity of 75,000 tonnes of liquid cargo. The port handles nearly six lakh tonnes of cargo and earns Rs 6 crore revenue every year. Source