Thiruvananthapuram - Vizhinjam International Port is getting ready for commissioning next month, with the state govt to decide on the date soon.

The authorities are more or less ready for the formal commissioning, but operational activities are being fine-tuned and tweaked to speed up docking ships and to handle containers faster.

Sources said the port recently handled three ships almost back to back and that simultaneous docking of two ships in the two berths has also begun.

When the staff, the control room and the procedures are prepared, the port will be able . . .