The Gujarat Maritime Board (GMB), on December 9, 2025, notified the list of public holidays to be observed as non-working days at ports operating under its jurisdiction for the calendar year 2026. The notification has been published in the Gujarat Government Gazette (Extraordinary), Part IV-C.
As per the notification, ports shall observe specified national and religious holidays including Republic Day (26 January 2026), Holi (Dhuleti – 4 March 2026), Ramzan Eid (21 March 2026), Janmashtami (4 September 2026), Dussehra (20 October 2026) and Vikram Samvat New Year Day (10 November 2026). Certain holidays such as Shree Ramnavmi and Eid-ul-Adha (Bakri-Eid) are applicable only to specified port stretches, namely Porbandar to Umargaon and Koteshwar to Dwarka, respectively.
The Board has clarified that on these non-working days, ports shall remain closed for cargo operations, except for arrival, departure, and essential vessel movements. These holidays shall also be treated as non-working days under charter party terms. Additionally, port authorities retain discretion to modify observance dates if required and may declare further non-working days for national, state, or local events, including polling days, through local notices.
[Notification No. GMB/T/1/2025/12(24)]
