Tuticorin (V.O. Chidambaranar) — Exporter's Port Guide
V.O. Chidambaranar Port Authority, Tuticorin, Tamil Nadu: a container and bulk port for southern Tamil Nadu About the port. The port at Tuticorin is run by the V.O. Chidambaranar Port Authority, the tenth of India's central-government Major Ports. It is an artificial harbour in Tamil Nadu, about 540 km south-west of Chennai and close to the East–West international sea route. It has 15 berths with drafts from 8.60 to 14.20 metres and works round the clock all year. The Ministry describes it as the gateway for southern Tamil Nadu, with rail and road links. What it handles. The port handled 43.21 million tonnes in 2025-26 (the Ministry's advance estimate), up 3.6%. The detailed figures are for 2024-25, when it handled 41.72 million tonnes: containers 15.9 million tonnes (795,222 TEUs, 38% of the tonnage) and thermal coal 9.8 million tonnes, with fertiliser, vegetable oil, food grains and salt in smaller volumes. That made it the fourth-largest Major Port for containers in 2024-25, after JNPA, Chennai and Cochin. Exports (overseas cargo loaded) were 8.3 million tonnes, of which 6.5 million were in containers. All its containers moved to and from the port by road that year. How an expor…
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