TUTICORIN: V O Chidambaranar Port on 27 October 2020 created a new record by unloading 56,687 Tonnes of coal in 24 hours at Berth No.9 from the vessel ‘M.V. Ocean Dream,’ surpassing the earlier record of 55,785 tonnes of Coal handled at Berth No.9 from the vessel ‘MV. Myrsini’ on 19 June 2020.

 

The Hongkong flagged Panamax class vessel ‘‘M.V. Ocean Dream” with DWT of 82,201, Length of 229 Metres, beam of 32.26 Metres and draft of 14.20 Metres arrived from the Port of   Adang Bay, Indonesia, with 77,535 Tonnes of Coal consigned for M/s.India Coke and Power Pvt.Ltd.  The 3 Harbour Mobile cranes operated by M/s. IMCOLA Crane Company, Tuticorin, discharged 56,687 Tonnes of coal within a span of 24 hours.

 

The Shipping Agents for the vessel was Worldwide Shipping Inc, Limited, Tuticorin, and Stevedore Agent was Vilsons Shipping Pvt.Ltd, Tuticorin.

 

Shri T.K. Ramachandran, IAS, Chairman, V.O. Chidambaranar Port Trust, while thanking the synergy exhibited by the stakeholders, who have contributed to achieve this record, conveyed that the Port is continuously striving to achieve improvement in Performance and productivity in order to attract more volume of traffic through the Port.

 

V.O. Chidambaranar Port Trust, Tuticorin, has donated a school bus to Harbour Schools under Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) initiative of the Port on 20 October 2020. The key of the bus was formally handed over by Shri T.K. Ramachandran, IAS, Chairman, V.O. Chidambaranar Port Trust, to Shri Malla Srinivasa Rao, President, Tuticorin Port Educational Agency & Senior Deputy Chief Accounts Officer, V.O. Chidambaranar Port. The bus was also flagged off by Shri T.K. Ramachandran, IAS, Chairman V.O. Chidambaranar Port Trust, in the presence of Shri Bimal Kumar Jha, Deputy Chairman, and Heads of the Departments of V.O. Chidambaranar Port.

 

For the financial year 2020-21, the Port has already allocated Rs.270.46 lakhs for implementation of various CSR schemes.