storage Facilities

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.

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.	-	-	-	-

Container Terminal operated by PSA - SICAL

	» Three Quay cranes with 44m outreach to handle container vessels
	» Four RTG cranes to stack 5-containers high
	» Reefer plug points - 84
	» Trained man power to operate the modern equipment
	» Berthing on arrival for container vessels
	» Night Navigational facility
	» Round the Clock Port operations
	» Uninterrupted power supply to reefer plug points
	» High quality, fast, flexible and reliable services

berthing facility

Berthing Facilities

Berth	Type	Max. Permissible draft/mt	Quay Length	Maximum size of vessel that can be accommodated
				Length	DWL
V.O.C.Berth No.I	Alongside	9.30	168	183*	25,000
V.O.C.Berth No.II	Alongside	9.30	168	183*	40,000
V.O.C.Berth No.IIII	Alongside	10.70	192	245*	50,000
V.O.C.Berth No.IV	Alongside	10.80**	192	245*	50,000
Berth No.V (A.B.1)	Alongside	8.60	168	183*	40,000
Berth No.VI (A.B.2)	Alongside	9.30	168	245*	40,000
Berth No.VII (PSA- SICAL Container Terminal)	Alongside	10.90	370	245	50,000
Berth No.VIII	Alongside	12.80	345	245*	65,000
Berth No.IX	Alongside	12.80	334.5	330	75,000
Shallow Berth	Alongside	5.85	140	120	5000
Oil jetty	Jetty	12.80	(A)	229	65,000
Coal jetty-I	Jetty	12.80	(B)	225	50,000
Coal jetty -II	Jetty	12.80	(C)	225	60,000
Zone - B Can also handle sailing vessels and barges and small vessels		3.00

Note
(6)	Tankers of less than 150 M will not be berthed at Oil Jetty.
(5)(C)	Distance between dolphins at extreme ends - 300m
(5)(C)	Length of main jetty - 200m
(4)(B)	Distance between dolphins at extreme ends - 300 m
(4)(B)	Length of main jetty - 185m
(3)(A)	Distance between mooring dolphins at extreme ends - 340m
(3)(A)	Length of service Platform - 82m
(2)**	Vessels drawing in excess of 10.70 shall be berthed at during high water only.
(1)	Subject to availability of space. There should be at least 15m clearance from forward and after end of the vessel for berthing and unberthing.

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prefered port

Why V.O.Chidambaranar Port Trust

Strategically located very close to the East- West International sea-route    Well connected by broad gauge rail & road with all Major cities and all ICDs    Commissioning of Berth No. 7 by the Port of Singapore Authority as a Container Terminal with modern equipment and State of Art Technology    12.80m draught    Round the clock operations    Night Navigations    Adequate covered and vast open storage area    Open lands in the Port area suited for locating Port based industries

statistical information

Statistical Information

Traffic Performance

» TRAFFIC HANDLED FOR THE YEAR 2013-14(UPTO SEPTEMBER, 2013)

