This area has a number of rivers flowing into the sea – Rushikulya, Vamsadhara and Nagavali.

Visakhapatnam port handled 68.04 million tonnes of cargo in 2010–11, which was the second highest in India after Kandla.

[6] A minor port is proposed to be developed at Bheemunipatnam, near the mouth of the Gosthani River.

[7] Gopalpur-on-Sea is being developed into a deep sea port capable of handling ships up to 120,000 DWT.

[8] During the period 1893 to 1896, 1,287 km (800 mi) of railway tracks covering the entire coastal stretch from Cuttack to Vijayawada, was built and opened to traffic by East Coast State Railway.

[9][10]Bengal Nagpur Railway's line to Cuttack was opened on 1 January 1899.

[17] Howrah–Chennai Mail was the first train in South Eastern Railway to be hauled by a diesel engine (WDM-1) in 1965.