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.