![]() ![]() Bullen.Īugust 1928 First foreign going vessel Croxteth Hall entered the harbour.ġ3 March 1929 Widening of channel completed.ġ930-31 Port thrown open for vessels up to 30ft draft.ġ August 1936 Administration of Cochin Harbour taken over by the Government of India under the Major Port Trusts Act.ġ2 August 1936 Maharaja of Cochin laid the foundation-stone for the Fourth Stage works.Ģ June 1939 Braunfels, the first ocean-going ship to berth alongside Mattancherry Wharf.ġ3 September 1948 SS Bharat Kumar, the first vessel to berth in the expanded Mattancherry Wharf.ġ5 August 1953 SS Jayabrahma, the first vessel berthed alongside South Coal Berth.ģ1 December 1955 Commissioning of the North Tanker Jetty.Ħ February 1956 First tanker SS British Fortune berthed alongside South Tanker Jetty.ġ1 November 1959 Commissioning of North Coal Berth.Ģ4 February 1964 Cochin Port Trust constituted.ġ966 Experimental loading of palletised cargo started.ġ3 December 1969 Open berth Q9 commissioned.Ģ7 November 1973 President Tyler, first container vessel to enter any Indian Port, berthed in Ernakulam Wharf.ġ3 March 1978 First Ro-Ro ship SS Gauguin called at the Port.ħ September 1978 Cochin Fisheries Harbour (first stage) commissioned.Ģ7 April 1979 Container Freight Station inaugurated.ġ1 November 1981 Commencement of work on Integrated Development Project.ġ2 January 1984 Cochin Oil Terminal commissioned.ġ5 June 1984 Linking of Cochin Port with Coimbatore ICD. First vessel crosses the channel and enters the harbour - SS Padma of Bombay Steam Navigation Co., commanded by Capt. ![]() May 1926 Commissioning of dredger "Lord Willingdon'.ģ0 March 1928 Sand bar at the mouth of the harbour cut open. Milestones & eventsġ341 Closure of the ancient port of Muziris and widening of Cochin Gut.ġ400 Visit of Ma Huan, Chinese Ambassador and Nicolo Conti,Italian traveller.Ģ4 December 1500 Arrival of Portuguese Admiral Cabral.Ģ7 September 1503 Foundation stone laid for the first Portuguese Fortress in India.Ģ0 October 1795 The Dutch surrendered to the British.ġ859 Arrival of Captain Castor, first Port Officer.ġ870 Aspinwall's memorandum suggesting developing a sheltered harbour in Cochin.ġ880 Memorandum by Cochin Chamber of Commerce to Duke ofġ900 Memorandum by Cochin Chamber of Commerce to Lord Curzon, Viceroy and Governor-General of India.ġ904 Chamber of Commerce offer to finance experimental dredging.ġ915 Alan Campbell's proposal to extend the railway line to Candle Island via Bolghatty, to reclaim land and build deep water piers there.ġ918 Report of Sir John Wolfe Barry & Partners.ġ3 April 1920 Arrival of Sir Robert Bristow.ĩ July 1920 Appointment of ad hoc Committee under the chairmanship of E.F.Thomas, I.C.S., Collector of Malabar.ġ922 Experimental cut on outer bar started. Thereafter, road-rail networks were introduced to Cochin, connecting important inland trading points, making the harbour the important trading hub on the Kerala coast. The first ship entered the Cochin harbour on 26th May 1928. The transformation of Cochin from a mere roadstead into a modern harbour is credited to Sir Robert Bristow, the harbour engineer who implemented the decision of the then rulers by creating a proper shipping channel by cutting the sand bar at the mouth of the harbour, during his two decades stint at Cochin (1920-1941). Colonial conquerors having trading interest administered the Kochi area for centuries. Thereafter, Cochin was developed as a trading hub and visited by several international travellers. The then harbour Muziris got silted up during the floods and a new opening formed at Cochin. ![]() It is believed that the Cochin Port was formed in AD 1341 as a result of the heavy floods in the river Periyar. ![]()
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