Port of Chennai

Chennai is one of those blessed cities which have well developed transport facilities and which is connected by all the means of transport whether it is airways, roadways, railways and even sea ways. The port of Chennai is the third oldest port located at coromandel coast in South-East India. The port has the history of 128 years of its origin and serving country in its foreign trade through port. Thus, playing an important role in the Indian economy.

The trade on port started back in 1639. However the initial port came into existence in 1861, but unfortunately the heavy storms of 1868 and 1872 interrupted the trade operations at port. As a result an artificial in other words an acting port was constructed to carry out the day to day operations.

The original development of the port took momentum after India’s independence. The topography of the Port changed in 1964 when the Jawahar dock with capacity to berth 6 vessels to handle Dry Bulk cargoes such as Coal, Iron ore, Fertilizer and non hazardous liquid cargoes was carved out on the southern side.

The Chennai port is one among the major ports having Terminal Shunting Yard and running their own Railway operations inside the harbour on the East Coast. The port is having railway lines running up to 68 kms and handles 25% of the total volume of the cargo, 4360 rakes (239412 wagons) during 2009-10.

The port with three Docks, 24 berths and draft ranging from 12m to 16.5m has become a hub port for Containers, Cars and Project Cargo in the East Coast. The port has handled an all time high of 61.06 Million tonnes of cargo registering an increase of 6.2% over previous year. An increase of 10.14% in handling of cars from 273917 Units in the year 2009-10 when compared with 248697 Units in the year 2008-09 and an increase of 6.39% in handling of containers from 1143373 TEUs in the year 2008-09 to 1216438 TEUs in the year 2009-10. The long term plan for Chennai Port envisages that the Port will mainly handle 4C’s i.e. Containers, Cars, Cruise and Clean Cargo.

Mission & Vision of the Port
Mission
Achieve excellence in Port operations with State-of-the-Art technologies.
Enhance competence and enthuse workforce to maximize customer satisfaction. 
Anticipate and adapt to the changing global scenario. 
Act as a catalyst for sustained development of the Region. 

Vision
To be recognized as a futuristic Port with foresight.

Quality Policy
Provide efficient, prompt, safe and timely services at optimum cost
Ensure quick turn round of vessels by providing facilities for efficient handling of cargo
Maintain total transparency in all our transaction of the and 
Continually improve our services to meet the expectations of the port users, employees
and the society

 Features of Chennai Port:

• Chennai Port is a ISPS Compliant Port
• Chennai Port Trust awarded with Certification of ISO 14001 : 2004
• 21 deep drafted berths
• All weather port
• Round the clock operations
• Handling multiple cargo, Third position among all Major Ports
• Best efficiency indicators
• Pre berthing detention of 0.9 Hrs
• Average turnover 2.4 Days
• Berthing on arrival
• Passenger terminal of international standard
• First of its kind in Indian Ports, Chennai Port has established the Marine Pollution Management to ensure Protection for Marine life
• EDI connectivity with Customs, Bank, Online Port users Portal established and various port activities under process.

• Excellent Rail Connectivity
• Excellent Road Connectivity

Contact information of important numbers of Chennai Port.
Port of Chennai,
1 Rajaji Salai
Chennai - 600 001
Tamil Nadu
India.
Tel : 25362201 to 25362220, 25360151 to 25360160
Fax : 25361228
Email : info@chennaiport.gov.in
Port Helpline : 12777
Important Telephone Numbers

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