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V. O. Chidambaranar Port is a port in Thoothukudi, Tamil Nadu, and is one of the 13 major ports in India. It was declared to be a major port on 11 July 1974. It is the second largest port in Tamil Nadu and third largest container terminal in India. V.O. Chidambaranar Port is an artificial port. [4]
It was declared to be a major port on 11 July 1974. It is second-largest port in Tamil Nadu and fourth-largest container terminal in India. This is the third international port in Tamil Nadu and its second all-weather port. was constituted under the Major Port Authorities Act, 2021. It is an ISO 9001:2008,ISO 14001:2004 and ISPS compliant port.
India is a signatory to Hong Kong International Convention for the safe and environmentally sound recycling of ships. India plans to pass the "Recycling of Ships Act, 2019" to ratify the Hong Kong treaty. This will allow India to capture its targeted 60% in the global ship breaking business while doubling the annual to US$2.3 billion target. [15]
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The port recently commenced the operation of 2nd Container Terminal by ABG (DBGIT) Pvt Ltd. The port handled 0.5 million TEU's in 2013–2014 to become third largest container port among Major Ports of India. The port is also a significant port due to the fact that it is located close to East-West International Sea Route. [3]
V.O. Chidambaranar Port Authority in the district was declared as the tenth major seaport in India also provides container services. Tuticorin Airport is situated at Vaigaikulam and currently has flights to and from Chennai and Bengaluru .
Shri A. Subbiah, IAS chairman, Tuticorin Port Trust & Chairman and managing director, Sethusamudram Corporation Limited Sethusamudram Shipping Canal Project ( lit. ' Setu Ocean Shipping Canal Project ' ) is a proposed project to create a shipping route in the shallow straits between India and Sri Lanka .
Tuticorin railway station (station code: TN [1]) is an NSG–3 category Indian railway station in Madurai railway division of Southern Railway zone. [2] The station serves the city of Thoothukudi, located in Thoothukudi district of the Indian state of Tamil Nadu. [3] [4] This station was first opened on 1 January 1876.