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.	-	-	-	-