V.O. Chidambaranar Port Trust creates single day record by handling 52 metric tonnes of coal
June 18, 2018: V.O. Chidambaranar Port Trust created a new record by handling 51,413 metric tonnes of coal in a single day at IXth berth from the vessel MV Ultra Gujarat, surpassing the previous record of 45,396 metric tonnes of coal handled in a single day at IXth berth from the vessel MV Sea Hope. M/s. Seaport Shipping Pvt Ltd is the steamer
V.O. Chidambaranar Port Trust record handling of coal in a single day
June 18, 2018: V.O. Chidambaranar Port Trust created a new record by handling 51,413 metric tonnes of coal in a single day at IXth berth from the vessel MV Ultra Gujarat, surpassing the previous record of 45,396 metric tonnes of coal handled in a single day at IXth berth from the vessel MV Sea Hope. M/s. Seaport Shipping Pvt Ltd is the steamer and Stevedore agent.
During the current financial year 2018-19 (Up to June 14, 2018), V.O. Chidambaranar Port Trust has handled 28.49 lakh tonnes of coal surpassing the previous year's achievement of 26.49 lakh tonnes registering an increase of 7.15 percent.
Rinkesh Roy, IRTS, chairman, V.O. Chidambaranar Port Trust while thanking all the stake holders, officers and the employees of the port who have contributed to achieve these records, conveyed that this port is continuously striving to achieve improvement in performance and productivity in order to attract more volume of traffic through the port.
