V O Chidambaranar Port at Tuticorin has surpassed 7,47,363 TEUs (Twenty-foot Equivalent Unit) of container traffic handled in the 2023-24 financial year on March 12, 2025, 20 days ahead in the current financial year, and registered an annual growth of 7.52%.
The port was honoured with award of excellence as the 3rd best container port among ports handling more than 5,00,000 TEUs of containers in India by the ministry of ports. NICDC Logistics Data Services (NLDS) in its Logistics Data Bank Annual Report 2024 highlighted that the port’s DBGT container terminal is ranked as the top performer among southern region ports.
Recently, the port announced various concessions for container vessels on vessel-related charges and shifting charges to attract more volume. Port authority chairperson Susanta Kumar Purohit said the port witnessed more than 30 ad hoc calls from various container lines and holds immense potential to attract more volumes upon completion of dredging and widening of its entrance mouth in a couple of months.
