VOC Port creates history in handling vessel

The Italian flagged vessel with 93,275 deadweight tonnage (DWT), length of 229.2 metres and beam of 38 metres arrived from the port of Mina Saqr, United Arab Emirates with limestone and destined for Eastern Bulk Trading, Chennai, India Cements, Thalaiyuthu and Naga Limited, Dindigul. The agents and stevedores for the vessel is Seaport Logistics private limited, Tuticorin.

According to a statement, earlier, the port had handled 77,000 tonne parcel size vessel ‘MV Yannis Gorgias’ on November 2, 2018. Captain J Kingston Neel Durai, Pilot under the guidance of Captain Bhabatosh Chand, Deputy Conservator guided the ship safely to the berth.

N Vaiyapuri, Deputy Chairman, VOC Port thanked the entire team, which brought the vessel to the port and stated that, “The port is promptly addressing the needs of its customers and with the recently executed maintenance dredging and developmental projects on the horizon, this record-parcel size vessel calling the port will be a game changer to the port to handle more cargo and the trade to reap the benefit of ‘Economy of Scale’ in handling coal, lime stone, rock phosphate and other bulk cargo.”