Facilities
Open Area for Cargo Stacking Facilities:
Open space for stacking bulk cargo and containers is available inside the security wall to the extent of 5, 53,000 sq. m. The open areas can accommodate around 30,000 tonnes of bulk cargo either for import or export and 2500 containers. In addition to containers, the open area inside the wharf is used for temporary stacking of bulk cargo such as coal and sulphur. V.O. Chidambaranar Port is having a vast open land of about 2,158 acres outside the main gate. Cargo godowns with a capacity of stacking 36,000 tones have been put up in this area by Tamil Nadu Warehousing Corporation. The Port has also permitted a number of other agencies to put up godowns and warehouses in order to augment the import and export trade through the Port. Open lands are also used for stacking of timber imported through the port as well as granite for export.
Open space for stacking bulk cargo and containers is available inside the security wall to the extent of 5, 53,000 sq. m. The open areas can accommodate around 30,000 tonnes of bulk cargo either for import or export and 2500 containers. In addition to containers, the open area inside the wharf is used for temporary stacking of bulk cargo such as coal and sulphur. V.O. Chidambaranar Port is having a vast open land of about 2,158 acres outside the main gate. Cargo godowns with a capacity of stacking 36,000 tones have been put up in this area by Tamil Nadu Warehousing Corporation. The Port has also permitted a number of other agencies to put up godowns and warehouses in order to augment the import and export trade through the Port. Open lands are also used for stacking of timber imported through the port as well as granite for export.
| Type | Dry Storage Accommodation | Container | Remarks | ||||||||
| No | Area (Sq.mtrs) | Location Inside port | No | Location Inside Port/Out Side Port | Capacity (Kls/Tonnes) | Type of Cargo | No | Location Inside Port/Out Side Port | Capacity (TEUs) | ||
| A. PORT OWNED | |||||||||||
| a. Covered | |||||||||||
| i. Transit shed / Overflow sheds | 2 | 10,800 | Inside | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| ii. Warehouses | 4 | 19,550 | Inside | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| iii. Container Freight Station | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| b. Open | - | 5,53,000 | Inside | - | - | - | - | - | Inside | 54,000 | - |
| B. OTHERS | |||||||||||
| a. Covered | |||||||||||
| i. Transit Shed / Overflow sheds | - | - | - | 3 1 | Inside Outside | 15,000 M3 10,000MT | Ph. Acid Liq. Ammo. | - | - | - | - |
| ii. Warehouses (TNWHC) (CWC) | 142 | 4,23,000 36,000 | Outside Outside | 10 | Outside | 2000 M3 | V.C.M. | - | - | - | - |
| iii. Container Freight Station | - | - | - | 1 | Outside | 5000 M3 | V.C.M | - | - | - | - |
| 3 | Outside | 3x8500 MT | F.Oil | - | - | - | - | ||||
| 2 | Outside | 2x70 KL | LSHF/HSD | - | - | - | - | ||||
| b. Open | - | - | - | 3 | Outside | 1x13700 KL | Naptha | - | - | - | - |
| 1x13800 KL | Naptha | - | - | - | - | ||||||
| 1x14100 KL | Naptha | - | - | - | - | ||||||
| 2 | Outside | 1x600 MT | L.D.O | - | - | - | - | ||||
| 1x938 MT | L.D.O | - | - | - | - | ||||||
| 2 | Outside | 7790 KL | E.D.C | - | - | - | - | ||||
| 1 | Outside | 10000 KL | L.P.G. | - | - | - | - | ||||
