CHENNAI: The Chennai Port Trust (ChPT) along with Southern Railway and Concor Ltd came to the rescue of the trade by evacuating containers from the port during the week-long strike by trailer operators.

The strike was called off today after CFS operators agreed to pay the trailer operators an additional Rs 1,000 per twenty-foot container on existing rates. This was agreed during a meeting between the Trailer Owners Association and CFS operators in the presence of the Tasildhar, said industry sources

The trailer operators were seeking rate increase from Container Freight Stations (CFS) operators for movement of boxes between the port and the CFS and vice versa.

There was no major impact on the movement of boxes due to the strike, industry sources said.