Coastal Shipping and Inland Navigation Department (CSIND), Kerala

The Coastal Shipping and Inland Navigation Department (CSIND) is an administrative department under the Government of Kerala responsible for developing and regulating water-based transportation systems. The Coastal Shipping and Inland Navigation Department is involved in the development of waterways and promotion of Inland Navigation in Kerala. The other activities of this department are ferry services and coastal shipping for the transport of passengers. It also included cargo services through rivers, canals, backwaters, and coastal routes.

To make the state waterways navigable, the department had undertaken various works. The administration of Kerala Shipping and Inland Navigation Corporation Ltd is under the control of Coastal Shipping and Inland Navigation Department (CSIND). The Kerala Shipping and Inland Navigation Corporation Ltd is the functioning agency liable for inland navigation. It is a Kerala Government undertaking, established in 1989 by the merger of the Kerala Shipping Corporation (KSC) started in 1974, and the Kerala Inland Navigation Corporation (KINCO) started in 1975.