Kammala jumla mai zuwa: Bhavnagar yana da alaƙar kasuwanci da kudu maso gabashin Asiya, Afirka, Arabiya da tashar jiragen ruwa na Bahar Maliya tun farkon ƙarni na 18. Tsohon tashar Bhavnagar Harbar jihar Bhavnagar ce ta gina ta, kuma ta dauki bakuncin hasken hasken wuta tun daga 1860. Wannan tashar jiragen ruwa daga baya aka sabunta ta a 1930 a karkashin kulawar J. Johnston, sannan jami'in tashar jiragen ruwa na jihar Bhavnagar. An ƙara tashoshin jiragen ruwa, ɗakunan ajiya, da kuma jigilar jirgin ƙasa. An gina sabon tashar jiragen ruwa, kudu da tsohuwar tashar jiragen ruwa, kuma an fara aiki a cikin shekarun 1950 saboda tsananin lalacewa a wurin tsohuwar tashar jiragen ruwa. Wannan tashar jiragen ruwa kuma yana da hasumiya, wanda aka lalace a cikin
Girgizar kasa ta shekara ta 2001.