Tuticorin Port creates record with 55,785T single day coal unloading
June 22, 2020: V.O.Chidambaranar Port Trust, Turicorin notched a back to back record by unloading 55,785 tonnes of coal in 24 hours at Berth No.9 from the vessel M.V. Myrsini, surpassing the earlier record of 55,363 tonnes of coal handled at Berth No.9 from the vessel ‘MV. Green K Max S’.
The shipping agent for the vessel was Sun Beam Logistics and stevedore agent was Chettinad Logistics.
June 22, 2020: V.O.Chidambaranar Port Trust, Turicorin notched a back to back record by unloading 55,785 tonnes of coal in 24 hours at Berth No.9 from the vessel M.V. Myrsini, surpassing the earlier record of 55,363 tonnes of coal handled at Berth No.9 from the vessel ‘MV. Green K Max S’.
The Marshall Island flagged Panamax class vessel ‘‘M.V. Myrsini’ with DWT of 82,117, length of 229 metres, beam of 32.26 metres and draft of 14.12 metres arrived from the Port of Tanjung Bara, Indonesia, with 76,999 tonnes of coal consigned for Chettinad Cements. The 3 Harbour Mobile cranes operated by IMCOLA Crane Company discharged 55,785 tonnes of coal within a span of 24 hours.
T.K. Ramachandran IAS, chairman, V.O.Chidambaranar Port Trust, applauded the officials of the port and stakeholders on the remarkable back to back achievement and stated that "this record discharge rate upholds the superior infrastructure, operational efficiency and committed workforce of VOC Port”.
