| Kerala Maritime Board | |
| Size: | 300px |
| Formation: | 2017 |
| Type: | Port authority |
| Headquarters: | Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala, India |
| Region Served: | State of Kerala |
| Leader Title: | Minister for Ports |
| Leader Name: | K N Vasavan[1] |
The Kerala Maritime Board (KMB),Trivandrum is a governmental organisation in the state of Kerala, India. It was founded in 2017 to control, manage and operate the minor ports of Kerala. The state of Kerala has a 590km long coastline with 17 notified non major ports and one major port at Cochin.
The Kerala Maritime Board was founded in 2017 under the Kerala Maritime Board Act, 2017.[2] It was created by merging the Directorate of Ports, Kerala State Maritime Development Corporation Limited, and the Kerala Maritime Society.[3] It controls, manage and operates total 17 minor ports of Kerala.[4]
KMB operates 17 minor ports of Kerala and they are listed below. 3 of them have Immigration checkpoint facility.
| No | Port | District | Port Type | Immigration Checkpoint | Remarks |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Vizhinjam International Seaport Thiruvananthapuram | Major | Yes | Seaport | |
| 2 | Valiyathura Port | Minor | No | Seaport | |
| 3 | Intermediate | Yes | Seaport[5] | ||
| 4 | Intermediate | No | Seaport | ||
| 5 | Kayamkulam Port | Alappuzha | Minor | No | Seaport |
| 6 | Alappuzha Port | Alappuzha | Intermediate | No | Seaport |
| 7 | Kodungallur Port | Thrissur | Minor | No | Seaport |
| 8 | Ponnani Port | Minor | No | Seaport | |
| 9 | Beypore Port | Intermediate | No | Riverine | |
| 10 | Kozhikode Port | Kozhikode | Intermediate | Yes | Seaport |
| 11 | Vadakara Port | Kozhikode | Intermediate | No | Seaport |
| 12 | Thalassery Port | Minor | No | Seaport | |
| 13 | Kannur Port | Kannur | Minor | No | Seaport |
| 14 | Azhikkal Port | Kannur | Intermediate | No | seaport |
| 15 | Nileshwaram Port | Minor | No | Seaport | |
| 16 | Kasaragod Port | Minor | No | Seaport | |
| 17 | Manjeshwaram Port | Kasargod | Minor | No | Seaport |