印度有7500千米的海岸线,186个港口,大部分的工业和经济设施都坐落在距海岸线320千米范围以内。其贸易总量的95％(占总价值的75％)要经过海上运输,出口额300亿美元,预计到2000年要达到750亿美元。届时,港口的吞吐能力将达4亿吨,商船的总吨位将由现在的500艘700万吨增加到600艘1000万吨。可以说,印度洋维系着印 India has 7,500 kilometers of coastline and 186 ports. Most of the industrial and economic facilities are located within 320 kilometers of the coastline. 95% of its total trade (75% of the total value) is transported by sea with an export value of 30 billion U.S. dollars and it is estimated that it will reach 75 billion U.S. dollars by the year 2000. By then, the handling capacity of the port will reach 400 million tons, and the total tonnage of commercial vessels will increase from 500 700 million tons now to 600 10 million tons. It can be said that the Indian Ocean maintains a seal