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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.
Thoothukudi (formerly called Tuticorin) is a port industrial city in Thoothukudi district in the Indian state of Tamil Nadu. It lies on the Coromandel Coast of the Bay of Bengal . The city is capital and headquarters of the district.
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 .
According to Constitution of India, maritime transport is to be administered by both the Central and the State governments. While the central government's shipping ministry administers the major ports, the minor and intermediate ports are administered by the relevant departments or ministries in the nine coastal states of Andhra Pradesh, Goa, Gujarat, Karnataka, Kerala, Maharashtra, Odisha ...
Coal is transported by sea through ship from Haldia, Paradeep, Vizag Port to TTPS. Coal transported by ship is given to crushers which crush the coal particles to 10-20mm in diameter. The crushed coal is fed to coal grinding mills with bowl roller via coal bunkers.
Port/Harbour name Governorate Town name Coordinates UN/Locode Max. draught (m) Max. deadweight (t) Remarks Port of Bizerte: Bizerte Governorate: Bizerte: TNBIZ
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.
Further the deepening works in port are carried out by a Malaysian company to handle bigger vessels. The area between Tirunelveli and Tuticorin has been increasingly industrialized, and especially Vagaikulam has become an ICD (Inner cargo container terminals) point.