The Indian Ports Association is constituted for fostering growth and development of all major ports which are under the supervisory control of Ministry of Shipping. Information about state wise number of ports, traffic handled at ports, state-wise number of steamers, sailing vessels entering port, major port statistics, equipments, etc. Details related to empanelment of Resource Persons Community System (PCS), port development plan, Electronic Data Interchange (EDI), development projects, waiting vessel position, etc. are also available.