[1] The port is located on the eastern bank of the Hooghly River in the Garden Reach area of Kolkata.

The port mainly handles barges; the depth of water at the permanent jetty is 5 metres (16 ft).

[2] Former Union Shipping Minister G. K. Vasan inaugurated Inland Waterways Authority of India's (IWAI) Garden Reach Jetty 2 of the Kolkata Inland Port at Garden Reach on 25th November 2013.

[5] The Kolkata Inland Port or Kolkata terminal was handed over to Indian subsidiary "Summit Alliance Port East Gateway" of the Summit Alliance Port Limited (SAPL)–a Bangladesh based off-dock service provider and inland water container terminal operator–on 30 October 2018 by the Inland Waterways Authority of India (IWAI), and began commercial operations on 31 October 2018 under a 30-year concession.

[8] Garden Reach Jetty 2 handles general cargoes, besides having container loading and unloading facilities.