The Union Cabinet chaired by Prime Minister Narendra Modi has given nod to rename Kolkata Port as Syama Prasad Mookerjee Port.
The Board of Trustees of Kolkata Port Trust in its meeting held on 25 February 2020 had also passed a resolution to rename Kolkata Port as Syama Prasad Mookerjee Port, Kolkata.
On the occasion of the inaugural ceremony of Sesquicentenary Celebrations of Kolkata Port on 12 January 2020, it was announced that Kolkata Port will be renamed after Syama Prasad Mookerjee.
Kolkata Port is the first major port as well as the only riverine port of the country. It came to be governed by a Trust on 17 October 1870 on appointment of the Commissioners for Improvement of the Port of Calcutta as per Act V of 1870.
It features at Serial Number 1 in The First Schedule, Part I - Major Ports of the Indian Ports Act, 1908 and is governed by the Major Port Trusts Act 1963.