Operational Performance Indicators for the last 5 years

Imports / Exports during 2011-12

Total Traffic for the last five years

Revenue Account

#	Particulars	2000-01	2001-02	2002-03	2003-04	2004-05	2005-06	2006-07	2007-08	2008-09	2009-10	2010-11	2011-12	F1
I.	OPERATING INCOME
	1.Cargo Handling and Storage.	5796.12	5647.36	5641.28	6136.32	7043.42	8474.36	9688.84	11648.34	13474.03	14856.49	16846.34	19915.6
	2.Port and Dock charges.	4636.73	4982.67	5499.3	5324.72	5941.81	6691.78	7768.87	7006.32	7357.86	8009.91	7917.13	9517.9
	3.Railway Workings.	153.87	189.48	265.27	189.19	180.41	190.1	276.08	276.84	349.11	355.91	201.97	197.58
	4.Estate Rentals.	870.26	885.66	1053.04	812.22	612.93	547.86	566.83	603.68	792.28	818.38	1140.29	1136.29
	TOTAL	11456.98	11705.17	12458.89	12462.45	13778.57	15904.1	18300.62	19535.18	21973.28	24040.69	26105.73	30767.37
II.	OPERATING EXPENDITURES
	Cargo Handling and Storage.	1194.94	1089.35	1102.22	1113.23	1064.87	1091.7	1081.79	1244.96	1578.79	1799.4	2057.07	2428.29
	Port and Dock charges.	1951.98	1979.76	2240.44	2667.54	2581.19	2437.28	2900.48	3010.65	4350.87	4522.01	4406.63	5623.02
	Railway Workings.	164.74	162.64	157.92	165.19	207.96	195.09	189.5	330.68	269.96	533.18	348.11	393.87
	Rentable Lands & Bldgs.	594.63	665.94	674.52	613.34	207.82	208.9	197.86	225.17	171.69	385.89	390.2	636.24
	Management & General Administration	2105.87	1911.18	1923.61	1919.28	2374.82	2223.94	2526.89	2664.47	3475.83	4620.7	4766.51	5221.51
	TOTAL	6012.1	5808.87	6098.71	6478.58	6436.66	6156.91	6896.52	7475.93	9847.15	11861.18	11968.52	14302.93
III.	GROSS OPERATING SURPLUS/DEFICIT	5444.82	5896.3	6360.18	5983.87	7341.91	9747.19	11404.1	12059.26	12126.13	12179.51	14137.21	16464.44
	Finance & Misc.Income	1671.25	1833.04	2015.16	2532.49	2555.75	2253.6	2872.54	2968.93	3777.47	4527.84	5168	2803.33
	Finance & Misc.Expr.	3377.57	3680.15	3318.7	2950.01	2979.09	2961.79	2931.59	3468.14	3557.19	3520.26	4408.46	4565.2
IV.	NET SURPLUS BEFORE TAX	3738.5	4049.19	5056.64	5566.35	6918.57	9039	11345.05	11560.05	12346.41	13187.09	14896.75	14702.57
	Less: Income tax				0	0	1760	2529.6	2751	3217	3512.5	3980	2700
	Less: Fringe benefit tax				0	0	477.06	18	22	28.24	0	0	0
	Less: Provision for deferred tax liability				1711.65	1643.46	425.71	927	845.33	1040.2	552.03	755.97	1799.05
V	NET SURPLUS AFTER TAX	3738.5	4049.19	5056.64	3854.7	5275.11	6376.22	7870.45	7941.72	8060.97	9122.56	10160.78	10203.52
	ADD: Transfer from Reserves.	19119.72	3212.74	6420.58	4439.18	6269.56	3456.07	961.17	6300	13672.97	11529.72	16761.71	17454.95
	LESS:-Transfer to Reserves	22571.17	7244.43	9613.27	8293.78	9170.5	7071.68	6743.25	14232.34	13650.3	20641.74	26882.16	27652.37
VI	NET SURPLUS TRANSFERRED TO/DEFICIT MET OUT OF GENERAL RESERVE FUND	287.05	17.5	1863.95	0.1	2374.17	2760.62	2088.37	7951.1	22.66	10.54	40.03	6.1

Organization Chart

 

board of trustees

Board of Trustees - V.O.C. Port Trust.

Sl.No Name of the Trustee 1 Comdt. SED.Anand kumar, Commanding Officer, Indian Coast Guard Station, Harbour Estate, TUTICORIN -628 004. 2 Shri P.Raveendran,I.R.T.S, Chief Freight Transportation Manager, Southern Railway, Head Quarter Office, Park Town, Chennai – 600 003. 3 Shri D.K.Srinivas I.R.S, Commissioner of Customs, Customs House, New Harbour Estate, TUTICORIN – 628 004. 4 Shri V. Sathyanarayanan, Trustee, V.O.C. Port Trust, The Tuticorin Port Mariner's And General Staff Union, Beach Road, TUTICORIN-628 001. 5 Shri A.K. Saran, Deputy Secretary, Transport Bhavan, Ministry of Shipping, No.1, Parliament Street, New Delhi - 110 001. 6 Shri R. Selvakumar, Trustee, V.O.C. Port Trust, Tuticorin Port General Staff Union, No.29, George Road, TUTICORIN- 628 001. 7 Shri P.Kathirvel, Trustee, V.O.C. Port Trust, No.6, Guru Jothi Bhavan, Chidambara Nagar Second Street, UTICORIN – 628 008. 8 Shri PL.A Chidambaram, Trustee, V.O.C. Port Trust, No.9, Parisutham Nagar, Thanjavur, Tamil Nadu -613 007. 9 Shri S.P.Udayappan, Trustee,V.O.C.Port Trust, No.21 Elango Adigal Street, K.K.Nagar MADURAI-20, Tamilnadu. Mobile: 9443705045. 10 Shri J.P.Joe Villavarayar, Trustee, V.O.C. Port Trust, No. 39, Emperor Street, TUTICORIN- 628 001. 11 Shri S.D.R. Vijayaseelan, Trustee, V.O.C. Port Trust, No. 67/B, Sivanthakulam Road, TUTICORIN – 628 003. 12 Shri K. Pon Venkatesh, Trustee, V.O.C Port Trust, M/s S. Ponnusamy Nadar Agencies Pvt. Ltd, Managing Director, 117-A, South Raja Street, TUTICORIN – 628 001. 13 Shri P. Prem Vetty, Trustee, V.O.C Port Trust, 89/1, Vetrivelpuram, (Opp to Johnson School), TUTICORIN – 628 001. 14 Shri U.V. Mannur, Trustee, V.O.C Port Trust, Executive Director, Indian Oil Corporation Limited,(Marketing Division) Harbour Estate, TUTICORIN – 628 004. 15 The Surveyor-in-charge (SIC), Mercantile Marine Department, Harbour Estate, Tuticorin – 628 004.

