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V.O. Chidambaranar Port Creates Record

August 5 , 2019 1941 days 1347 0
  • V.O. Chidambaram Port created a new record by handling 1,80,597 Metric Tonnes of cargo in a single day on 27th July,2019.
  • It is surpassing the previous single day record of 1,77,639 Metric Tonnes on 16th November, 2017.
  • Earlier, on 25th July, 2019, the port had set another record by handling a vessel with highest parcel size of 85,224 Tonnes, when the Cyprus vessel ‘MV KMAX EMPEROR’ arrived from UAE.
  • The highest parcel size handled by the port before this was the vessel 'MV SFAKIA WAVE' with 84,502 tonnes of limestones on 11th February, 2019.

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