The VO Chidambaranar port in Thoothukudi will get its third container terminal with a Concession Agreement signed between the VO Chidambaranar Port Authority and the Tuticorin International Container Terminal Private Limited (TICTPL) for conversion of Berth No 9 as a container terminal.
The TICTPL is wholly-owned subsidiary of JM Baxi Ports & Logistics Limited.
Currently, two container terminals (berths 7 and 8), run separately by PSA SICAL Terminals Ltd and Dakshin Bharat Gateway Terminal Pvt Ltd, are operating at the port with a combined capacity to handle 1.2 million twenty-foot equivalent units (TEUs).