management

Management

V.O. Chidambaranar Port Trust is a body corporate constituted under Chapter II, Section 3(1) of the Major Port Trust Act 1963 by the Central Government. The Board of Trustees appointed by the Ministry of Shipping, Government of India consists of Chairman, Deputy Chairman and seventeen Trustees. It functions under the administrative control of the Ministry of Shipping, Government of India.

accreditations

Quality Management System (ISO 9001:2008)
V.O.Chidambaranar Port Trust has the proud record of adhering to International Standards of Infrastructure and Operation. It was the first Major Port in India to implement a Quality Management System when the concept of ISO was new in the Port sector. Its efforts were rewarded in 1996 when accreditation to the then ISO 9002:1994 Standard. The Quality Management System practiced in the Port assiduously since 1996 has helped in orientation of its procedures, processes and policies towards meeting the twin objectives of streamlining its functioning to achieve optimal customer satisfaction. The Port was certified adhering to the revised standard in April, 2003 and subsequently under ISO 9001:2008 in April, 2009.

Quality Policy
"To ensure customer satisfaction through continual improvement of facilities and services for maritime trade at optimum cost"

Environmental Management System (ISO 14001 : 2004)
The Port, as part of its commitment to fulfill its obligations to the Society on Environmental Management, implemented an Environmental Management System under ISO 14001: 2004 Standard from July, 2003.

Environmental Policy
'V.O. Chidambaranar Port is committed to Environmental safety in its activities through implementation of Environmental management System for continual improvement & Legal Compliance' The Port's Environmental Policy conveys its commitment to introduce and continually improve an efficient and sustainable Environmental System conforming to legal requirement, promoting maritime trade with sustainable pollution control and reduction of waste and creation of environmental awareness in the Port community.

ISPS Code Compliance
"V.O.Chidambaranar Port Trust is committed to provide a safe and secure working environment to all its employees, Port Users and ships and its personnel; this will be achieved by establishing and maintaining the required security measures to prevent unlawful acts against people, cargo and marine assets".

milestones of the port

Important Milestones in the Development of the Port

Milestone	Date
Declaration of 12.80m draught facility for berthing of Panamax class vessels	19-11-2011
Merger of Cargo Handling Labour Division with V.O. Chidambaranar Port Trust	27-07-2011
Launching of Passenger Ferry Service, Tuticorin -Colombo	13-06-2011
Inauguration of Passenger Terminal	06-03-2011
Name Change as V.O. Chidambaranar Port Trust	11-02-2011
Inauguration of construction of North Cargo Berth-II	24-01-2011
Inauguration of Capital Dredging	30-12-2010
Inauguration of Replaced Wharf Crane in VOC Berth	01-07-2010
Signing of Sister Port Agreement with Gijon Port, Spain	21-04-2010
Commissioning of Berth No.9	14-07-2008
ISO 14001 : 2004 Certificate of Approval	16-09-2005
Silver Jubilee Celebration	10-07-2004
Inclusion of our port in Western Circuit of Cruise Tourism	26-12-2003
Completion of Dredging Dock Basin in front of berth No.8	24-09-2003
Introduction of direct main line service to Europe	16-07-2003
Entering 30th year of existence as a Major Port	11-07-2003
Switchover to ISO 9001:2000 standards	23-04-2003
Commissioning of Berth No.8	02-02-2002
Introduction of main line service to U.S.	17-10-2001
Functioning of a world standard Container Terminal	21-12-1999
Completion of Dredging in Harbour Basin (11.90m) and Approach Channel (12.50m)	05-11-1999
Commissioning of shallow draught berth	10-05-1999
Licensing out berth no 7 to M/S PSA-SICAL	15-07-1998
Commissioning of alongside berth 7	05-09-1998
Introduction of Night navigation	12-10-1996
Certification of ISO 9002	12-03-1996
Commissioning of Coal jetty II	27-02-1995
Commissioning of sixth alongside berth (AB 2)	01-01-1984
Commissioning of fifth alongside berth (AB 1)	09-05-1983
Commissioning Coal jetty I	01-03-1983
Commissioning of Oil Jetty	26-04-1980
Constitution of the Port Trust Board	01-04-1979
Commissioning of the next two alongside berths (VOC III & IV)	31-12-1975
Commissioning of the first two alongside berths (VOC I & II)	02-12-1975
Commissioning of the Oil mooring berth	13-07-1974
Declaration of Tuticorin Port as a major Port	11-07-1974