[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]V. O. Chidambaranar Port Trust has created a new record by handling 1,61,935 tonnes of cargo in a single day on April 15, 2017, surpassing the previous single day record of 1,61,108 tonnes achieved on August 10, 2015. The major cargoes that contributed to this feat were industrial coal, thermal coal, wheat, fertiliser, limestone and containerised cargo.
This comes on the heels of the Port achieving an all-time high throughput of 38.46 million tonnes in 2016-17, up 4.38 per cent over the previous fiscal.
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