V.O.Chidambaranar Port Trust, the vibrant sea Port of South India created a new record by handling 1,80,597 Tonnes of Cargo in a Single Day on 27.07.2019 surpassing the pervious Single Day record of 1,77,639 Metric Tonnes on 16.11.2017. The Major Cargoes that contributed to the achievement are Coal (79,230 Tonnes), Containerized Cargo (52,200 Tonnes / 2,900 TEUs) and General Cargoes (49,167 Tonnes).
On 25.07.2019, V.O.Chidambaranar Port had berthed a vessel with highest Parcel Size of 85,224 Tonnes. The Cyprus flagged vessel ‘MV KMAX EMPEROR’ with Length of 229.50 metres , beam of 36.92 metres and draft of 14.20 metres arrived from the Port of Mina Saqr, United Arab Emirates (UAE) with 85,224 Tonnes of Lime Stone destined for Eastern Bulk Trading, Chennai. The Shipping Agents for the vessel is M/s. Seaport Shipping, Tuticorin and Stevedore Agent is M/s. Seaport Logistics, Tuticorin. Previously, the highest parcel size vessel ‘MV SFAKIA WAVE’ with 84,502 tonnes of Limestones was handled at the Port on 11.02.2019.
V.O.Chidambaranar Port felt the surge in Container Traffic due to various promotional measures taken by the Port as well as by the improved efficiency of the container Terminals by the Terminal Operators.
The Container traffic growth is very encouraging year on year about 10 % growth and V.O.Chidambaranar Port is planning to develop third Container Terminal to cater to the needs of the Container trade in the region.
Shri T.K. Ramachandran., I.A.S., Chairman, V.O Chidambaranar Port Trust, while thanking all the stake holders, Officers and the employees of the Port who have contributed to achieve this synergistic record, conveyed that this Port is continuously striving to achieve improvement in overall performance of the Port in order to attract more volume of Cargo throughput.
