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=== Water === The [[Port of Kolkata]], established in 1870, is India's oldest and the only major river port.<ref name="ibmport">{{cite web |title=Port facilities in India |url=http://ibm.nic.in/portfacilities.pdf |publisher=Indian Bureau of Mines, Government of India |pages=6β4 |access-date=7 December 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111016144155/http://www.ibm.nic.in/portfacilities.pdf |archive-date=16 October 2011 }}</ref> The Kolkata Port Trust manages docks in Kolkata and [[Haldia]].<ref name="dockport">{{cite web |url=http://www.kolkataporttrust.gov.in/index_new.html |title=Salient physical features |access-date=9 June 2007 |work=[[Kolkata Port Trust]] |publisher=Kolkata Port Trust, India |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070313003421/http://www.kolkataporttrust.gov.in/index_new.html |archive-date=13 March 2007 }}</ref> The port hosts passenger services to [[Port Blair]], capital of the Andaman and Nicobar Islands; freighter service to ports throughout India and around the world is operated by the [[Shipping Corporation of India]].<ref name="ibmport" /><ref>{{cite web |title=How to reach Andaman and Nicobar |url=http://www.and.nic.in/C_charter/IP_T/reach.htm |publisher=Andaman and Nicobar Administration |access-date=7 December 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090410011938/http://www.and.nic.in/C_charter/IP_T/reach.htm |archive-date=10 April 2009 }}</ref> Ferry services connect Kolkata with its twin city of [[Howrah]], located across the Hooghly River.<ref>{{cite news |title=Fogged out: flights, train services hit |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/kolkata-/Fogged-out-Flights-train-services-hit/articleshow/7288571.cms |archive-url=https://archive.today/20120707023108/http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2011-01-15/kolkata/28372730_1_flight-operations-incoming-flights-visibility |archive-date=7 July 2012 |access-date=24 January 2012 |date=15 January 2011 |agency=TNN |quote=Ferry services between Howrah and Kolkata were also disrupted due to poor visibility. |newspaper=[[The Times of India]] |url-status=live |location=New Delhi }}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=No pollution scan on river ferries yet |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/kolkata-/No-pollution-scan-on-river-ferries-yet/articleshow/4846751.cms |archive-url=https://archive.today/20120707055616/http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2009-08-02/kolkata/28200565_1_vessels-ferry-services-pollution-levels |archive-date=7 July 2012 |access-date=24 January 2012 |agency=TNN |date=2 August 2009 |newspaper=[[The Times of India]] |url-status=live |location=New Delhi }}</ref>
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